TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Repairing a home that’s been destroyed in a hurricane, tornado, flood or fire can take quite a while, displacing homeowners during that time. Captain founder and CEO Demetrius Gray noted that following storms, like the Katrina and Sandy hurricanes, the average primary recovery period was 14 months.

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DipJar

JANUARY 5, 2022

And don’t forget about hurricane season! Late summer and early fall bring hurricanes to certain parts of the country. Even the dates with smaller events, like the Kentucky Derby, are good to avoid. Also, for those Kentucky Derby Day events, May 7th 2022 will be your date!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 21, 2021

And we’ve watched helplessly as hurricanes and tropical storms have intensified in frequency and strength. The Cumberland Forest Project protects 253,000 acres of Appalachian forest in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia and is one of The Nature Conservancy’s largest-ever conservation efforts in the eastern United States.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Over the course of a few days, residents in eastern Kentucky watched as river levels rose and surpassed flood levels. Historic floods wiped out businesses and homes in eastern Kentucky in February 2021, July 2022 and now February 2025. On Valentines Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

And last year, during Hurricane Helene, an AI-generated image of a sobbing child and adorable puppy being rescued via boat went viral on Twitter. Even now, this isnt a theoretical problem. Facebook is awash in bargain-basement AI imagery that doesnt seem to be fooling members so much as providing the same dopamine hit as a real photo.

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