Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – November 7, 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

• Officials in North Carolina declare state of emergency as wildfires burn hundreds of acres – AP
• Extreme weather is outpacing even the worst-case scenarios of our forecasting models – The Conversation
• Study links changes in global water cycle to higher temperatures – Smart Water News
• A 205-mph (330 kph) wind gust measured in Hurricane Otis – Yale Climate Connections
• Humans are disrupting natural ‘salt cycle’ on a global scale, new study shows – Smart Water News

Operational Resilience

• Protecting Our Critical Infrastructure During Uncertain Times – DHS S&T
• UMass Hydrogeologists Develop Innovative Way to Predict Saltwater Intrusion Into Groundwater Using Plymouth, Mass. As Test Case – University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Emerging Technologies, Part 1 – Information and Communication – Domestic Preparedness Journal
• Emerging Technologies, Part 2 – Uncrewed Vehicles – Domestic Preparedness Journal
• Interior announces $65 million for six rural water projects – Smart Water News

Extremism/Terrorism

• Texas Conducts Full-Scale Terrorist Attack Preparedness Exercise With Federal, State, And Local Partner – Irving Weekly
• The Threat from Within: An Overview of the Domestic Violent Extremist Threat Facing US Nuclear Security Practitioners  – The Stimson Center
• Arkansas man arrested after trying to crash through gates at South Carolina nuclear plant – AP
• As the Middle East strains, fears of extremism rise – Politico
• Gaza and Global Jihad: Why the Hamas-Israel War Is Unlikely to Revive ISIS and al Qaeda – Foreign Affairs