NYC Catastrophic Flash Flooding
Climate Migration is happening to society at many different levels around the world and is becoming more frequent and not just temporary anymore! Much like eastern North Carolina, that sits on a coastal plain, vulnerable to flooding due to the increase of extreme rainfall and hurricanes influenced by climate change.
Looking back, about 2 years ago, while working in corporate America, I would attend company meetings to discuss business development opportunities, identify new trends and mitigation efforts that would be needed in the future. I spoke up and said, “Soon the world will be facing mass migration of human civilizations at a large scale because of climate change”. Honestly, I am not sure how many of my team members really understood… Continue reading
Ida Causes Wide Spread Power Outages
As I write this blog, my thoughts and prayers go out to the millions of people who are being affected by Hurricane Ida. Ida made landfall over Port Fourchon, Louisiana at about 11:55 a.m. CT Sunday. At landfall, the storm’s winds were just short of 157 mph as it marks the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Katrina was a 1 in 100-year storm as they predicted, and people thought they would not see anything like it again anytime soon.
Well, guess what? They were wrong, as heavy rains continue to fall and are expected to drop up to 24 inches of rain in some parts of Louisiana. Thanks to solutions implemented by the state of Louisiana’s… Continue reading