Tag: resilience

  • 326 Years After Cascadia

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    Bridget Good
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    Why minutes matter, and how infrastructure can turn the tide On January 26, 2026, the Pacific Northwest marks the 326th anniversary of the last great Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami of 1700. More than three centuries later, we wait for the next one, knowing it is not a question of if, but when. When…

  • You Can’t Shrink Your Way to Resilience

    You Can’t Shrink Your Way to Resilience

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    Bridget Good
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    On New Year’s Eve, FEMA’s acting chief, Karen Evans, instructed that roughly 50 of the agency’s Cadre of On-Call Response and Recovery (CORE) teams would not have their contracts renewed—letting them go just days before they were scheduled to finish their assignments. FEMA currently employs over 8,000 CORE staff—about 40% of its workforce—who are typically…