From the WashPost: Why Ian Was Hard to Track and Harder to Communicate

This article explains some of the problems that forecasters and emergency managers have re complex hurricane events like Ian.

From the NY times on Oct.1: Facing a Dire Storm Forecast in Florida, Officials Delayed Evacuation

An excerpt: * * * But while officials along much of that coastline responded with orders to evacuate on Monday, emergency managers in Lee County held off, pondering during the day whether to tell people to flee, but then deciding to see how the forecast evolved overnight.

The delay, an apparent violation of the meticulous evacuation strategy the county had crafted for just such an emergency, may have contributed to catastrophic consequences that are still coming into focus as the death toll continues to climb.

From Politico, another take on the topic of evacuations.

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From Politico: ‘Total destruction’: Florida residents live through night of terror. The region was left with 2 million people without power and a fear that a huge death count awaits.

FEMA Releases “Local Elected and Appointed Officials Guide: Roles and Resources in Emergency Management”

The guide is 66 pages long.

People are fleeing Puerto Rico, Guam and every other U.S. territory. What gives?

Interesting article from the WashPost.

From the Wash Post: These tips for extending usefulness of cell phones during and after disasters.

On Sept. 24: From the Wash Post: Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico as a Category 1 storm. Flooding still wrought havoc. FEMA allocated billions for disaster mitigation after Maria. Few projects have gotten underway.

From the Wash Post, this editorial opinion piece: A storm of red tape and incompetence battered Puerto Rico long before Fiona.

A related article from the Wash Post: FEMA tells a skeptical Puerto Rico that this time
won’t be like Hurricane Maria

From the NYTimes, this article about Puerto Rico;s power problems 5 years after the last major hurricane” On Anniversary of Hurricane Maria, Storm Leaves Puerto Rico in the Dark