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Route Fifty
The Trump administration is dismissing the need for billions of dollars in additional aid for places around the U.S. hit by natural disasters.
House lawmakers proposed providing the money in a bill the chamber passed with mostly Democratic votes. The legislation calls for a range of funding, like $600 million in food assistance for Puerto Rico and $1.1 billion for crop and livestock losses.
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Governing
Some safety advocates want state and local officials to get tougher on speeding. Driving over the speed limit, they say, should have a social stigma akin to driving drunk or failing to wear a seatbelt.
Lower speed limits, greater enforcement and speed-camera technology might reduce the risks of deadly accidents. But those measures are politically unpopular.
Some cities have been lowering speed limits in an effort to reduce pedestrian deaths, but speed limits on many state roadways in recent years have actually gone up.
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Government Technology
A June 2018 decision rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States established an interesting principle on digital privacy in a case related to a criminal proceeding.
The decision stated that the government must obtain a warrant in order to collect historical cell site location information of customers held by the cellphone companies. The case’s decision is based on whether police must require a warrant in order to access information from users generated by cellphones of a suspect in a criminal investigation.
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The New York Times
For experts who make a living forecasting hurricanes, storm season is a year-round worry. When the tropics are calm, as they are now, researchers dive into data, analyze results, improve scientific models and train state and local officials on the latest technology that can help them make lifesaving decisions. But the partial government shutdown has brought much of that fieldwork and instruction to a halt.
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National Geographic
Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005. It hit land as a Category 3 storm with winds reaching speeds as high as 120 miles per hour. Because of the ensuing destruction and loss of life, the storm is often considered one of the worst in U.S. history. An estimated 1,200 people died as a direct result of the storm, which also cost an estimated $108 billion in property damage—the costliest storm on record.
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Tribune News Service via Governing
A last-ditch bargaining effort to avert a Los Angeles teachers' strike fell short, although the two sides have agreed to meet again the day before a strike is scheduled to begin. Whether the strike starts on schedule could depend more, however, on legal maneuvers that will play out.
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Government Technology
Three training sessions on spotting severe storms led by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth were canceled this week as a result of the government shutdown.
The classes are a part of the Skywarn Program, which trains volunteers to identify and describe severe storms to provide reports to the National Weather Service.
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Emergency Management via Los Angeles Times
The Northridge earthquake that hit 25 years ago offered alarming evidence of how vulnerable many types of buildings are to collapse from major shaking.
It toppled hundreds of apartments, smashed brittle concrete structures and tore apart brick buildings.
Since then, some cities have taken significant steps to make those buildings safer by requiring costly retrofitting aimed at protecting those inside and preserving the housing supply.
But many others have ignored the seismic threat. And that has created an uneven landscape that in the coming years will leave some cities significantly better prepared to withstand a big quake than others.
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Route Fifty
Natural disasters are equalizing forces. Fires torch the homes of the rich and the poor alike. Hurricanes destroy cruise ships as well as decade-old cars. Earthquakes level cities, affecting everyone within. But natural disasters are also polarizing forces. Income and wealth shape who gets hit; how much individuals, insurers, nonprofits, and governments are willing and able to help; and who recovers, as well as to what extent.
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