There is no question that natural disasters will hit Texas again. We hope Mother Nature will keep the peace, but we can reasonably expect more hurricanes, more fires, more tornadoes. The real question is: Will […]
For some, Hurricane Harvey is now a distant, if not unpleasant, memory. Looking back on 2017, many Texas families will recall the evacuations, the news footage of dramatic rescues, the mud-filled first floors, and the […]
One year since Hurricane Maria made landfall, residents and advocates have been rebuilding and preparing themselves for the distribution of federal recovery funds. Espacios Abiertos, a nonprofit focused on strengthening civic engagement for communities in […]
(Photo: A lineman checks on a downed powerlines in Port Arthur) In the last blog on Port Arthur, we predicted that Texas counties and cities, overwhelmed after a disaster as large and as costly as […]
As the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approached the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity coalition also known as HOME knew they wanted to push back against the mainstream narrative that all Houstonians had recovered […]
(Home in Indian Hills colonia that experienced flooding after the June storms. Photo taken a week after the storms hit.) As Rio Grande Valley residents apply for federal assistance to help rebuild and recover from […]
I was honored to give the keynote at the 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop on July 9 in Broomfield and Boulder, Colorado. The event is hosted by The Natural Hazards Center—which is the nation’s […]
