Author Archives: recoverydiva
New Report from the CRS on Flood Insurance
From the Congressional Research Service: Options for Making Flood Insurance More Affordable (39 pp).
Floods in CA
Happy New Year
The Diva wishes her readers a healthy and happy new year. This new year will be the 13th year of producing this site!
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Aftermath of Boulder County Fire
New CRS Report on FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance
Just out, this 5 page report from the Congressional Research Service: Recent Funding Increases for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance
US Climate Disasters in 2022
From TheConversation: 2022’s US climate disasters, from storms and floods to heat waves and droughts.
GAO on Block Grants in Recovery – updated
From the GAO: Disaster Recovery: Better Information Is Needed on the Progress of Block Grant Funds.
Another article on the report from HSToday: Disaster Recovery Funding Slow to Reach Affected Communities. According to GAO’s analysis of available data as of August 2022, the application processing and preconstruction phases of Texas’s Homeowner Assistance Programs each took longer than construction.
New Book Available: Invisible Reconstruction
From the UCL Press: free book to download. Invisible Reconstruction; Cross-disciplinary responses to natural, biological and man-made disasters. (382 pp)
NOTE: The Diva is not familiar with either the publisher or the book. You are on your own for this one!