From the conversation: National Non-Partisan Study of the Los Angeles Fires Could Improve Planning for Future Disasters. https://theconversation.com/a-national-nonpartisan-study-of-the-los-angeles-fires-could-improve-planning-for-future-disasters-247198

“The Los Angeles fires are a national disaster of epic proportions. City officials, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President-elect Donald Trump have traded accusations about what caused this crisis. But as an engineering professor who lives in Los Angeles and has studied extreme events and natural and human-caused disasters for over 40 years, I believe an event with so many lives lost and damages estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars demands a more substantive response.”

From the Wash. Post: How will Los Angeles rebuild when fire is ‘part of the landscape’?

“For those who plan to rebuild, a natural question has emerged: What can be done differently to prevent the sort of destruction that has killed at least 24 people, leveled thousands of structures and inflicted untold billions in damage?”

See this notice from the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado: lists of publications, resources, and grant opportunities.

This is a great central location for many useful items.

TFrom the NY Times: Once the Fires Are Out, California Must Remove Tons of Dangerous Debris

Clearing the toxic remnants of burned buildings around Los Angeles will require a complex and expensive mobilization. California has been there before.

From the WashPost: How Watch Duty became the go-to wildfire app to track L.A. wildfires. Plus advice to stay informed and prepared as natural disasters become more common.

Given the magnitude of the CA fire disasters, the Diva wants to be helpful to as many people as possible.On this site, she not only posts nearly daily news articles on recovery topics, but she also pays an expert to review and correct the URLs for all articles cited. Just use the Search function to research your topic of interest.

Soon to be released in hard copy and electronic versions: U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century From Disaster to Catastrophe

Note that the Diva is one of the editors. She hopes copies will be available sooner than indicated.

From CBSNews:California’s insurance is in crisis. The solution will cost homeowners a ton.

New report from the Congressional Research service on Disasters and the Federal Budget (3 pp)

From the HSNW: Amidst Compounding Disasters, Resilient Housing Can Anchor Communities. https://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20250103-amidst-compounding-disasters-resilient-housing-can-anchor-communities

“Back-to-back hurricanes wreaking havoc across huge swaths of the Southeast were yet another sign of the intensifying impacts of climate change. The nationwide shortage of reliable, affordable housing and the increasing tempo of extreme weather events are separate crises that overlap and magnify each other’s impacts.”