If you are experiencing a weather-related emergency that is life threatening, by all means stop looking at this blog and call 911! For other, non-life threatening weather-related emergencies, this page lists a variety of links and other resources to start your search for help. If you have access to television or radio news broadcasts, they will likely have the most up-to-date information available, as will your local police and fire departments, town government, and area newspapers. Please feel free to add resources you know about in the "comments" section at the bottom of this page. We also welcome corrections or comments on any resources provided here, particularly during weather-related emergencies, so readers can share what they know with one another.
Town of Amherst (Massachusetts) Emergency Preparedness:
Webpage includes checklist of supplies to assemble ahead of time, emergency contact numbers, and how to register your phone and e-mail with the town's emergency alert system (which will send you automated calls and updates in the event of an emergency). Click here for Amherst Emergency Preparedness Webpage.
Local School and Other Weather Closings:
To report a power outage or downed power lines, call or 877-OK-WMECO (877-659-6326) (outside the Springfield area) or report online here.
National Grid:
To report a power outage or downed power lines, call 1-800-465-1212
or
Go to the National Grid website: Storm Safety Page
JUST THE FACTS, PLEASE
Ten weather facts every layperson should know, from a layperson
National (U.S.) Wind Map
JUST THE FACTS, PLEASE
Ten weather facts every layperson should know, from a layperson
National (U.S.) Wind Map
UN Environment Global Environment Outlook 2022, Global Environment Outlook GEO-7
Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. The Yale Project on Climate Change conducts
original research on public climate change awareness, attitudes, risk
perceptions, policy support, and behavior; designs and tests new strategies to
engage the public in climate science and solutions; and empowers educators and
communicators with the knowledge and tools to more effectively engage their
audiences.
WMO Statement on the state of the global climate in 2018: This publication marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the State of the Global Climate, which was first issued in 1994. The 2019 edition, treating data for 2018, marks sustained international efforts dedicated to reporting on, analysing and understanding the year-to-year variations and long-term trends of a changing climate. WMO is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 193 Member States and Territories. The Organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) Vol I + II: NCA4 (2017/2018) is a 1,500 page two-part congressionally mandated report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the first of its kind by the Trump administration, who released the report on November 23, 2018. The climate assessment process, with a report to be submitted to Congress every four years, is mandated by law through the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The report, which took two years to complete, is the fourth in a series of National Climate Assessments (NCA) which included NCA1 (2000), NCA2 (2009), and NCA3 (2014). Volume 1 of NCA4, "Climate Science Special Report," released in October 2017, reports that "it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence." Volume 2, entitled "Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States," was released on November 23, 2018. According to NOAA, "human health and safety" and American "quality of life" is "increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change." The authors say that without more significant mitigation efforts, there will be "substantial damages on the U.S. economy, human health, and the environment. Under scenarios with high emissions and limited or no adaptation, annual losses in some sectors are estimated to grow to hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century."
Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) Vol I + II: NCA4 (2017/2018) is a 1,500 page two-part congressionally mandated report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the first of its kind by the Trump administration, who released the report on November 23, 2018. The climate assessment process, with a report to be submitted to Congress every four years, is mandated by law through the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The report, which took two years to complete, is the fourth in a series of National Climate Assessments (NCA) which included NCA1 (2000), NCA2 (2009), and NCA3 (2014). Volume 1 of NCA4, "Climate Science Special Report," released in October 2017, reports that "it is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence." Volume 2, entitled "Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States," was released on November 23, 2018. According to NOAA, "human health and safety" and American "quality of life" is "increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change." The authors say that without more significant mitigation efforts, there will be "substantial damages on the U.S. economy, human health, and the environment. Under scenarios with high emissions and limited or no adaptation, annual losses in some sectors are estimated to grow to hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century."
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