I am not sure quite sure how a White House memo differs from an executive order, but here are two new ones. (1) Presidential Memorandum: Building National Capabilities for Long-Term Drought Resilience:  Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, and (2) a 37-page memo on Commitments to Action on Building a Sustainable Water Future.

And one more item re the Water Summit held this week, sponsored by the White House.

______________________________________________________________

FOOTNOTE: Thanks to two readers I now know more about executive memos. See:

Executive Memos have same effect as Executive Orders in terms of force of law, but are released with less pomp and circumstance.

Executive Orders are published sequentially and numbered and have legal status.  But a memo is just an internal directive with no external applicability to the public.

E.Os have more status!

Congressional Research Service report on Disaster Budgeting.

Thanks to Bill Cumming for the link.

From the weathernetwork, see: Four terrifying disasters waiting to happen

Sorry to cause you extra worry on this lovely day of spring, but here are some mega-size natural threats you should know about. I was aware of three of them.

Full text of open access journal article titled: Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement

Thanks to Chris Jones for the citation.

New report from DHS OIG: FEMA Does Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its National Flood Insurance Write Your Own Program

From Springer Publication, this selection of articles: Coping with Disaster – Future Directions. It is a multipdisciplinary collection of literature.

This seems like a splendid idea that I hope other publishers consider.

NOTE:  The articles are only available until the end of April, so download what you want right away.

This infographic provides some of the signs of terrorism preparations. See: Info graphic on The 8 Signs of Terrorism

Source is The Red Guide to Recovery.