Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – August 20, 2024

The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.

Natural Hazards/Climate Change

• Floods from ‘training thunderstorms’ lead to dramatic rescues and 2 deaths in Connecticut – AP
• Flash flooding, severe storms may interfere with travel in NYC, Philly and DC – Accu Weather
• Governor declares emergency after thunderstorms hit northwestern Arkansas – AP
• Ernesto retains strength as a hurricane over the open Atlantic – AP
• Dry desert heat blasts much of the US Southwest despite some cooling rain in Phoenix – AP
• The Los Angeles earthquake hit a fault system that could pose a massive threat. Here’s what to know. – Washington Post
• Earth has just ended a 13-month streak of record heat – here’s what to expect next – The Conversation
• Study yields new insights into the link between global warming and rising sea levels – Phys.org

Operational Resilience

• Flux And Friction: The State of Modern Workplace Security – Facility Executive
• Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA issue National Heat Strategy, provide $200K for extreme heat preparedness – NOAA
• Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will lose same amount of Colorado River water next year as in 2024 – AP
• Union Pacific Train Derailed After Klamath Falls Man Tampered With Track Switch, Police Say – Oregon Live
• Why isn’t Colorado’s snowpack ending up in the Colorado River?  – Smart Water Magazine
• Removing The Invisibility Cloak Of Water – Water Online
• So Much More to Do After the Initial Response – Domestic Preparedness
• OSU researchers complete electrical mapping project critical to protecting the U.S. power grid – Oregon State University
• The U.K. Admits Failure in Pandemic Response and Offers Preparedness and Resilience Lessons – Homeland Security Today
• What lies beneath: the growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet – Guardian
• Energy Department awards $2.2B to strengthen the electrical grid and add clean power – AP

Extremism/Terrorism

• Turkey Attacker Inspired by Accelerationism and Mass Killers, Manifesto Shows – ADL
• ‘Ticking time bomb’: APD concerned over suspected arson attack tied to ‘Cop City’ protests – Fox 5 Atlanta
• Suspect, security guard exchange fire outside entrance of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland – CBS News
• Arizona man pleads guilty over threatening to kill FBI agents, politicians – ABC News
• Teens face London court hearing on far-right terrorism charges; discussed plans to carry out terrorism – ABC News
• Radicalised killers used military-style defences to force police retreat during Wieambilla siege – Guardian