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Simply repairing the damaged facilities and bringing them back to pre-disaster condition would only create another scenario for a potential damage/repair cycle in a future event. Instead, if mitigation opportunity is explored and make the facility resilient and robust, so that it can withstand a future event with a minimum loss of the facility as well as prevent loss of function and loss of services. The upfront higher mitigation cost will not only recover but will save in future. Studies have shown that the savings are in the ratio of six to one for mitigating public assistance (PA) facilities using federal funds for repairs on facilities damaged during natural disasters that are Presidential declared emergency events.

Life can feel like an endless summer sometimes—hot, heavy, and unrelenting. We face challenges that seem to stretch on forever, and there are days when the weight of it all makes us want to just escape, to find some relief from the heat. But here’s the thing: just like every summer has its tough days, it also has its cool ones. The ones where the breeze picks up, the sun feels a little less intense, and you can finally breathe. In the same way, as life gets tougher, we know that moments of peace, moments of coolness, will come. And just like those rare, perfect summer days when everything feels right, those moments remind us that we’re getting through it. We just have to hold on a little longer, trust that the seasons change, and know that relief is on the way. Summer doesn’t last forever, and neither do our hardest days. So when life feels like it’s at its hottest, remember: cool days are coming. Keep going, and keep trusting that the heat will break.

AI and robotics are changing the game, and if you’re not keeping up, you might be missing out. Over the next decade, AI will impact everything—from how businesses run to how logistics operate. The future is closer than you think!

🎄 Is he ruining your holiday plans? Does it feel like every time you’re looking forward to a special holiday moment, something always goes wrong? During the holiday season, he might sabotage your plans—“forgetting” an important task, starting a fight out of nowhere, or refusing to participate in your traditions. Here’s what you can do: Stick to your plans no matter what. Stay calm, call out the behavior without engaging, and protect your peace. You deserve a joyful holiday. Comment “JOY” below, and I’ll send you the full Holiday Survival Guide Series to help you navigate this season. #HolidaySabotage #NarcissisticAbuse #ProtectYourPeace #HolidaySurvivalGuide #SetBoundaries

🌟 Embrace the Magic of the Winter Solstice! 🌟 As the longest night of the year approaches, the Winter Solstice invites us to pause, reflect, and celebrate. Here are some heartfelt tips to make the most of this enchanting time: 🕯️ Host a Cozy Gathering: Invite friends and family to share in the warmth of the season. Light candles, play soothing music, and create a nurturing space for connection and joy. 🌟 Reflect on the Past Year: Take a moment to look back on the year's experiences, both the challenges and the triumphs. Journaling or a quiet meditation can help bring clarity and gratitude. 🎯 Set Intentions for the New Year: The Solstice is a powerful time for setting goals and intentions. Think about what you want to cultivate in the coming year and visualize your path forward. 🍲 Enjoy Seasonal Foods: Delight in the flavors of winter with hearty soups, spiced treats, and hot beverages. Sharing a meal with loved ones is a beautiful way to honor the season. Let's embrace the Winter Solstice as a time of renewal and hope. Wishing you a season filled with warmth, reflection, and inspiration! #WinterSolstice #SeasonOfReflection #NewBeginnings #CozyGatherings #SeasonalFlavors #EmbraceTheSeason

Summer heat and staying safe. What tips do you have for people to stay cool and safe during the hot summer days?

Summer heat and staying safe. What tips do you have for people to stay cool and safe during the hot summer days?

Would you agree with me that Life, much like nature, has seasons?    In those seasons we are called to deal with different things in different ways. And whether or not we can see it at the moment, each season prepares us for the next… The quiet winters prepare us for the vibrant springs💐  The hard work of summer leads to abundant harvests🌽 The transitions of fall teach us how to let go and make space for something new. 🍂 Sis, here’s the truth: No season is wasted. In fact, You are Exactly Where You Are Meant to Be. Whatever season you’re in right now, be it a season of blooming, waiting, harvesting or resting lean into it. Let it teach you. Celebrate it. Learn from it. Stop trying to pray your way out of it and ask God and yourself what are you doing in it?  Here’s an action step for you today: Write down one word to describe your season. Then, ask yourself: How can I honor where I am right now? https://lnkd.in/dCq96mdW

🌟 Embrace the Magic of the Winter Solstice! 🌟 As the longest night of the year approaches, the Winter Solstice invites us to pause, reflect, and celebrate. Here are some heartfelt tips to make the most of this enchanting time: 🕯️ Host a Cozy Gathering: Invite friends and family to share in the warmth of the season. Light candles, play soothing music, and create a nurturing space for connection and joy. 🌟 Reflect on the Past Year: Take a moment to look back on the year's experiences, both the challenges and the triumphs. Journaling or a quiet meditation can help bring clarity and gratitude. 🎯 Set Intentions for the New Year: The Solstice is a powerful time for setting goals and intentions. Think about what you want to cultivate in the coming year and visualize your path forward. 🍲 Enjoy Seasonal Foods: Delight in the flavors of winter with hearty soups, spiced treats, and hot beverages. Sharing a meal with loved ones is a beautiful way to honor the season. Let's embrace the Winter Solstice as a time of renewal and hope. Wishing you a season filled with warmth, reflection, and inspiration! #WinterSolstice #SeasonOfReflection #NewBeginnings #CozyGatherings #SeasonalFlavors #EmbraceTheSeason

If This Season Speaks If you can find warmth in the longest night,  seeing light not as certainty but as motion,  a shifting glow against the vast unknown. If you can hold the weight of silence  without naming it fear,  letting the absence become a form of presence,  an invitation to breathe. If you can let futures unfold like branches,  not chosen but found,  their shape a whisper of roots unseen  and storms endured. If you can walk not toward answers  but alongside questions,  feeling the rhythm of what has not yet come,  a pulse beneath the frost. If you can see this season not as an arrival,  but a threshold—  a space where endings and beginnings  fold into one another like snow. Then perhaps,  you are already the light. I wish everyone out there, for whom Christmas has a meaning, a wonderful holiday season, and a splendid start to 2025. I will take a break, to let my #thinking rest. If you are interested in the full reflection behind this poem, you will find the article on my blog, link in comments. Whatever Christmas is for you - keep #thinking. #futures #complexity #uncertainty #hope