Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – November 02, 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.

Natural Hazards/Climate Change

• Southern California wildfire prompts evacuation order for thousands as Santa Ana winds fuel flames (AP)
• A wildfire raging for a week in eastern Australia claims a life and razes more than 50 homes (AP)
• S(no)w pain, S(no)w gain: How does El Niño affect snowfall over North America? (NOAA)
• The Top COVID-19 Hot Spots in the U.S. (U.S. News and World Report)
• Queensland’s fires are not easing at night. That’s a bad sign for the summer ahead (The Conversation)
• See SWOT Mission’s Unprecedented View of Global Sea Levels (NASA)

Operational Resilience

• Biden’s $8 billion quest to solve America’s groundwater crisis (Grist)
• Energy Dept. Pours Billions Into Power Grids but Warns It’s Not Enough (The New York Times)

Extremism/Terrorism

• Finnish neo-Nazis used 3D printer to make guns in preparation for ‘race war’ (The Guardian)
• Maine gunman is the latest mass shooter with a military background. Experts explain the connection. (CBS Bay Area)
• Extremist Content Online: Antisemitic Conspiracy Video Praising Nazi Germany Receives Over 1 Million Views On Twitter/X (Counter Extremism Project)
• “Let Them Kill Each Other”: The Israel-Palestine War is the Perfect Storm for Canada’s Far-Right (Global Network on Extremism & Technology)