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“People tend to have a short disaster memory…What this storm is telling us is it’s time to think a little more long-term and make some decisions…We’ve been Band-Aiding things together for a long time.” – Gary Griggs (in the New York Times 01-09-2023)

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U.S. Airmen assigned to the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron, Florida Air National Guard, clear roads in Keaton Beach, Florida, after the landfall of Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024 (Courtesy of The National Guard, photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Hancock CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Helene Has Killed More Than 110 People, Here Are Some of Their Stories – the New York Times

October 3, 2024

Debris associated with house collapse at 23001 G A Kohler Court 09-20-2024 (Courtesy of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, public domain, via Flickr).

One block on the Outer Banks has had three houses collapse since Friday – the Washington Post

October 3, 2024

Drone image of coast homes, Laguna Beach, United States (by Derek Liang via Unsplash).

The California sand wars: As beaches shrink, neighbors and cities fight for what’s left – the Los Angeles Times

September 26, 2024

As Thursday, September 26, the center of Hurricane John was located near 17.1, -102.5 with movement WNW at 3 mph. The minimum central pressure was 982 mb with maximum sustained winds of about 70 mph.(Courtesy of CIRA/NOAA, public domain).

John Regains Hurricane Strength as It Marches Toward Mexico – the New York Times

September 26, 2024

The aftermath of the flooding in North Charleston, South Carolina caused by over 15 inches of rainfall resulting from Hurricane Joaquin, 2015 (by Ryan Johnson, courtesy of North Charleston CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

In Charleston, floods are a ‘constant existential fear’ – the Washington Post

August 14, 2024

The shoreline and beach at the base of the Palos Verdes landside © 2024 Rajendra P. Malla.

Rancho Palos Verdes landslide is creating a new beach. ‘It’s unreal’ – the Los Angeles Times

July 12, 2024

Photos: Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as Category 1 storm – the Washington Post

July 12, 2024

Daytona Beach Shores, FL , from a hotel balcony, 2008 (by "if winter ends," CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr).

The homeowner mutiny leaving Florida cities defenseless against hurricanes – Grist Magazine

June 26, 2024

A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew conducts overflights along the coast of western Florida following Hurricane Ian Oct. 1, 2022 (by Petty Officer Third Class Riley Perkofsk Courtesy of Coast Guard News CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

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June 23, 2024

Atlantic Hurricane Gonzalo (2014) located north of Puerto Rico (captured by GOES East at 1445Z on October 14, 2014, courtesy of NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

How this summer’s brutal hurricanes might one day save lives – Grist Magazine

June 20, 2024

Two named storms developed over the tropical Atlantic Ocean east of the Caribbean Sea in June 2023 (Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory, by Lauren Dauphin, using data from DSCOVR EPIC).

Emerging La Niña could play major role in this year’s hurricane season – the San Francisco Chronicle

May 26, 2024

1980 - 2024 United States Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster Cost, CPI Adjusted (courtesy of NOAA National Center for Environmental Information).

The surprising reasons thunderstorms are more destructive than ever – the Washington Post

May 23, 2024

Inverbervie Beach, Scotland UK (by Mary Rodgers cc-by-sa/2.0 via geograph.org.uk/p/6626054).

“The fear has properly set in”: how it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea – the Guardian

May 21, 2024

Map of Southern USA forecasting the Heat Risk for May 24, 2024(generated by experimental interactive mapping tool courtesy of National Weather Service | NOAA).

Brutal heat swells across Texas as many remain without power in Houston – the Washington Post

May 20, 2024

Big Sur, California, June 1, 2013 (by Henrique Pinto, CC0 1.0 DEED (public domain), via Flickr).

The Precarious Future of Big Sur’s Highway 1 – the New Yorker

May 20, 2024

Screenshot from NBC 7 San Diego's "How is Coastal Erosion Impacting Life in San Diego" via Youtube.

How is coastal erosion impacting life in San Diego? – NBC 7 San Diego

May 13, 2024

Much Too Hot To Be Out (by Sue Thompson CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

A streak of record global heat nears one-year mark – the Washington Post

May 8, 2024

Bixby Bridge from Above - Highway 1, Big Sur, CA (by Daniel Peckham CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Why Highway 1 is the climate challenge that California can’t fix – the Washington Times

May 7, 2024

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Roars Across the Arroyo Hondo Trestle (by Glenn Beltz Attribution 2.0 Generic via Flickr).

The Race to Keep an Amtrak Train From Falling Into the Pacific – The Wall Street Journal

April 15, 2024

Pacific Coast Highway - Route 1 - California (by faungg's photos CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Why Highway 1 Near Big Sur Is Always Collapsing Into The Ocean – LAist

April 7, 2024

A section of the Pacific Coast Highway falls into the ocean on the Big Sur Coast south of the Rocky Creek Bridge (Courtesy of Caltrans District 5, public domain via X).

Travelers Stranded by Highway Collapse Begin to Leave Big Sur – the New York Times

April 7, 2024

Failure on Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast south of the Rocky Creek Bridge (Courtesy of Caltrans District 5, public domain via X).

California’s Highway 1 road conditions will only get riskier, experts say – the Guardian

April 7, 2024

California Coast Highway 1 remains closed on the Big Sur Coast due to a slip out of the road just south of the Rocky Creek Bridge (Courtesy of Caltrans District 5, public domain via X).

California’s Pacific highway is beautiful, famous … and collapsing – the Times, UK

April 7, 2024

San Pedro - Sunken City (by Indabelle CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Landslides are changing Calif.’s coastline. 100 years ago, one swallowed a city – SF Gate

March 10, 2024

Hurricane Ian damage in Florida, September 2022 (courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Hurricanes are intensifying more rapidly – and the most vulnerable communities are hit hardest – the Guardian

March 9, 2024

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation acts as a conveyor belt of ocean water from Florida to Greenland. Along the journey north, water near the surface absorbs greenhouse gases, which sink down as the water cools near Greenland. In this way, the ocean effectively buries the gases deep below the surface (Courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, caption by Ellen T. Gray)

Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather – the Los Angeles Times

February 26, 2024

Before the Storms: Homes on the edge at Dana Point, September 19, 2013 © 2002-2024, Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.Californiacoastline.org, used with permission.

Clifftop mansions stand on the brink after severe storms inundate California – the Washington Post

February 25, 2024

Earth from Orbit: From late Dec. 2022 into Jan. 2023, a series of nine “atmospheric rivers” dumped a record amount of rain and mountain snow across the western U.S. and Canada, hitting California particularly hard. More than 32 trillion gallons of water rained down across the state, and the moisture also pushed into much of the Intermountain West. (courtesy of NOAA Satellites, GOES-18 (GOES West) water vapor imagery, Public Domain, via Flickr).

Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is on – the Guardian

February 13, 2024

In early September 2019, a loose chain of tropical cyclones lined up across the Western Hemisphere.(by Joshua Stevens, using GOES 16 imagery courtesy of NOAA and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). Caption by Kathryn Hansen, courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory,)

Category 6-level hurricanes are already here, a new study says – Grist Magazine

February 6, 2024

On January 31, 2020, a powerful atmospheric river arrived in the Pacific Northwest (Courtesy of CreditCredit...CIRA/CSU & NOAA via the RAMMB-CIRA Satellite Library).

Here’s How the Next Two Atmospheric Rivers Will Affect California – the New York Times

January 31, 2024

18 December 2023 Satellite imagery of East Coast of the United States (courtesy of NOAA/NESDIS/STAR - GOES-East GEOCOLOR Composite).

Record-setting storm wallops East Coast with flooding, high winds – the Washington Post

December 18, 2023

"The Earth in 2100" Edited NASA visualization of climate change (specifically temperature) will probably look like by the year 2100 (by Stuart Rankin CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Earth Just Had the Hottest 12-Month Span in Recorded History – Scientific American

November 22, 2023

Absecon Island (NJ) Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project (by US Army Corps of Engineers, public domain).

9 times the US Army Corps of Engineers miscalculated badly at the expense of taxpayers, wildlife – Jefferson Public Radio (JPR)

November 20, 2023

Sea wall drains, Prachuap Bay, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (by Troup Dresser CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Can Seawalls Save Us? – the New Yorker

November 6, 2023

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High Winds on East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz county (by CHP Santa Cruz, January 10, 2023)

Image Gallery courtesy of: Shmuel Thaler | Santa Cruz Sentinel, Kim Steinhardt, and Gary Griggs

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