From the CRS: Selected Federal Financial Assistance for
Emergency Response to Extreme Heat

From HStoday: ‘Unrelenting’ Disasters Compel FEMA to Take ‘Deep Dive’ into Assessing Future Workforce, Criswell Says.

From the GAO: The Three Rs of Pandemic Learning: Roadblocks, Resilience, and Resources.

The Diva just returned from FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD, for the 24th annual symposium. This is the first one to be live in 3 years.

It was nice to see old friends and familiar faces, and I met lots of newcomers to the field. I welcome comments from readers who were there.

Of special interest to me is the availability and knowledge of potential users of new text books, since I am the editor of some in recent years. There were several sessions devoted to new books and help for potential authors of books.

What surprised me is how much improvement is needed to bring new books to the attention of potential adopters. Readers of this blog know we feature book reviews, and a full page of this website is devoted to completed Book Reviews. I welcome suggestions about how we can create a better and faster way of calling new books to the attention of adopters.

It is unusual to see a review of a disaster event 50 years later, but that is what this one does. See: FEMA reflects on Hurricane Agnes 50 years later.

With the 50th Anniversary of Hurricane Agnes, one of the worst storms to ever hit the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are holding special events to recall that storm and encourage residents to learn more about their flood risk and take actions now to be prepared as we enter hurricane season in the Mid-Atlantic region.Hurricane Agnes formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall June 19 as a Category 1 storm and caused significant and widespread damage from Florida to Virginia. before it joined with another storm system before moved into the Atlantic Ocean and back over the Mid-Atlantic region where it dumped immense amounts of rain in the following days and brought flooding to communities like Pottstown and Norristown along the Schuylkill River.According to FEMA, rainfall from Agnes caused catastrophic inland flooding, the geographic scale of which had not been seen in decades. Tragically, 128 people lost their lives across eight states, including 50 in Pennsylvania, 21 in Maryland, 14 in Virginia, and one in Delaware. Across the eastern United States, more than 362,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes due to the flooding, including 222,000 in Pennsylvania alone.

Future FEMA: Reimagining Crisis Response. (Author is Peter Gaynor, former FEMA Director.)  Congress had realized that the nation had multiple and disjointed ways it responded to a variety of major crises.

FEMA ETF Invests in Natural Disaster Recovery Efforts.  Procure Holdings LLC subsidiary ProcureAM launched the Procure Disaster Recovery Strategy ETF (FEMA),
which begins trading today on the Nasdaq Exchange. FEMA is the first fund to invest in companies worldwide that are engaged in sustainable recovery and risk reduction efforts related to natural disasters.

The Diva is not clear on what this means. She invites readers to help explain it.

Hurricane Checklists for Building All Kinds of Storm Kits. Needs will vary: Children and grandparents will require different supplies,and everyone will have to take a different approach depending on whether you stay home, head to a shelter or go to someone’s house.

From Inside Climate News: Forecasters Tap High-Tech Tools as US Warns of Another Unusually Active Hurricane Season.  Predictions of hurricane paths have improved markedly, but their intensity remains difficult to forecast. Air and water drones could change that.

From HSToday: Interagency Officials Prepare for ‘Another Tough Hurricane Season’
Agency leaders discussed progress on disaster equity initiatives to help those affected by storms who may have limited access to resources.