From the NAS: Offshore Situation Room; Enhancing Resilience to Offshore Oil Disasters in the Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings of a Workshop (2021)

The pdf version of the book can be downloaded free.

From Mysanantonio.com: Texas receives FEMA aid while Abbott fights government on COVID-19 mandates.

Closing paragraph of the article: “This week, Texas has put on a surprised Pikachu face while calling for help from the federal government over skyrocketing numbers, the residual effect of which San Antonio schools have already begun to feel. Texas is now left shrugging at a growing mess that certainly wasn’t helped by Abbott’s attempts to block every effort to slow the pandemic. We’re lucky FEMA agreed to send help our way/

From Issues in Science and Technology magazine:“Major Reforms Have Been Driven by Crisis,” by Jeremy Farrar, Molly Galvin. Farrar, the director of the Wellcome charitable foundation in the United Kingdom, discusses the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and what society must do to prepare for future global crises.

Since the Diva has family and friends in and near Boulder, CO, she has been trying to offer some sources of help for them about preparing your home for a disaster. See these sites for some useful guidance:

• www.flash.org
• www.disastersafety.org

The Continuity Professionals Pulse website often reprints postings from this blog.  It is aimed at business continuity specialists, but others may find their articles of interest as well.

From the WashPost: Much has changed since the start of the pandemic. But the nation’s public health system remains fractured

Another discouraging article from the NY Times: The C.D.C. Is Hoping You’ll Figure Covid Out on Your Own

From GovTech: Last Year’s ‘Relentless’ Disasters Challenged Fed Response
In his first year in office, President Biden has found that the nation’s aging infrastructure and pressures from a changing climate are putting new demands on the federal government, officials say.

From Politico: California continues to face wildfire risks. Insurers think they have an answer.

From AP News: Climate change, new construction mean more ruinous fires

At the present time, massive wildfires are raging in Colorado. From the NYTimes: How to Prepare for and Evacuate from Wildfires.