Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – March 7, 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

• Tornado Alley may roar to life as the severe weather season ramps up in US – Accu Weather
• A massive Texas wildfire is finally dying down. Its impact could last years. – Washington Post
• Storms recharge California snowpack, easing drought fears – Washington Post
• SWOT Satellite Catches Coastal Flooding During California Storms – NASA
• Last month was hottest February ever recorded. It’s the ninth-straight broken record – AP
• Global warming may be behind an increase in the frequency and intensity of cold spells – The Conversation

Operational Resilience

• Not Enough to Just Replace Lead Pipes – RAND
• Sponge city infrastructure proves effective to soak record precipitation in Los Angeles – Smart Water Magazine
• New ‘digital twin’ Earth could help predict water-based natural disasters before they strike – Smart Water Magazine
• States in Colorado River basin pitch new ways to absorb shortages but clash on the approach – AP
• Mexico City drought causes rainwater catchment basin to catch fire and burn for a day – AP
• The US Must Boost Homeland Resilience In The 21st Century – Forbes
• Slaying the Recovery Beast: Part I – The Need for Program Management in Disaster Recovery – Homeland Security Today
• Scientists uncover hidden danger lurking under major cities causing long-term infrastructure damage: ‘Slowly but continuously’ – The Cool Down
• Scientists Put Forth a Smarter Way to Protect a Smarter Grid – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Thermal networks: The missing infrastructure we need to help enable carbon-free heating – The Conversation
• The US is bracing for complex, fast-moving threats to elections this year, FBI director warns – AP

Extremism/Terrorism

• Terrorism charges laid against accused Edmonton city hall attacker: RCMP –  Edmonton Journal
• Police say South Portland teen accused of planning school attack glorified Columbine shooters – Portland Press-Herald
• San Antonio Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Supporting Terrorists – DOJ
• FBI hunts for suspected Iranian assassin targeting Trump-era officials – Semafor
• Extremist Content Online: The Base Calls For Members of Other White Supremacist Groups to Join – Counter Extremism Project
• Christchurch terrorist discussed attacks online a year before carrying them out, new research reveals – The Conversation
• Iran’s Narco-Terrorist Network: How Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and Other Proxies Use Narcotics to Fund Their War Against the West. – Homeland Security Today