Florida Hurricane University 
The NonProfit Times
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Just FYI, when a hurricane blew Homestead, Florida, pretty much the only thing left standing was the homes built by Habitat for Humanity. She is credited with coordinating the university’s strategic planning and marketing efforts at the four KU campuses. She has the academic, association and financial experience to lead the U.S.
Ars Technica
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Those buildings were constructed to withstand much stronger hurricane-force winds up to 67 meters per second, as one would get with a Category 4 hurricane. And when Hurricane Beryl hit Houston that July with roughly comparable wind speeds of 36 meters per second, the damage wasn't nearly so severe. Why would that be the case?
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Fast Company Tech
MARCH 14, 2025
. “At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. ” Polk County, which includes Lake Wales, contains more acres of citrus than any other county in Florida. so ingrained in Florida.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 24, 2025
Millions of trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene last year combined with long stretches of dry weather this spring are making for a long and active fire season in the Carolinas, North Carolina State University forestry and environmental resources professor Robert Scheller said. The last ingredient to fuel wildfires is dry weather.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 18, 2025
In September, more than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were under boil-water notices for nearly two months after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of a local water system. In Floridas Everglades , for example, officials have spent billions of dollars to build engineered wetlands that clean and protect a vital drinking water source.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 11, 2025
It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away. Weeks before the hurricane, the city had released a 100-plus-page affordable housing plan that it spent a year hammering out with local housing and social service agencies.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 11, 2025
Last September, as Hurricane Helene barreled toward the coast of Florida, Andrew Hazelton was in a plane flying into the eye of the storm. Andrew Hazelton As hurricane forecasts improve, that translates directly into saving lives. So fewer tests will get run, and there will be less expertise to make improvements.
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