From the WashPost: The Marshall Fire leveled an entire Colorado neighborhood. Residents wonder whether to rebuild.

NOTE: The Diva noticed that most of the article is devoted to rebuilding issues, but does not give significant coverage to the relative lack of emergency alerting and questions about the emergency response.

From the NYTimes: With Nightmares and Tears, a Kentucky Town Feels the Long Reach of a Tornado’s Trauma .The physical toll on Mayfield, Ky., is evident. The psychological anguish will be equally difficult to overcome.

The recent GAO report: FEMA Workforce: Long-Standing and New Challenges Could Affect Mission Success

From Gov Executive: FEMA Experiences ‘Mass Exit’ of Employees Amid Surge in Disasters. The agency is still dealing with 1,000 disasters as its workload continues to climb.

From HS Security Today: GAO Questions Whether FEMA Could Cope With a Catastrophic Natural Disaster

From NIST: The Trials and Triumphs of a Small City’s Hurricane Recovery Could Help Other Communities Bounce Back

Disaster Recovery: School Districts in Socially Vulnerable Communities Faced Heightened Challenges after Recent Natural Disasters.

From the WashPost: New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks

See the page titled Personal Preparedness on this website for info re personal, home, and car emergency supplies.

From the CRS, this 37 page report: State and Federal Authority to Mandate
COVID-19 Vaccination

From the Denver Post: Marshall firestorm shows Colorado suburbs now vulnerable as climate warms, “hardening” needed, experts say “We are sitting ducks to the repercussions of the climate that we have to deal with year-round”

From the WashPost: U.S. saw second-most billion-dollar weather disasters on record in 2021. A record warm December fueled a pair of devastating tornado outbreaks, two of the year’s 20 billion-dollar events