Tag: Hurricanes
How your social network could save you from a disaster
Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University and Danaë Metaxa, Stanford University
In early November 2017, Brooks Fisher’s neighbor in Sonoma, California, pounded on his door at...
Storms hit poorer people harder, from Superstorm Sandy to Hurricane Maria
Chris Sellers, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
The ferocious “frankenstorm” known as Sandy that ripped through greater New York City five...
I’m a librarian in Puerto Rico, and this is my Hurricane...
Evelyn Milagros Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
I’ve always been fascinated by storms, particularly Puerto Rico’s own history of them. I think it’s...
As communities rebuild after hurricanes, study shows wetlands can significantly reduce...
Siddharth Narayan, University of California, Santa Cruz and Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz
A 12-year “hurricane drought” during which no major hurricanes formed...
Why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma won’t lead to action on climate...
Scott Gabriel Knowles, Drexel University
It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record-smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple...
Hurricanes drive immigration to the US
Dean Yang, University of Michigan and Parag Mahajan, University of Michigan
In the last few weeks, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Katia have cut paths of...
Should the US put power lines underground?
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
It is the height of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Harvey in...
Why social media apps should be in your disaster kit
Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University and Courtney M. Page, Northeastern University
With floodwaters at four feet and rising, a family in Houston, Texas abandoned their...
