From HSDL: Improving Florida’s Hurricane Resilience: Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Infrastructure

Federal Agency Programs Reference, thanks to NHMA.org

From the WashPost: U.S. agencies spent years testing pandemic responses. But many didn’t learn lessons for coronavirus, GAO finds.

Be sure to read the last three paragraphs of the article.

State of Public Health: Emergency Management in a World of Increasingly Complex Disasters

From the Guardian: ‘Ida is not the end’: Indigenous residents face the future on Louisiana’s coast – photo essay

Here is a related article from the Wall St. Journal.

From HSNW: Disasters Around the World Are Linked by the Same Root Causes. “Three root causes affected most of the events in the UNU analysis: burning fossil fuels, poor management of risk and placing too little value on the environment in decision-making.”

Inaction On Climate Change Is Greatest Threat To Health, 220 Medical Journals Warn
Runaway climate change risks “catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse,” the editorial reads.

The Diva thinks this kind of warning is compelling!

From the HSDL: 9/11: Twenty Years Later

The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States provides opportunities for sober reflection on the events of that day, gives us pause to dissect what has ensued over the last twenty years, and encourages us to examine what is currently happening today as a direct result of those attacks, all of which remains central to “why we do what we do.” The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) began as a database in support of professionals conducting research and studies through the Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s programs, which focus on training and informing those in the homeland security enterprise. In the wake of September 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland Security was created to better prepare for and prevent future attacks on American soil. Almost two decades later, the HSDL has grown significantly as our focus has expanded to meet the evolving needs and areas of study pertaining to homeland security. 

In honor of the last twenty years, here are some highlights from resources collected in our library related to the September 11th attacks and the after-effects.

From the WashPost: Why your belongings hold so much meaning, and how to decide what to grab in an emergency.

From Scientific American: Fix Disaster Response Now. Emergency management leaves out vulnerable groups and is poorly prepared for worsening climate-related disasters