From the Christian Science Monitor: Climate change crusade goes local. While US leaders remain bogged down in debate over global warming, local communities are acting on their own to hold back rising seas. Witness Miami Beach’s elevated streets.
First as tragedy, then as farce: FEMA still to adapt to climate change. Despite the agency’s attempts to account for bigger storms, its outdated rules leave communities unprepared for disaster.
An in depth look at recent disasters and the problems that FEMA has in dealing with recovery, highlighting needed changes in rules and regulations.
This article from Al Jazeera America relies on a recent report from the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom based at Boston University and WGBH News that produces investigative reporting and trains the next generation of journalists. The Fund for Investigative Journalism helped fund this report.
The Art, Science and Technology of Conduct Risk Management. This article is not quite on topic for this blog, but as readers know I like to offer up other interesting items from time to time.
Thanks to Franklin McDonald for calling this article to my attention.
New Report from the UK: Comparative Review of Social Media Analysis Tools for Preparedness. (69 pp)
Leading in Disaster Recovery; A Companion Through the Chaos by E. McNaughton et al. NZ Red Cross. (42 pp) No date.
See: Stafford Act Declarations 1953-2014: Trends,
Analyses, and Implications for Congress (37 pp).
The Diva thinks that this report could be a useful resource for those teaching courses in EM.
How to Stay Safe When the Big One Comes. From the author of The Really Big One, noted about one week ago on this blog.
See Eric Holdeman’s blog for details on the author and the buzz generated by the first article.
Hurricane Sandy: An Investment Strategy Could Help the Federal Government Enhance National Resilience for Future Disasters
GAO-15-515: Published: Jul 30, 2015. Both an abstract and the full report (93 pp) are available at this site.
This is a very important report for those concerned with mitigation and recovery processes. The GAO spent more than 1 1/2 years on this performance audit.
Recovery Diva 