Hello there: We've curated a selection of valuable content and news into the November issue of your customer newsletter. We hope you'll find it helpful for your efforts to stay resilient in the face of today's natural hazard risks.
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How to unlock funding to increase your resilience against natural hazard risks
As natural hazards continue to grow in number and intensity, communities, businesses, and farms face rising costs to protect lives, livelihoods, and landscapes. Although federal grants can help bridge financial gaps, the process of securing those funds is often complex and competitive. To shed light on how to overcome these financial and procedural challenges, we collected insights from several industry experts.
Top sources of federal funding for your climate resilience projects
For communities, businesses, and farms that might need help to bridge budgetary gaps on the road to climate resilience, we've compiled a list of some of the most prominent federal funding opportunities.
How a major company cut costs and boosted safety by tackling weather-related delays
A major company with many dispersed outdoor job sites recognized it had a recurring problem with its job sites needing to be shut down suddenly and unexpectedly due to severe weather. Those shutdowns often added unnecessary costs and delays to their projects while exposing workers and equipment to unnecessary risks. This is the story of how they tackled those challenges with improved weather monitoring and forecasting.
Discover what goes into creating effective flood forecasts
To give people enough time to seek safety and mitigate damage, you must do more than merely watch flood threats unfold. You have to anticipate when and where flooding will happen. When done scientifically, that’s forecasting. In this webinar, we’ll look at what goes into developing an effective flood forecast.
Stories from the real-life storm chaser who helped shape the movie, Twisters
Dr. Sean Waugh is the real-life storm-chaser who helped shape the 2024 movie, Twisters. In this episode, Sean takes us behind-the scenes of the film and explains what it's like to consult for a Hollywood production. He also shares stories from his real-life storm-chasing adventures and sheds light on how closely Hollywood managed to mirror reality.
