Flood buyouts are an active climate mitigation strategy used in the US to mitigate flood risk and remove people and property away from active flooding zones. Buyouts lessen human risk, decrease legal burdens, and restore land. Certainly, reducing loss due to flooding while also increasing green spaces after-the-fact is beneficial. … [continued]
Houston,TX.,9/1/2005--Thousands of hurricane Katrina survivors from New Orleans are bussed to refuge at a Red Cross shelter in the Houston Astrodome.
FEMA photo/Andrea Booher
As the wake-up call of Hurricane Katrina fades from memory, a new documentary aims to jolt a sleeping nation back into action.
I remember after the 2004 Hurricanes Jeanne and Francis how the Florida real estate fell apart. A friend then said we could buy low, but we wouldn’t live long enough to see our investment flourish. Of course, she was wrong, and the Florida real estate market not only rebounded but … [continued]
Federal forecasters have predicted there will be a 60% chance of an above average hurricane season this year. A typical year averages about 14 tropical storms, and seven of them build into hurricanes. Of the named storms that NOAA has anticipated, six to ten are forecast to become hurricanes with … [continued]
Yesterday a Rhode Island federal judge ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop withholding grant funds to states. Rhode Island US District Chief Judge John McConnell has found President Donald Trump’s administration in violation of a preliminary injunction he issued last month, as reported by WPRI in Providence. … [continued]
The PR100 Study Outlines Viable Pathways to Securing a Renewable, Resilient and Reliable Grid; To Maximize Impact DOE Sets Launch Date for Low-Income Households to Apply for Subsidized Residential Solar and Battery Systems San Juan, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency … [continued]
One of the big “gotchas” the anti-EV crowd tries to throw at EVs is that they’d fail you in a hurricane evacuation. I’ve covered this before, repeatedly, but no matter how many times we bust the myths and garbage surrounding it, the lie just doesn’t go away. Like other right-wing … [continued]
PR100 Update Provides Early Scenarios to Help Increase Renewable Energy Capabilities That Meet Electricity Demand, Improve Grid Reliability and Resilience, and Lower Energy Costs
The portal will help improve America’s preparedness for future climate extremes.
As Hurricane Fiona made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, 2022, some areas of the island were inundated with nearly 30 inches of rain, and power to hundreds of thousands of homes was knocked out. Only 10 days later, Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 … [continued]
