"Every dollar invested in disaster mitigation pays back six times over in avoided losses—and not just in economic terms," Dr. Alison Brizius said in an exclusive interview with CAI. "It pays back in terms of all of the disruption that we avoid to the lives of our residents and our businesses."
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The weather cooperated! Across Cape Cod and the islands people turned their faces to the sky to watch the show. At Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Falmouth about 300 people pulled up for a state-sponsored viewing event — and more were turned away after the parking lot ran out of room.
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Whether you noticed shaking beneath your feet has to do with a variety of factors, including what type of structure you were in, what kind of ground the structure is on, and how strong the foundation is. Those in a bed on the tallest story of a building were more likely to feel the quake than those in a car, for example.
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Wareham students and their astronomy teacher have been preparing for the eclipse all year long. Here, a student and teacher talk about the joys of watching the night sky and offer tips to make viewing the eclipse a fun and safe experience.
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This tool from NASA allows you to get your exact window to see Monday's eclipse; all you need is your ZIP code.
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The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the season safely reached Cape Cod Bay with its mother this week. The news came the same day another new mother of the species was reported dead off Virginia, killed by “catastrophic injuries” from a boat collision, also known as a vessel strike. Her calf, born in December, has disappeared and is unlikely to survive.
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This week: The state has a new head of Coastal Zone Management, which could impact climate planning around our region; a driver eluded police on Martha's Vineyard, crashed through a security gate, and went headlong into the water off the end of the Oak Bluffs ferry terminal; and, Orleans is getting some big public art.
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Learning about whales, including through musical simulations.
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Dozens of Massachusetts school districts are being told, later than usual in the school budget process, more state funding is being put in the House budget due to a "data" issue that shows more low-income students in schools than initially counted.
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A superior court judge has denied the N.H. Secretary of State’s motion to dismiss a legal challenge to a law that created a system of provisional ballots for first-time voters who register at the polls.
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Ospreys have returned to Connecticut to breed and raise their young and everyone can watch it live on nest cameras around the state.
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Stereophonic, a new play on Broadway with music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler, tracks the volatile creation of a rock and roll album over the course of a year in the 1970s.
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Israel and Iran seem to be downplaying the attack, the latest in a series of retaliatory strikes between the two. Analysts say that could be a sign of the de-escalation world leaders are calling for.