Editorial: Disaster preparedness
This is what the Portland Press Herald in Maine had to say about disaster preparedness becoming a policy priority:
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This is what the Portland Press Herald in Maine had to say about disaster preparedness becoming a policy priority:
The state’s Individual Disaster Assistance Grant Program has paid $227,675 in response to storm damage. FEMA estimated the state’s spring flood damage at $6.3 million. As of Dec. 4, crop insurers had paid out more than $248 million due to drought.
Maine, like almost everywhere else on earth, has to get serious about fighting back against extreme weather.
As extreme weather grows more extreme with climate change, it costs our economies, communities and personal health.