All-Hazards:
- Emergency Response System in Maine on the Verge of Collapsing (EM /Gov Tech)
- Summer Firefighting Costs Exceed $300 Million in Alaska (EDM Digest)
- Two of the Biggest US Earthquake Faults Might Be Linked (HS Today)
- This Is What A Devastating Earthquake In California Would Look Like (LA Times)
- Harnessing Nature’s Defenses against Tsunamis (HSNW)
- Updated USGS Model Puts East And South Bay In Jeopardy Of Catastrophic Quake (SFist)
Resilience:
- Will Climate Change lead to a ‘Fiscal Tsunami’? (Governing)
- World Bank to Support Bulgaria In Collecting Catastrophe Data, Developing National Risk Management Plan (Relief Web)
- Florida Senate Addressing Proposal to Tackle Rising Sea Levels (EM Gov Tech)
- Conserving the Floodplains Could Save Billions of Dollars (EM Gov Tech)
Public Health / Biosurveillance:
- Flu Now Widespread In Nearly Half Of States (CIDRAP)
- Chemical Weapons and Public Health: Assessing Impact and Responses (Journal of Public Health)
- HHS Invests in Modernizing U.S. Manufacturing Capacity for Pandemic Influenza Vaccine (HHS)
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency and Caribbean Center for Disaster Medicine Establish Partnership to Improve Region’s Healthcare Preparedness (BusinessWire)
Critical Infrastructure & Cyber:
- Cybersecurity Getting More Complex For State Governments (State Scoop)
- How Transparent Should Local Governments Be After a Cyberattack? (Gov Tech)
- Pilot Will Look at Cascading Consequences During Disaster (EM/Gov Tech)
- FEMA Wants a Piece of the PG&E Wildfire Victim Settlement Pie (EM/Gov Tech)
- NG911 Self-Assessment Tool Helps Agencies Assess Readiness (911.gov)
Innovations & Interconnections(?…!):
- Tornado prediction: Low Frequency Sound May Predict Tornado Formation (HSNW)
- Food System Collapse (Nature: Climate Change)
- NASA Sponsors “xView2 Challenge:” Automatically Assess Damaged Buildings After a Disaster (NASA)
From Brassville to... (working title) 