Article from local paper in Florida: What went wrong in Irma? Woes ran gamut from passwords to power.
Thanks to Eric Holdeman for the citation.
What Went Wrong With H. Irma Response?
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Teaching Personal Resilience in Houston
From the Homeland Security Newswire: Resilience: Israeli trauma experts teach resilience in Houston
Support for Rebuilding Better
From the Pew Trusts: Poll Shows Nationwide Support for Feds to Boost Rebuilding Standards; 79% of voters back setting stricter conditions for federal funds
Better Mitigation Needed in Coastal Cities
New report re research done at TX A&M: Handling disasters differently critical for coastal cities.
This is a significant report, based on 5 years of research.
FEMA Is Still Providing Food and Water in PR
A FEMA Error Drove Fears That Food and Water Aid to Puerto Rico Was Ending. It’s Not. Apparently a slipup in communication, but a black eye for FEMA in the short term.
Another article about the problems PR has regarding paying disaster-related expenses. See: Hurricane-Torn Puerto Rico Says It Can’t Pay Any of Its Debts for 5 Years
Lack of Education As Outcome of Disasters and Conflicts
Here is an outcome I have never seen discussed or quantified before: See: Conflicts and disasters forcing 59 million young people into illiteracy – UNICEF study
Nearly three in ten young people between the ages of 15 and 24 living in conflict- or disaster-affected countries are illiterate, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday, calling for greater investments in the education, particularly for the most disadvantaged children and youth.
The situation is particularly dire for girls and young women in that age group, with 33 per cent of them in emergency countries failing to learn even the basics, compared to 24 per cent of boys.
“These numbers are a stark reminder of the tragic impact that crises have on children’s education, their futures, and the stability and growth of their economies and societies,” said Henrietta H. Fore, the Executive Director of UNICEF, in a news release announcing the findings.
Tsunami Forecasts
Two Articles re TX
Texas coastline is slowly disappearing. Here’s how one community is coping. The Lone Star State’s shoreline is experiencing one of the highest rates of land loss of any coastal area in the country thanks to a combination of subsidence, sea level rise and storm surges.
Coastal Issues for Boston
The Wall St. Journal published an article on Jan. 28th titled: Boston Agonizes Over How to Protect Itself from Future Storms; cities that designated protections for past floods find future ones may be worse, but changes carry huge price tags.
Since you have to subscribe to the WSJ in order to read it, I cannot post the full article here. I do have a copy of the full text and would be willing to share it with a limited no. of readers who request it.
Recovery Diva 