Today on TAP: Climate change has already demonstrated the need for infrastructure spending
hurricanes
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Here Comes the Rain Again
Will Lake Charles, Louisiana, become America’s latest climate sacrifice?
Posted inPolitics
Like Southwest Louisiana, FEMA Is Worn Down
This summer’s furies, Hurricanes Laura in August, Sally in September, and Delta in October, pummeled the same southwest corner of Louisiana. Blue tarps covered the roofs of the places Laura spared. Delta blew them off and flooded anything still standing. After the storm cleared out, area residents flocked to Twitter to complain that the country—especially […]
Posted inPolitics
Unconventional: The Republicans, Day Three
Chicago, 1968; pandemic, Kenosha, and the hurricane, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: COVID Disaster Hurting Response to Other Disasters
Plus, will there be a relief bill? This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for August 24, 2020.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Pandemic Still With Us, but Hurricanes Also Loom
Is FEMA prepared for simultaneous disasters?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Hurricane Dorian Spares Puerto Rico, but Trump Does Not
The president unleashes a tweetstorm against the mayor of San Juan and anything else associated with the island except, of course, his own failed leadership.
Posted inEconomic Policy
With Hurricane Season Looming, Billions in Disaster Recovery for Puerto Rico Remain Unspent
Congress approved $20 billion last year to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria in 2017. Less than $14,000 has been spent on the island.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Hurricane Sandy and the Inequalities of Resilience in New York
With the recovery from Hurricane Florence gearing up in the Carolinas, the post-Sandy experiences of one section of New York provide important clues about how low-income residents and people of color fare after natural disasters.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Not Everyone Can Evacuate as Hurricane Florence Approaches
Many in the path of the storm, including poor residents and hundreds of prisoners, are forced to stay put.
