Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – October 1, 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

• Florida on long-range alert for upcoming Gulf tropical threat – Accu Weather
• Storm tracker: Kirk may become major hurricane as other systems brew – USA Today
• See how Helene dwarfs other hurricanes that have hit the Gulf Coast – Washington Post
• Hurricanes on repeat: Natural disasters ‘don’t feel natural anymore’ – USA Today
• Hurricane Helene: aerial imagery – NOAA
• Why Helene’s floods caught North Carolina off guard – Washington Post
• Line fire flare-up tips California over a grim milestone: 1 million acres burned in 2024 – Los Angeles Times
• Northern California braces for rare October Heat Wave to kick off first week – ABC 10

Operational Resilience

• Massive port strike begins across America’s East Coast, threatening shortages and rising prices – CNN
• Dockworkers’ strike could push up prices and cause shortages if it lasts for weeks – AP
• Wildfire burn scars impacting Western water availability by shifting the way snow melts: Study – The Hill
• In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat – Conversation
• New tool to help decision makers navigate possible futures of the Colorado River – Smart Water Magazine
• How cities run dry – Yale Climate Connections
• From Waste To Power: How Floating Solar Panels On Wastewater Ponds Could Help Solve NZ’s Electricity Security Crisis – Water Online
• Preparedness – The Goal With No Finish Line – Domestic Preparedness
• Shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 Georgia residents is lifted after chemical fire – AP

Extremism/Terrorism

• Maryland Woman Sentenced for Conspiring to Destroy the Baltimore Region Power Grid – DOJ
• Statement from President Joe Biden on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah – White House
• Germany: Police arrest man over arson attacks, van crash – DW
• Calgary man sentenced to six years in prison for sharing terrorism videos on TikTok – Lethbridge Herald (Canada)
• Springfield, Ohio, Is a Microcosm of American Political Violence – Lawfare