From Emergency Magazine, this article: New Emergency Recovery Options for Tribes. 
FEMA offers guidelines for tribes seeking disaster relief

Some additional information about a report I uploaded on July 2 on a new data set.

From Scientific American: Natural Disasters by Location: Rich Leave and Poor Get Poorer.   “Each big catastrophe like a hurricane increases a U.S. county’s poverty by one percent, 90 years of data show.”

The full NBER paper (41 pp) on which this article is based, was written, is stored here.  The title is: The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in U.S. Counties: A Century of Data.  Thanks to the NBER for sharing a copy of the full report with me.

The Diva has only had time to quickly scan these two items. She welcomes comments on the findings.

Trump is not destiny. Here’s what is.

Three ‘Goldilocks years’ for Christchurch. The next three years for Christchurch, with completion of key infrastructure coming years later than some expected, will be crucial ones, an invitation-only city leaders forum has been told.

Thanks to Ian McLean for the citation.

New data set explores 90 years of natural disasters in the US

CBS News: No Staff Members Left In Science Division Of White House Office

In addition to this situation, the Science Advisory Board at EPA also has lost members and can barely function.

Update on July 2: See this article re push back from Administration. Still not clear to me if there are any staff scientists left.

Plus, the position of Science Advisor to the President is still vacant.!

New article by Craig Fugate, former FEMA Administrator: The True Test of a Successful Crisis Response: Public Trust