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Political incompetence can be deadly: Check your risk level

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, COVID, Disaster Response, map, political districts, accountability, Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Elections have consequences that can impact your health. “Red State Politicians Are Killing Their Own Constituents”. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed a clear divide in health outcomes between those who live in red (Republican-leaning) counties and those who live in more pro-Democratic blue counties. The more liberal the area, the more likely mask mandates, social distancing, …

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What is your risk from a natural disaster as Republicans push to defund FEMA

What’s Your Risk From A Natural Disaster As Republicans Push To Defund FEMA?

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), map, political districts, accountability, Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

FEMA helps Americans prepare for and respond to disasters. Why push to defund FEMA as there are more natural disasters with Global Warming? Check your level of risk with this StoryMap based on the FEMA Risk Index. How has FEMA stepped in to help after the recent disasters in Hawaii and Florida? What are the …

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Real-time maps and data for the greater good and emergencies

Real-Time Weather Maps Serve the Greater Good

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Real time data matters, especially in weather emergencies. But information is only as useful as how up to date it is? How local is the information to where you live? How easy is it to find the information you need NOW? DemLabs created this free map as a public service by DemLabs with ArcGIS Online using data from the …

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Follow fossil fuel billionaires Supreme Court Justice Hawaii fires

Follow Fossil Fuel Billionaires Role In Supreme Court Gutting The EPA To Fires in Hawaii

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

Why gut the EPA as it fights global warming that is making disasters like Hawaii’s fires become more frequent and deadly? When in doubt follow the money. Check this relationship map to see:Who are the four fossil fuel billionaires who have provided favors to Supreme Court Justices?Which law firms with Oil & Gas practices helped …

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Yellowstone train crash is a reminder to invest in infrastructure

Yellowstone train crash: Reminder to invest in infrastructure.

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), map, political districts, accountability / By Deepak Puri

Bridge collapses. Train crash spills chemicals into river. “Thirty Republican senators voted against the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill turning their backs on billions that their states stand to gain from the package.” – Newsweek Where is the Yellowstone train crash? What areas and families may be impacted? What is the danger to the environment? …

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How likely is your house to be flooded by Global Warming. Use this AI simulation.

How likely is your house to be flooded? Check this AI simulation.

Leave a Comment / AI, Disaster Response, map, political districts, accountability, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

How likely are you to be flooded after the Supreme Court gutted the EPA’s ability to fight global warming? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protects the environment and fights global warming. The Republican packed Supreme Court just gutted the EPA. What does this mean for you? Coastal flooding will increase significantly over the next 30 …

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How well did your state respond to COVID

How many people got or died from COVID in your county? Check this map.

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, map, political districts, accountability, Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Over a million Americans have died from COVID. Hundreds more still die weekly. Which states did better? “DeSantis fired back at Trump after he argued former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo handled the COVID-19 pandemic better than DeSantis did.” – NY Post Check the facts. How did your community fare? How well did your Governor perform in …

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Follow the money preventing FEMA aid to train derailment victims in East Palestine Ohio

Why hasn’t Ohio train derailment been declared a disaster? Follow the money.

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, map, political districts, accountability / By Deepak Puri

“After Norfolk Southern Support, DeWine Says No Disaster In East Palestine” – The Lever “Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s track record and rail company links raise questions about his ability to hold the rail giant accountable for the derailment disaster.” – Feb 23, 2023• Matthew Cunningham-Cook Why wouldn’t a Governor declare a disaster after a major …

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Worst ten American ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Legal, map, political districts, accountability / By Deepak Puri

There’s a common thread between man-made environmental disasters. Greed. Follow the money to see who profits and who dies when safety standards are ignored, or weakened by complicit politicians in return for political donations. Who gets richer? Who gets sick? Are corporate profits worth human lives? This infographic highlights ten of the worst mad-made environmental …

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Punish CEOs for their actions – including toxic train disasters

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

“Corporations are people too” said Mitt Romney. Let’s hold them responsible for their actions and punish them just like other Americans. Corporations have freedom of speech, thanks to a Republican packed Supreme Court. Corporations can give unlimited funds to politicians to get the laws they want thanks to the John Roberts Supreme Court. You can …

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