Tag: survived

Inside a new disaster-proof neighborhood in Florida, where million-dollar off-grid homes already survived two hurricanes and residents pay no electric bills

A new community of net-zero homes in Florida is being marketed as nearly disaster-proof. The homes at Hunters Point, which start at $1.4 million, have already withstood two hurricanes. “We built these homes to be able to deal with the climate crisis,” said developer Marshall Gobuty. Florida faces a crisis of rising insurance costs in […]

Hundreds of mountain goats were flown to a new home. Very few survived.

For three summers, wildlife managers wrestled mountain goats in Washington state’s Olympic National Park, blindfolded them and then flew them into the far reaches of the state’s Cascade Range — an ambitious project to boost the goat population in an area where they once were common. The researchers released a total of 325 goats into the Cascades from 2018 to 2020. Today, most of […]

Hamas releases video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in proof he survived Oct. 7 injuries

Editor’s Note: Warning: This story contains a graphic image. Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Wednesday, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7. Goldberg-Polin, then 23, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival during Hamas’ attacks on Israel when more than 1,200 people died and more than 200 […]

I survived the Holocaust. What I see happening in Berkeley is frightening

Editor’s Note: Sanne DeWitt is a microbiologist, geneticist, researcher, and author of a memoir: “I Was Born In An Old Age Home”. She has lived in Berkeley, California since 1957, where she moved for advanced studies in microbiology and genetics, and worked there until her retirement. The views expressed here are those of the author. […]

Mozambique ferry disaster: ‘I survived

“I don’t know how I managed to escape – I can’t swim,” says Muaziza Ambaraje. She was on board as Mozambique’s worst sea disaster in recent memory unfolded on Monday. The 47-year-old is a regular on the makeshift ferry between Lungá, where she was born, and Mozambique Island where she lives. “No wave took us […]