Writing
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Multi-hazard planning is adaptation
A wildfire can make the next rainstorm far more dangerous, and the batteries powering the clean energy shift bring fire risks of their own. Our maps, insurance and codes still…
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The questions every data center community should ask
A data center can be a burden or an asset to the place that hosts it. The difference often comes down to a handful of questions about water, power, heat…
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Insurance can’t fix bad land use
The National Flood Insurance Program runs out on 30 September 2026, again. The bigger problem is that we keep asking an insurance price to do the job of planning.
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Flood maps are out of date. Block parties aren’t.
The best early warning system on your street might not be a sensor or a map. It might be the people who threw the last block party.