Weekly Preparedness Roundup: January 21, 2023
Here’s this week’s news stories, studies, etc. related to preparedness that contain potentially helpful information. The sources used here aren’t all the sources checked, but the other sites didn’t have new information. If there are other sources you think should be checked, please let me know what they are!
A study from Oregon State University found that people’s cultural worldviews influence their response to wildfire risk, and should be taken into account to use the most effective methods of communication regarding mitigation efforts such as adjusting landscaping and preparing an evacuation plan.
Australians are looking to cities around the world to see what new, effective solutions to the problems stemming from Climate Change are out there and they can adopt for their own use.
Findings from a new report by Pathways Climate Institute indicate the San Francisco Bay Area is more at risk of flooding than previously believed.
A new report shows significant changes are happening to the Earth’s global water cycle due to Climate Change.
Researchers from the University of Nicosia simulated an atomic bomb explosion and its blast wave so they could better model and understand the impacts, specifically to those sheltering indoors.
It is proposed, based on the experience with COVID-19 that the default response to pandemics should be elimination rather than suppression or mitigation.
The American Heart Association released a statement that based on data, people who experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA) characterized by stroke symptoms that disappear in under an hour need an emergency medical assessment to help prevent a full-blown stroke.
A new study shows “Intercropping” which is the growth of several crops in the same fields boosts productivity although the practice is declining.
It is proposed that Solar-Powered Refrigerators could help slow climate change and its effects as well as reducing hunger. Sub-Saharan Africa is suggested as a first place to implement and test the refrigerators.
A new study by Environmental Working Group scientists finds that consumption of just a single serving of freshwater fish per year could be equal to a month of drinking water laced with the “forever chemical” PFOS at high levels that may be harmful.
A UC-Santa Cruz Hydrogeologist suggested that California could do more to store rain in order to protect against future droughts and discusses how.
“Ross Stores Recalls Taylor and Finch Six-Wick Scented Candles Due to Fire and Injury Hazards”
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