From HSToday:

America’s First Responders Give NIST Their Communications Tech Wish Lists

Public safety communications technology should be trustworthy, be controllable and reduce user frustration.

From the Johns Hopkins Univ. (2022), conference report titled Post-Pandemic Recovery: https://media.licdn.com/dms/document/C561FAQHLEq1Ekve1hw/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed/0/1673626158844?e=1675900800&v=beta&t=7x7la0gQfulj-doR6xQ-Bz1G_atcNu6OKZodggbBsqw

This is a very thoughtful and well-written report. I highly recommend it.

Upcoming Conference: International Recovery Forum 2023: Building Back Better and Long-term Recovery Outcomes: Aspirations for a Resilient, Sustainable Future

From the Guardian, ‘Inside we are all struggling’: storm-bruised California begins recovery. Extensive discussion of the aftermath of the many storms.

From HStoday: Out of State Recovery Experts Arrive in CA to Assist With Winter Storm Impacts.  This assistance is thanks to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), which is a nationally recognized mutual-aid system.

From the Guardian.com: Children of the storm: can a climate disaster hurt the unborn in the womb? Study suggests children who were in the womb during Superstorm Sandy are more likely to have behavior disorders

From the WashPost: Atmospheric Rivers Won/t End CA Drought.

Research shows how climate change reduces snow packs and how extreme spring temperatures lead to drier summers.

From the Guardian:California’s rainstorm hell ‘among the most deadly disasters in our history’ More details on the impacts.

Majority of disabled people never go home after disasters.  Excerpts from the report:

Advocates have been trying for years to draw attention to the harsh conditions that people with disabilities face after natural disasters. Now federal data shows that the suffering is worse than anyone could have imagined.

Census Bureau data released Thursday shows that people with disabilities are far more likely than anyone else to face major hardships including displacement from their homes due to a major disaster.

If they evacuate, people with disabilities face dangerous levels of isolation, squalid living conditions, shortages of food and water and electricity, and permanent dislocation, an E&E News analysis of the data shows.

Thanks to Jessica Hubbard for this citation.

From HSToday: Record Drought Gripped Much of the U.S. in 2022, a Year of 18 Billion-Dollar Disasters. Hurricane Ian was the most costly event of 2022 at $112.9 billion, and ranks as the third most costly hurricane on record (since 1980) for the U.S., behind Hurricane Katrina (2005) and Hurricane Harvey (2017).