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Rachel Minnery @MinneryRachel

Architect addressing resilience adaptation for environmental, social and economic prosperity. Views are my own

Joined February 2014
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Vice President Kamala Harris Archived
@VP46Archive
27 Jun 2022
What happened on Friday was a complete dismantling of reproductive freedom by the Supreme Court. Right now, we are fighting to restore what the Court took away. reproductiverights.gov

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Ajit Niranjan@NiranjanAjit
28 Feb 2022
the final line of the new ipcc report is the only one you really need to know about today
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USGS Earthquakes
@USGS_Quakes
22 Dec 2021
A new @USGS study indicates some areas on the Hawaiian Islands, especially on the Island of Hawaiʻi and neighboring islands with active volcanic activity, have a 90% chance of experiencing damaging ground shaking from an earthquake in the next century. usgs.gov/news/featured-story…

New USGS Model Shows Earthquake Hazard Probability for Hawaiian Islands

A new U.S. Geological Survey study indicates that the Hawaiian Islands, especially the Island of Hawaiʻi and neighboring islands with active volcanic activity, are likely to experience damaging...

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23 U.S. Agencies plan for climate change nytimes.com/2021/10/07/clima…

6 Aspects of American Life Threatened by Climate Change (Published 2021)

Two dozen federal agencies flagged the biggest dangers posed by a warming planet. The list spreads across American society.

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Lake Powell: There's a 1-in-3 chance dam won't be able to generate hydropower cnn.com/2021/09/23/weather/l…
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AIA Resilience@AIA_Resilience
20 Sep 2021
How can architect's help communities prepare for and respond to disasters? Join us for a FREE webinar 10/25 to find out bit.ly/3kmP8wC #NationalPreparednessMonth
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AIA Resilience@AIA_Resilience
2 Sep 2021
How to Stay in Business When Bad Things Happen: Join @AIANational for a free business continuity planning webinar 9/16 bit.ly/3zz7mAi
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Several sirens for this raging fire in Skyway @SkywayFire @KIRO7Seattle Prayers for all!
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AIA Resilience@AIA_Resilience
24 Aug 2021
"FEMA overhauls the National Flood Insurance Program for climate change" cnb.cx/3zcQuij

FEMA overhauls the National Flood Insurance Program for climate change

"No question that this is the most substantive change to the program going back to 1968," said FEMA's David Maurstad.

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AIA Resilience@AIA_Resilience
7 Jul 2021
Can your firm survive disruption? Learn tactics to manage disruption with @AIANational business continuity guide: bit.ly/2QY2mkc
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AIA Resilience@AIA_Resilience
6 Jun 2021
Are your affordable housing properties at risk from natural hazards or climate events? Find out with @EnterpriseNow Portfolio Protect bit.ly/3fOzc46 CC: @AIAHousingKC
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The best freshest food (and tunes) you didn’t know you needed #southpark @eddiesouthpark @ Uncle Eddie's - South Park instagram.com/p/CPZiqOTtq4t/…
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Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources
@waDNR
27 Apr 2021
A Cascadia mega-quake isn't a matter of if. It's when. DNR geologists published a new study showing the impact a Cascadia earthquake and tsunami would have on Puget Sound communities.
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Impacts of Cascadia tsunami on Puget Sound

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Let’s hope this is only a conservative scenario: govtech.com/em/emergency-blo…

Fauci: No Such Thing as Herd Immunity

And, we will have to ease out of the pandemic.

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AIA Resilience@AIA_Resilience
6 Apr 2021
What are the fundamentals of resilient and climate adaptive design? This new @AIANational infographic shares eight design principles to consider bit.ly/3mrm1Yc
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Thank you @Vanguard_Group
Bloomberg Green
@climate
29 Mar 2021
The world’s largest asset managers have joined a group of investors committing to cut the net greenhouse-gas emissions of their portfolios to zero. @AlastairJMarsh reports: trib.al/jEKzVnB
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Jonathan McDowell
@planet4589
26 Mar 2021
The Falcon 9 second stage from the Mar 4 Starlink launch failed to make a deorbit burn and is now reentering after 22 days in orbit. Its reentry was observed from the Seattle area at about 0400 UTC Mar 26.
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“flood insurance is one of the most powerful tools the federal government has to limit the damage done by climate change, by influencing how and where Americans build homes” yet they keep kicking the can.... nytimes.com/2021/03/18/clima…

Chuck Schumer Stalls Climate Overhaul of Flood Insurance Program (Published 2021)

The Senate leader is objecting to a plan that would raise costs for some of his constituents by bringing flood insurance rates in line with climate risks.

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"outdoor" spaces have had me concerned about virus transmission. Here's some insightful airflow models that shed some light on the risk usatoday.com/in-depth/graphi…

Seating in outdoor structures isn’t always safer than indoor dining. Here’s why.

Some structures may be relatively safe, others could be worse, trapping aerosols inside

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Brian Tyler Cohen
@briantylercohen
9 Mar 2021
If you watch anything today...
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