As June begins, many of us are welcoming warmer temperatures and future trips to swimming pools, lakes and oceans. What we don’t think about as often, is that June also puts both the east and west coasts at the beginning of hurricane season. For those of us in land-locked states, this season may go mostly unnoticed, as fire and tornado seasons get rolling. However, these destructive hurricanes affect many of the coastal states when they hit. And this means trouble…
Every year, natural disasters strike communities throughout the United States. Over the past three years, FEMA has declared over 256 individual domestic disasters. These disasters not only affect the people and the infrastructure of…
How would your community work toward restoring the local ecosystem following a natural disaster? The terrible wildfires in the western part of the United States are the latest example of why this question remains…
As the 2013 fire season continues, the costs of fighting wildfires have continued to increase. In 2012, fires consumed 40 percent of the Forest Service’s annual budget, compared to only 13 percent in 1991.…