Welcome
to the Two Lynchpin Road blog!
A place where we come together to discuss disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for your community! Every disaster — whether it’s a hurricane, flood, or human-caused — is an opportunity for us to learn and build a community that is more likely to thrive during a crisis. Get ready to join forces in building a better more disaster-ready future!
Getting Prepared and Staying Prepared
When it comes to disaster preparedness, the key is not just being prepared, but staying prepared. For government officials that means getting an initial plan in place and ensuring any identified risks are addressed. However, once those elements are completed a...
Building Back Better? The Purpose of the Stafford Act
As emergency managers and city planners, we often find ourselves racing against a ticking clock – in the wake of a disaster it is our job to restore order as quickly as possible. In all of this rush, however, it can be easy to forget one important detail about the...
Rising Fire Weather Days: An Insight into Climate Change
Rising Fire Weather Days: An Insight into Climate ChangeWildfire seasons have become more intense, lasting longer, and expanding across several states over time. The change in climate has significantly contributed to the increased number of fire weather days,...
Can a Congressional Caucus Change the Game on Disaster Resilience?
Can a Congressional Caucus Change the Game on Disaster Resilience?In a major step forward for disaster recovery and resilience in the United States, Representatives Bennie G. Thompson, Earl Blumenauer, Dina Titus, and Sheila Jackson Lee have helped to form the...
On Serving Others in Disaster: The Power of Showing Up
On Serving Others in Disaster: The Power of Showing UpDuring disaster recovery, there is often a great need for help. The people who are impacted by the disaster are looking for support, and the community at large is looking for ways to lend a hand. As someone who...
Disaster Risk & Climate Change: What We Can Do
Disaster Risk & Climate Adaptation: What We Can DoClimate change is one of the most pressing global issues of our time, and its effects are already being felt around the world. Natural disasters such as extreme weather events and rising sea levels can cause...
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Important Acknowledgment
Two Lynchpin Road recognizes that we are on the ancestral lands of the Coast Miwok, Pomo, and Wappo, who are the original caretakers of the Sonoma County, California area.
We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been stewarding and maintaining relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia.
As an organization, we are dedicated to understanding and educating others about historical and ongoing connections between land conservation, disaster impacts, and social inequities. This includes the histories of genocide, forced removal and displacement, and broken promises with Indigenous peoples as a part of American history.
This acknowledgment serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are located on.
