Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – March 14, 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

• A major storm dumps feet of snow in parts of Colorado and leaves drivers stranded – AP
• Storm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri –  AP
• As Texas’ largest-ever wildfire nears containment, Panhandle braces for “extremely critical fire weather conditions” – CBS News
• Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks – Smart Water Magazine
• U.S. climate winter recap and summary for February 2024 – Climate.gov
• A Comprehensive Calibration Procedure for Earth System Model Water Cycle – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Operational Resilience

• Reducing Flood Risk In A Highly Urbanized Area – Water Online
• A Massachusetts town spent $600K on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later – AP
• DHS Deploys Wildfire Sensors to Mitigate and Manage Fires in Hawaiʻi, Keep Communities Safe and Resilient – DHS
• Researchers to develop new water quality monitoring system – Smart Water Magazine
• Do Water Audits Work? – Cato Institute
• Private utility wants to bypass Georgia county to connect water to new homes near Hyundai plant – AP
• Dancing droplets’ new spin on water harvesting – Smart Water Magazine
• How Much Energy Can Hydro Turbines In Water Pipes Generate? – Water Online
• European Commissions calls for climate preparedness to avoid water conflicts – Smart Water Magazine

Extremism/Terrorism

• Terrorist Threat to US Has Reached ‘Whole Other Level,’ FBI’s Wray Warns –  Bloomberg
• A New Terror Threat Is Emerging in Europe Linked to Iran, Gaza War – Wall Street Journal
• ISIS Is Back and Threatens to Be Deadlier Than Ever – Daily Beast
• Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS TikTok Users Celebrate Accused Attacker In Zurich Stabbing – Counter Extremism Project
• How people get sucked into misinformation rabbit holes – and how to get them out – The Conversation
• Trucking in Fear: Rental Trucks as a Terror Tactic – Middlebury Institute of International Studies