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Freshwater Layers in Seas Found to Speed Up Hurricanes – Scientific American A new study published in Proceedings in the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the mixing of freshwater with ocean water may be responsible for increasing hurricane strength by 50 percent. Scientific researchers analyzed paths of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean from […]
Contact: Ben Smilowitz Disaster Accountability Project 202-556-3023 ben@disasteraccountability.org For Immediate Release: Open Community Forum on Connecticut Power Disaster on Thursday in West Hartford Solutions! How can we strengthen our communities, towns and state to prevent the power disaster from reoccurring? Sponsored by: Disaster Accountability Project (http://www.disasteraccountability.org) Facilitated by: Mark Davis, Chief Capitol & Political Correspondent, […]
By Alexander Fisher, Esq Volunteer, Disaster Accountability Project In October, we began a series on the significant problems faced by the unregulated tornado siren system in Alabama and Missouri. This week the series continues with a discussion of how a lack of oversight has left emergency managers with different criteria for sounding tornado sirens. Contrary […]
By Alexander Fisher, Esq Volunteer, Disaster Accountability Project Earlier this year we wrote about the need for federal funding of tornado siren back-up systems in the wake of the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak that ravaged Alabama and other portions of the country. Less than one month later, on May 22, 2011, a devastating EF-5 […]
This Letter to The President and FEMA Leaders was emailed to the White House and FEMA on April 28, 2011. April 28, 2011  Dear Mr. President, Mr. Fugate, and Ms. Roth:  April has brought devastating tornados to at least half-a-dozen states from Oklahoma to New York. The most recent tornados in Alabama and […]
By Bryan Wolin Intern, Disaster Accountability Project (Bryan is a rising 2L at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, NY) It may be the most beautiful of the natural disasters. The lights flicker and go out. Suspicious, you look out the window, scanning the neighbors’ houses to see if they’ve gone dark […]
By Bryan Wolin Intern, Disaster Accountability Project (Bryan is a rising 2L at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, NY) Your cell phone can be one of the most valuable disaster preparedness tools you own, but only if you use it correctly. “Correctly†in this case means registering your number with your […]
The Disaster Accountability Project’s Hotline is receiving calls from Gustav/Ike survivors frustrated with the responses they are receiving from FEMA and the Department of Social Services. Callers are citing long wait times for responses from FEMA after filing claims, inequalities and problems with Disaster Food Stamp Assistance, and a lack of information on resources available […]
As of noon on Wednesday 61% of Houston Centerpoint Customers are still without power. That’s 1.37 million people, not counting surrounding areas effected by the storm. Power appears to be coming back on-line in smaller cities surrounding Houston which is good for first responders. As power is restored to smaller towns outside of Houston, evacuees […]
The Disaster Accountability Project’s Hotline received over 80 calls since Ike’s hit. The following summaries provide a view into what people are dealing with along the TX Gulf Coast. A DAP radio interview in Houston about the Hotline is posted here http://www.disasteraccountability.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88 We’ve been able to respond to some callers, but not all. There are […]
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