However, easy-to-use tools while important, are not the only reasons for the popularity of crisis mapping. This âconsumerizationâ of technology is now enabling mapping to shift from an EOC support function to a skill of the modern emergency manager.
In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York. After graduating from Cornell University, Carrier found a job at the Buffalo Forge Company.
July 17, 1902: An Invention to Beat the Heat, Humidity. 1902: With human comfort the last thing on his mind, a young mechanical engineer completes the schematic drawings for what will be the first successful air-conditioning system.