Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – June 1, 2023

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.

• Halifax-area wildfire 50% contained, has not grown – CBC
• Summer Heat – Why the next few months may be hotter than normal. – The New York Times
• Land around the U.S. is sinking. Here are some of the fastest areas. – The Washington Post
• Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse. – The New York Times
• The challenges to US security posed by ‘salad bar’ extremism – ABC News
• Founding Fathers of the Modern American Neo-Nazi Movement: The Impacts and Legacies of Louis Beam, William Luther Pierce, and James Mason – GW Program on Extremism
• AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction’ on Par With Pandemics and Nuclear War, Tech Executives Warn – The Wall Street Journal
• National Dam Safety Awareness Day – FEMA
• Wastewater surveillance as an early warning tool for disease – UN