Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – January 25, 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

• Rounds of severe thunderstorms, flooding rain target South – Accu Weather 
• Weekend storm will bring the next round of snow to the Northeast – Accu Weather 
• Tropical low off northeast Australia reaches cyclone strength – AP
• Damaging thunderstorm winds increasing in central U.S. – U.S. National Science Foundation
• Firefighters Used to Bet on Wildfires Easing at Night. Not Anymore. – The Wall Street Journal 
• Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows – The Conversation
• A record 63 billion-dollar weather disasters hit Earth in 2023 – Yale Climate Connections 

Operational Resilience

• Rice engineers propose hybrid urban water sourcing model – Rice University
• Study Evaluates The Cost Benefits Of Recharge Net Metering For Groundwater Sustainability – Water Online
• A new assessment of remote sensing tool’s accuracy for supporting satellite-based water management – Smart Water Magazine
• Texas grid holds firm through frigid temperatures, 3 demand records, 2 conservation calls – Utility Dive
• Extreme weather shows need for dispatchable resources, new transmission: FERC commissioners – Utility Dive

Extremism/Terrorism

• US Capitol Police: Threats to lawmakers increased in 2023 – Politico
• Edmonton City Hall shooting suspect was a security guard, released manifestos – Global News
• Extremists Call for ‘Civil War’ and ‘Secession’ Over Texas Border Ruling – Vice News
• Veterans and Extremism: From Militias to January 6th and Real Patriots – Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
• Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Telegram Channels Spread Manifesto of Jacksonville Gunman – Counter Extremism Project