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August 25, 2024 Reduce Flooding

AP Reports Shine Light on Secrecy of Flood Risk Below Dams

8/25/2024 – An investigation by the Associated Press shined a light on how information is being withheld by the government that affects flood risk below dams. The secrecy also affects the cost of flood insurance that residents below dams pay. Two Related Stories A copyrighted story by David A. Lieb published by AP on 8/23/2024 […]

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October 22, 2023 Reduce Flooding

Welcome to Climate Psychotherapy

Two nights ago I started to hug my wife. “Not tonight,” she said. “What’s wrong,” I asked. “Headache?” “No,” she sighed. “Climate change.” The temperature in the room dropped about 10 degrees. “I see what you mean,” I said. Ironically, the next morning, I opened the New York Times to an article by Brooke Jarvis. The […]

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September 16, 2023 Reduce Flooding

Hurricane Lee, Climatology, Data Truncation and the News

Noon, September 16, 2023 – An Associated Press headline this morning trumpeted “Climate change could bring more monster storms like Hurricane Lee to New England.” I immediately went to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) website to see the most current conditions. Lee had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone with 75 mph winds. But it […]

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