Mary Bart
@floodcomms.bsky.social
Conducting outreach and communication around flood-related issues by day, wrangling lab pups by night, and forever seeking the next great book I just can't put down.
The Cost of Inaction: What the Texas Floods Reveal About Our Risk www.floods.org/news-views/f...
July 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Cost of Inaction: What the Texas Floods Reveal About Our Risk www.floods.org/news-views/f...
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Today @nrdc.org filed comments with the administration, detailing how their actions have unraveled the nation's disaster safety net and set back climate resilience.
Their actions are degrading federal emergency management capacity, and state and local gov'ts.
www.nrdc.org/bio/rob-moor...
Their actions are degrading federal emergency management capacity, and state and local gov'ts.
www.nrdc.org/bio/rob-moor...
FEMA—and the Nation’s Disaster Safety Net—Gets Cut Adrift
As the Trump administration targets the Federal Emergency Management Agency for “reforms,” states and communities lose the support they depend on to make it through climate-influenced disasters.
www.nrdc.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today @nrdc.org filed comments with the administration, detailing how their actions have unraveled the nation's disaster safety net and set back climate resilience.
Their actions are degrading federal emergency management capacity, and state and local gov'ts.
www.nrdc.org/bio/rob-moor...
Their actions are degrading federal emergency management capacity, and state and local gov'ts.
www.nrdc.org/bio/rob-moor...
Hurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl, and the disaster relief agency “is not ready” for the June 1 start to the season, according to an internal agency review obtained by CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/p...
Exclusive: FEMA is “not ready” for hurricane season, internal agency review shows | CNN Politics
Hurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl. With hurricane season weeks away, a new assessment raises a number of red flags about how the agency would respond to a major disaster.
www.cnn.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl, and the disaster relief agency “is not ready” for the June 1 start to the season, according to an internal agency review obtained by CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/p...
“The federal disaster safety net is at risk of unraveling right now,” says @robnrdc.bsky.social. “If you’re a local government official, a governor, or somebody who’s lived through a disaster in the past, you should be worried ..." newrepublic.com/article/1945...
Trump’s Cuts Are Making Natural Disasters Deadlier
The administration is denying recovery funding and slashing money for preparedness. With hurricane season approaching, the results could be catastrophic.
newrepublic.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“The federal disaster safety net is at risk of unraveling right now,” says @robnrdc.bsky.social. “If you’re a local government official, a governor, or somebody who’s lived through a disaster in the past, you should be worried ..." newrepublic.com/article/1945...
This @nebpublicmedia.bsky.social story about Peru, Nebraska (pop 598) provides a good reminder about how long flood recovery takes, especially for small communities.
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Nebraska communities still recovering from 2019 floods
Six years after flooding devastated Nebraska and claimed four lives, communities are still recovering. And as that recovery continues, the federal government’s role is unclear.
nebraskapublicmedia.org
April 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This @nebpublicmedia.bsky.social story about Peru, Nebraska (pop 598) provides a good reminder about how long flood recovery takes, especially for small communities.
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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Due to the rapid loss of capacity at FEMA, @americanrivers.bsky.social has named the Mississippi River as the nation's most endangered river. @floodcomms.bsky.social @nwfwater.bsky.social
www.americanrivers.org/media-item/t...
www.americanrivers.org/media-item/t...
Threat of FEMA Abolishment, Layoffs Lands Mississippi as American Rivers’ Top Endangered River for 2025
American Rivers is today, naming the Mississippi River as America’s Most Endangered River® of 2025. At a time when extreme weather is driving more frequent and devastating floods, hundreds of layoffs ...
www.americanrivers.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Due to the rapid loss of capacity at FEMA, @americanrivers.bsky.social has named the Mississippi River as the nation's most endangered river. @floodcomms.bsky.social @nwfwater.bsky.social
www.americanrivers.org/media-item/t...
www.americanrivers.org/media-item/t...
A new national standard could significantly change how communities mitigate flooding.
This article highlights what's new, what it means, and what ASFPM is doing to make it easier for communities to adopt the standards:
www.floods.org/news-views/f...
This article highlights what's new, what it means, and what ASFPM is doing to make it easier for communities to adopt the standards:
www.floods.org/news-views/f...
ASCE 24-24 Delivers Major Update to Flood Resistant Design Standards
Flood Resistant Design and Construction, ASCE/SEI 24-24 is an update to widely used standards for structures in flood hazard areas. Here are the 4 big changes.
www.floods.org
March 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A new national standard could significantly change how communities mitigate flooding.
This article highlights what's new, what it means, and what ASFPM is doing to make it easier for communities to adopt the standards:
www.floods.org/news-views/f...
This article highlights what's new, what it means, and what ASFPM is doing to make it easier for communities to adopt the standards:
www.floods.org/news-views/f...
Reposted by Mary Bart
As I told NPR, "Everything we build today needs to be built for the world we're going to inhabit decades from now. And we know what the failure to do that looks like because it's all around us."
www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...
Exclusive: Trump administration drops work on stronger building codes for disasters
To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back.
www.npr.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
As I told NPR, "Everything we build today needs to be built for the world we're going to inhabit decades from now. And we know what the failure to do that looks like because it's all around us."
www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...
Reposted by Mary Bart
