SEATTLE, WA – Tuesday, March 11th, 2014, marks the third anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit the Tohoku region of Japan producing a massive tsunami that killed an estimated 18,000 people, caused $122B dollars of damage, and led to the eventual meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The environmental, social, andContinue reading “GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI REMEMBRANCE EVENT “
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Occupy Sandy: 7.5 Months Later
Just days after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Cost, killing 72 and causing over $50 billion in damage, the Storm Surge production team met up with members of Occupy Sandy to see firsthand how volunteers mobilized to help with the recovery and rebuilding efforts. Tomorrow, June 14th, the group will host a debriefing meetingContinue reading “Occupy Sandy: 7.5 Months Later”
One After Another After Another
The United States experiences more than 1,000 tornadoes a year. While most storms are weak and occur in sparsely populated areas, recent storms have inflicted heavy casualties in more populated regions of the country. Moore, OK, Tuscaloosa, AL, and Joplin, MO are the most recent communities to suffer. Tornadoes form when large air masses ofContinue reading “One After Another After Another”
How do you end a story about a day that will live forever?
Do you tell the death count of 24 or describe the estimated $2 billion damage to some 12,600 homes? Do you reminisce about all the times you spent sitting in a musty cellar full of old people telling their own tornado ghost stories that frightened and intrigued you all at the same time? Or doContinue reading “How do you end a story about a day that will live forever?”
How to Survive & Thrive After Sandy
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, we had the great fortune of being introduced to and spending time with Kindra Arensen, a mother, wife to a commercial fisherman, and the so-called Erin Brockovick of Southern Louisiana. A Thomas Jefferson Community Leadership Award winner for her work advocating on behalf of thousands of commercial fishermen whoContinue reading “How to Survive & Thrive After Sandy”
The Perfect $1 Billion Storm
With Hurricane Sandy churning from the South, an early winter storm barreling in from the West, arctic air sweeping in from the North and a full-moon affecting the tides, the mid-Atlantic, New England and eastern Canada, are set for a “perfect storm” early next week. The convergence of weather has the potential to produceContinue reading “The Perfect $1 Billion Storm”
I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful
Last night we watched a screening of Academy Award®-winning director Jonathan Demme’s documentary film, I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful. The film profiles Carolyn Parker, a fearless civil rights activist and resident of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, and her five-year crusade to rebuild her beloved house, her church, her community — andContinue reading “I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful”
Storm Surge & The Next Generation
What is this film about? Contrary to the title, Storm Surge is a not a disaster movie, but rather a film that celebrates the hope, optimism, and self-determination needed to build disaster resilient communities in advance of catastrophic shifts in ecosystems and the related impacts to our weather and our communities. From super tornadoes, droughts,Continue reading “Storm Surge & The Next Generation”
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