The article emphasizes that community cohesion plays a crucial role in resilience during and after natural disasters, such as wildfires and hurricanes. Personal resilience is important, but collective support and pre-existing relationships are what truly help communities thrive. Drawing from experiences after Hurricane Fiona in the Canadian Maritimes, the author illustrates that investing in community relationships, common spaces for social interaction, and inclusive environments can significantly enhance preparedness and recovery, showing that trauma does not have to be an inevitable outcome post-disaster.
The best time to prepare for a disaster is before it occurs, but communities can also heal afterwards.
Trauma is not inevitable after a natural disaster.
The communities that survive best are those that invested in building relationships long before the first raindrop fell or fire started.
It's not just about individual grit. That won't get you a new roof or take down a stand of trees.
Collection
[
|
...
]