C. L. Nichols9h ago

https://medium.com/the-story-well/the-day-the-trucks-stop-299b067fd11f

The systems we depend on are strong when they work, but they don’t have much room for error. Pay attention to weak points and prepare. Awareness is the first step.

#trucks #preparedness #EmergencyPreparedness #DisasterPreparedness #disruption #mediumpublication #medium #SHTF

The Day the Trucks Stop

What Happens When the Roads Go Quiet.

Medium
The Japan Times9h ago
Japan has revised its basic plan that outlines measures to be taken over the next decade in preparation for a possible powerful earthquake occurring directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/12/japan/measures-tokyo-megaquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness
Japan revises megaquake preparation plan for Tokyo area

The government intends to reduce the number of deaths and the number of buildings destroyed or burned down due to an earthquake to at least half of the latest estimates.

The Japan Times
Analyst2071d ago

Satellite Technology Exposes Gaps in Disaster Preparedness

Hawaii's recent devastating floods exposed critical gaps in disaster preparedness, revealing operational blind spots that responders struggled with in real-time. Emergency managers, particularly those in hurricane-prone areas, should take note and consider new solutions to bolster their response strategies.

https://osintsights.com/satellite-technology-exposes-gaps-in-disaster-preparedness?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#DisasterPreparedness #SatelliteTechnology #EmergencyManagement #NaturalDisasters #FloodResponse

Satellite Technology Exposes Gaps in Disaster Preparedness

Discover gaps in disaster preparedness and improve emergency response with satellite technology, learn how to enhance your strategy now effectively.

OSINTSights
AI6YR Ben2d ago

Ventura County
Sheriff’s Emergency Services to Host Hazard Mitigation Public Workshop

"...VENTURA COUNTY, CA: Ventura County Sheriff’s Emergency Services will host a public workshop as part of the 2027 Ventura County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update.

Residents, businesses, and community organizations are invited to help shape the County’s long-term strategy for reducing disaster risk through attendance at a public workshop on June 17, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Camarillo Public Library Community Room, located at 4101 Las Posas Rd, Camarillo, CA 93010.

The Hazard Mitigation Plan, updated every five years, includes participation from Ventura County, its ten incorporated cities, partner agencies, and special districts working together to identify hazards, assess vulnerabilities, and prioritize projects that strengthen community resilience. The plan evaluates hazards such as wildfire, flood, earthquake, tsunami, drought, and extreme weather, and establishes strategies to help protect lives, property, infrastructure, and the environment. Maintaining an approved plan also ensures continued eligibility for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding...."

https://nixle.us/HCP3M

#VenturaCounty #disasters #DisasterPreparedness

💧🌏 Greg Cocks3d ago
Study Highlights Growing Importance Of Multi-Day Storms In Future U.S. Flood Risk
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https://news.okstate.edu/articles/engineering-architecture-technology/2026/study-highlights-growing-importance-of-multi-day-storms-in-future-u.s.-flood-risk <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ae4f14 <-- shared paper
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“Extreme rainfall is projected to intensify as the climate warms, yet whether the greatest increases will occur in multi-day or single-day events remains uncertain. This knowledge gap is particularly pressing given recent catastrophic floods triggered by multi-day rainfall events, prompting the question of whether multi-day events could, in fact, intensify more than their daily counterparts, and by how much. This study addresses this question using an ensemble of 34 downscaled Earth System Models under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5), focusing on changes in extreme rainfall by the end of the century across ten regions of the contiguous United States. [Their] statistical framework evaluates model agreement, ensemble-mean changes, and the significance of these changes for both daily and multi-day rainfall extremes. Results show that extreme rainfall amounts are expected to increase for most regions and durations. The degree of intensification, however, depends strongly on event rarity and regional climate characteristics. Notably, in the U.S. western Gulf Coast region, very rare multi-day events (e.g., 500 year return period) are projected to intensify more than their daily counterparts, a phenomenon that could be explained by increased stalling of tropical cyclones, which can prolong heavy rainfall over multiple days. These results challenge the assumption that daily extremes dominate future risk and highlight the need to consider event duration when updating flood-hazard maps, design standards, and adaptation planning…”
#Flooding #FloodRisk #FloodInsurance #FloodAwareness #Explore #FloodPreparedness #FlashFlooding #ClimateResilience #climatechange #extremeweather #DisasterPreparedness #StormwaterManagement #FloodSafety #CommunityResilience #risk #hazard #model #modeling #floodrisk #multiday #rainfall #precipitation #storm #water #hydrology #hydrography #planning #policy #regulations #climatemodel #CONUS #USA #publicsafety #cost #economics #damage #loss #infrastructure #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #earthsystemmodels #forecasting #meteorology #designstandards #floodmapping #mitigation #flood
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial]4d ago

Watch Duty Is Adding Flood Alerts to Its Wildfire App

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/watch-duty-is-adding-flood-alerts-to-its-wildfire-app/

HarbouchaNews4d ago

Philippines Earthquake Exposes Growing Risks for Coastal Cities Across Southeast Asia

#PhilippinesEarthquake #TsunamiWarning #Mindanao #BreakingNews #DisasterPreparedness

https://eng.harbouchanews.com/2026/06/philippines-earthquake-exposes-growing.html

Philippines Earthquake Exposes Growing Risks for Coastal Cities Across Southeast Asia

Philippines Earthquake Exposes Growing Risks for Coastal Cities Across Southeast Asia Philippines Earthquake ...

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The Japan Times5d ago
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced Sunday that the Kanto-Koshin and Tokai regions have entered the rainy season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/07/japan/kanto-central-japan-rainy-season/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #floods #rainyseason #landslides #disasterpreparedness #storms #meteorologicalagency
Rainy season begins in Kanto and central Japan

The arrival of the rainy season in the Kanto-Koshin region, which includes the Tokyo metropolitan area, is about the same time as the average year.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJun 5
Japan will set a new target of more than halving the possible damage from a potential major earthquake that occurs directly beneath Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/05/japan/tokyo-inland-quake-damage-reduction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness
Japan sets target to significantly reduce damage from a Tokyo inland quake

The government will undertake measures over the next decade to reduce by more than half the estimated number of deaths and destroyed buildings due to such a quake.

The Japan Times
AI6YR BenMay 31
FOD walked the field behind my neighbor's house. Her yard care people threw a lot (lot!) of fist-sized rocks off her yard into the field, quite hazardous for next year's brush clearance. They've been doing it with a tractor, and already there have been two (2) wildfires here due to brush clearance, tractor with a brush hog hitting rocks. (the #SandyFire and #LesserFire). #wildfires #disasterpreparedness