Natural and Cultural Resources

Mientras Amy Miller, coordinadora del Programa del Seguro Nacional de Inundación en Tennessee, inspeccionaba esta semana los daños causados por las fuertes tormentas e inundaciones que se produjeron en el centro de Tennessee el 21 de agosto, vio un boletín de notas amarillento y ligeramente doblado en el lodo seco de una calle en Waverly. Para su sorpresa, lo encontró fechado en 1922. El boletín parecía pertenecer a un alumno de octavo grado cuyas notas de mejora del año eran aún visibles.

As Amy Miller, Tennessee’s National Flood Insurance Program coordinator, was surveying the damage this week from the severe storms and flooding that occurred in Middle Tennessee on Aug. 21, she spotted a yellowing, slightly dog-eared report card in the dry mud on a street in Waverly. To her surprise, she found it dated all the way back to 1922. The card appeared to belong to an eighth grader whose improving marks for the year were still visible.

Learning Objective: Examine how a tribal government with limited prior disaster management experience embraced a collaborative approach after a devastating fire and subsequent floods to successfully build back better.

Discuss the benefits of a non-traditional recovery project in a rural, remote location and analyze how this community-building project contributed to overall resilience for the Galena community.