This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even when the water is gone, Houston will not be as it was. Residents who fled their homes to escape Hurricane Harvey will return find their cars junked, their houses full…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ..Many people think Save the Children solely provides aid during global catastrophes that happen in far away places, but they also provide substantial aid here in the United States. Save…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every so often, the worst-case scenario comes to pass. As of Sunday afternoon, the remnants of Hurricane Harvey seem likely to exceed the worst forecasts that preceded the storm. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hurricane Irma was one of the most intense hurricanes ever observed in the Atlantic, and made landfall while the U.S. was still reeling from Hurricane Harvey’s devastation of Houston and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The death toll from Mexico’s 8.1 magnitude earthquake rose to 96 on Monday as more victims were confirmed in the hard-hit southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas and residents worked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As floodwaters from tropical storm Harvey continue to rise in the nation’s fourth most-populous city, well over 100 districts across southeastern Texas remain shuttered during what for some would have been the opening days…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’re one of thousands of Harvey-ravaged Houstonians who could use a handout from Houston Texan J.J. Watt’s hurricane relief fund, you’re going to have to wait a little longer.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What would you say if I were to tell you that you could make the world a better place by spending an extra $1,500 a year at the grocery store?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I watched the news reports from Texas and was horrified at the scale of this disaster. I grew up on the Jersey shore where I’ve been evacuated due to storms,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hurricane Harvey is being called one of the biggest natural disasters in the United States to date, and an already inundated Texas braces itself for more rain. Relief efforts have been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mission: The ITDRC mission is to prepare and assist Communities with Technology Continuity and Recovery in times of disaster. We fulfill this mission through education, planning, and disaster response; by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. So here’s what normally happens, we come back and for 30 days it is heaven on earth. We are invincible and on top of the world. But then you wake…