Factoid/2018/03/09
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Funding Available for Hurricane Victims in TX
- "Texas communities slammed by Hurricane Harvey can now apply for a share of a half-billion dollars in federal money that will cover everything from buying out flood-prone homes to building new seawalls and restoring sand dunes, Gov. Greg Abbott told an audience in Rockport on Tuesday." - Excerpt from The Texas Tribune. Federal funds for purchasing flood-prone homes (a buy back program) and restoring sand dunes are great adaptation tools; however, federal funding for building new seawalls is an example of maladaptation, learn more here.
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