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Camp and Woolsey Fires: A Historical and Numeric...
At the time of writing, the recent Camp and Woolsey Fires in California have burned a combined total of 245,000 acres (93,000 hectares) — an…
Fires in Paradise: Exposure Growth and Catastrop...
Like many communities in California with a mild climate, affordable housing, and scenic wilderness, Butte County (pop. ~230,000) has grown…
Financing Resilience
Almost one and a half million people have died in natural disasters over the past 20 years. This is a waste of life; a waste of potential.…
Impact of the California Wildfires: Chris Folkma...
Chris Folkman, senior director of product management at RMS, was interviewed by Paula Newton on CNN’s Quest Means Business program on Monday,…
The New Reality of North America Wildfire
Describing the scale and savagery of the wildfires currently burning in California is difficult to do, but a simple recounting of the…
The Lessons From “Last Year’s” Catastrophes
Catastrophe modeling remains a work in progress. With each upgrade we aim to build a better model, employing expanded data sets for hazard…
