A year ago today, Vermont weathered some of the worst flooding in the history of the state, causing over $1 billion in damages and displacing thousands. One year on, on the tail of a hurricane barreling through the Caribbean & southern US and threatening our region with flash flooding again, hundreds of Vermonters are still displaced, …
As flood waters recede and Vermonters begin to rebuild, two things are becoming clear. Disasters like these are extraordinarily expensive. The costs to repair damage to homes and infrastructure will be astronomical, not to mention the destruction of priceless memories, heirlooms, and lives. And second, this was not a fluke. Not too long ago, storms …
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