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As a Disaster Unfolds, Fundraisers Can Do More Than Raise Money

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Big Sunday , a service organization based in Los Angeles, provided a list of resources during the wildfires in 2025, including evacuation sites, air quality maps, and insurance tips. Highlight the positives : When a disaster poses a threat, its easy to focus on the frightening images and statistics on social media and local news.

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How NYC entertainers and creatives are driving fire aid for Los Angeles

Fast Company Tech

The deadly Los Angeles wildfires had just begun when Comic Relief U.S.’s The six weeks since Los Angeles’ most destructive wildfires have proven no different. The majority of Tunnicliffe’s clients and coworkers are based in the Los Angeles area.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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We need to utilize these tools, to the best of our abilities, to engage and inform the public, because no matter how much federal, state and local officials do, we will only be successful if the public is brought in as part of the team." As Robert Scoble pointed out, "It's not so much about technology but people."

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Tiny homes: A big solution for disaster recovery

Fast Company Tech

California already had increasingly positive regulation toward accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and tiny homes prior to the January 2025 Los Angeles fires. billion to support local and state governments in recovery efforts including debris removal and emergency protective measures. In the wake of the current disaster, L.A.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

Most relevant to startups is the push to fund initiatives and technologies that can help prevent or protect against extreme wildfires; rising sea levels and hurricanes; new agriculture resource management; and “climate-smart” technologies. Wander is one-such service providing high speed wireless internet in Los Angeles.

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How to build resilient water systems in communities battling climate change

Fast Company Tech

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 January, several water providers declared their drinking water unsafe after wildfires roared through Los Angeles.

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16,000 structures were destroyed in the L.A. fires. Here’s what the city can learn from Asheville’s Hurricane Helene recovery

Fast Company Tech

Thats Los Angeles since the historic wildfires struck in January, destroying more than 16,000 structures and leaving thousands of people homeless. It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away.