FEMA working with Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture on new Vieques ferry landing
FEMA has partnered with the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture to develop a conceptual urban design plan for the Vieques ferry landing, where many tourists embark to enjoy the small island’s More...
Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley attacks President Trump, Kathy Kraninger for transferring $10 million from FEMA to ICE
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) revealed this week that President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) transferred nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) budget to Immigration More...
NASA issues infrared look at Hurricane Florence
All eyes were on Hurricane Florence Wednesday as the Category 3 storm barreled toward the U.S. East Coast. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument was watching, too, and captured new imagery More...
Hurricane Florence nears US Coast as experts watch Isaac and Olivia
photo/ Gerd Altmann via pixabay When a major hurricane threatens to make landfall in the United States or its territories, the U.S. Geological Survey mobilizes quickly to produce science on the go. USGS experts More...
Carolina coast braces for Hurricane Florence as evacuation orders go into effect, Roy Cooper issues statement
This morning Hurricane Florence’s top winds reached 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour, strengthening to Category 3 status as it pushed westward toward the U.S. East Coast. A new update already has the storm More...
Hurricane Maria Relief: Samaritan’s Purse sends aids to victims in Puerto Rico
In the year since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse has helped some 351,000 hurricane victims—more than 10 percent of the More...
FEMA’s housing for displaced Hurricane Maria victims expires in two weeks
Hundreds of Puerto Rican families currently living in Central Florida who were forced to abandon their island homes after Hurricane Maria will effectively be left homeless following a ruling from a U.S. Federal More...
Understanding the Aftermath of a Flood and its Psychological Impact
It was in late-August of 2017 when the US was hit by Hurricane Harvey. Unprecedented amounts of rainfall took a toll on Houston, one of America’s largest cities. The rainfall, which totaled up to 60 inches, More...
How much classic car insurance costs?
Do you have a classic or vintage car you want to insure? Are you looking for the best classic car insurance quote for your special vintage car? Then there is good news. You are more likely gong to spend less to More...
Rainy Season Exposes Water Infrastructure Failures
As warmer weather starts to hit much of the US over the coming weeks and bringing Summer with it, questions are being asked up and down the country about the failings of the water infrastructure. In a particularly More...
How to Prepare for the Unexpected
There are many things in your life that you know are coming. You are taking a vacation next summer so you start saving. You look into travel, accommodations, and what you want to do while you are there. Or, you More...
Clean Up Begins After Massachusetts Nor’easter, State of Emergency Declared
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency over the weekend as coastal towns in the state were hit hard with severe flooding and weather. Effective immediately, the state of emergency went More...
California mudslides leave 13 dead, hundreds trapped in Montecito
Incredible mudslides in Southern California slammed everything in sight, leaving a death toll of 13 as of Wednesday morning with over 160 listed as injured. Hundreds of first responders in Santa Barbara County waded More...
American Atheists object to churches receiving federal funds for disaster relief, ‘It is shameful’
American Atheists have gone public with their outrage over FEMA’s recent policy change making churches eligible for federal relief funds in the wake of natural disasters. The organization argued that such funds More...
How to Prepare for a Natural Disaster
Hurricane Irma, wildfires in Colorado, the record heat wave…this year was full of natural disasters. Water or fire has not destroyed your home yet, but it is hard to gaze into the future. That is why every American More...
NFL, Trump and kneeling overshadow Puerto Rico disaster in the wake of Hurricane Maria
Scroll through social media and there are likely many more posts and emotional rants about the NFL, kneeling during the National Anthem and President Trump’s tweets over the topic. In there somewhere is the More...
When Tragedy Strikes, Freedom Debt Relief Could Help You Recover
Whether or not you are struggling financially right now, when tragedy strikes, your situation may quickly change. We have seen this recently as Texans fight to recover from the effects of Hurricane Harvey, where More...
Here’s How Hurricane Harvey will Affect the U.S. Economy, Let’s Not Even Get Started on Irma
Hurricane Harvey has already raged through Houston and we can’t seem to see the end of the footage on the devastation that it left in its path. While the U.S. continues to battle with effects of hurricane More...
Hurricane Irma: President Trumps signs Emergency Declaration for Seminole Tribe of Florida
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the Seminole Tribe of Florida to supplement the tribe’s More...
Rand Paul’s ‘America First’ amendment tabled by Senate
On Thursday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul introduced the “America First” amendment to the hurricane relief legislation that would provide assistance while preventing the federal government from further running More...