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Pearls Before Swine, May 26, 2024 on Disaster Preparation and Mitigation. #disasters #mitigation #policy #disaster #comics #DisasterPreparedness https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/26

Pearls Before Swine comic strip

First box: goat talks to rat: "Did you read about the new problem our country is facing? We're gonna have to make real changes to head off disaster."

Second box: rat looks at goat

Third box: rat walks over to a sign

Fourth box: rat points at sign: "HOW WE DO THINGS HERE..."

Fifth box: rat points at sign "Ignore problem"

6th box: rat points at sign "Let disaster occur"

7th box: rat points at sign: "Pay 100 times what we could have paid to avert it in the first place."

8th box: Goat: "THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY" Rat holds up sign: "Clearly you've been living under a rock."

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Hi folks!

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I am an #EmergencyManagement professional who specializes in wildfire recovery. I assist communities with rebuilding after #disasters, funding sheltering and evacuation costs, drafting mutual aid agreements, and developing comprehensive recovery plans.

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I'm interested in #weather #HamRadio #Preparedness #PNW #Oregon #ORWX #Outdoors #minimalism #Equity #UnionStrong

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Arstechnica:

"As of Monday morning, if one wanted to grasp the historic nature of flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene in western parts of North Carolina and the surrounding areas, the logical place to begin is at the National Climatic Data Center.

This federal office maintains the world's largest climate data archive and provides historical perspective to put present-day weather conditions and natural disasters into context in a warming world due to climate change.

Unfortunately, the National Climatic Data Center is based in Asheville, North Carolina. "

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/were-only-beginning-to-understand-the-historic-nature-of-helenes-flooding/

#ClimateEmergency #disasters #climate #NCSTRONG #Asheville

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CBS News: Federal funding cuts lead FEMA to cancel classes at National Fire Academy

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy courses were canceled amid a "process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities," according to a notice sent to instructors, students and fire departments. Instructors were told to cancel all future travel until further notice.

Firefighters, EMS providers and other first responders from across the country travel to the NFA's Maryland campus for the federally funded institution's free training programs."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-national-fire-academy-cources-cancellation/

#firefighting #FEMA #disasters #EMS

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"In four of the agency’s 122 weather forecasting offices around the country, there aren’t enough meteorologists to staff an overnight shift, according to the National Weather Service Employees Organization, a union representing agency workers. And at least several more forecast offices are expected to stop staffing an overnight shift as early as Sunday."

https://archive.ph/c6sIy#selection-1081.0-1093.354

#wx #disasters #NWS #weather