Reading into natural disasters: how bookstores weather the storm
When Jamie Anderson took over Downtown Books, a bookstore in Manteo, North Carolina, in 2012 it had flooded eight times […]
Air Force volunteer organization provides valuable post-disaster damage assessment
YUKON, Okla. – ‘How bad is it?’ That is the first thing that agencies try to assess after a disaster […]
In small S.C. towns, people struggle to stay after historic floods
BUCKSPORT, S.C. – Rosetta Davis belted out gospel lyrics while tapping one hand on the altar. On the other side […]
California’s wildfire survivors go online for mental health aid
SONOMA, Calif. – After the Tubbs Fire of October 2017 burned more than 30,000 acres of land and killed 43 […]
Panama City man struggles with the mental toll of the storm
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The 80-foot pine tree stood on the edge of Greg Dossie’s Panama City, Florida, property his […]
The fish bowl in Dillon, S.C.
DILLON, S.C. — In the late 1800s, businessman John W. Dillon negotiated a deal with a railroad company to lay […]
Small businesses take a big hit after Maryland town floods twice
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — These were the first things Dave Carney said when he called his wife during the 2016 […]
What Hurricane Katrina taught Louisiana about foster care
NEW ORLEANS – Among the more than 450,000 people living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck, at least 2,000 […]
One woman, two natural disasters
FLAT ROCK, Mich. – Patricia Buffone wakes up every morning and thanks God for being alive. “I am who I […]
After Hurricane María, Centro Esperanza became Loíza’s hope
LOÍZA, Puerto Rico — For Sister Cecilia Serrano Guzmán, director of Centro Esperanza in Loíza, on the north coast of […]