Perci Frontlines: Learning from Disaster Experiences

Sinking land and rising seas are on a collision course — and the Pacific Northwest is in the flood zone.

Employee Resilience

5/3/2025 3 min read

Flood Risk is Rising in the Pacific Northwest

Wildfire survivors may need years just to process their losses before they can even begin rebuilding their lives — and without the right preparation, families may face unexpected financial and emotional setbacks.

2/20/2025 5 min read

Wildfire Recovery Takes Years—How Your Family Can Avoid Costly Mistakes

Perci team

The 2024 hurricane season exposed major gaps in disaster preparedness for retailers, from supply chain failures to misinterpreted risk forecasts. With extreme weather becoming more unpredictable, businesses must improve their planning to protect operations and serve their communities effectively.

Recovery

2/16/2025 4 min read

Retailers Must Strengthen Disaster Readiness After the 2024 Hurricane Season

When a disaster is imminent, how do we ensure that warnings are clear, timely, and effective?

2/12/2025 3 min read

Bridging the Communication Gap: How We Talk About Extreme Weather Can Save Lives

Rising disasters have driven a 33% spike in home insurance premiums since 2020, leaving families in high-risk areas grappling with escalating costs and the urgent need for preparedness.

12/11/2024 3 min read

From 2020 to 2023: How Climate Risk has Added Hundreds to Home Insurance Bill?

There is a small, but growing, trend among employers to offer disaster preparedness services to their employees.

11/13/2024 7 min read

Disaster-Ready Benefits: Employers Can Play a Key Role in Increasing Resilience

Jolie Breeden for Perci

We live in a culture where asking for help is considered a weakness or a character flaw. In disaster preparedness, asking for help might be critical in saving your life.

Employee Resilience

3/2/2024 7 min read

Community preparedness is better than Personal Readiness alone for Disaster Resilience

"There are still a lot of people displaced by Katrina on the Gulf Coast who would like to go home," Jennifer Trivedi, a disaster anthropologist.

9/17/2023 6 min read

Evacuating is expensive. Recovery is long and hard

Expert Interview Evacuation

9/7/2023 6 min read

Community came through in Maui Fires. Water supply, alarms, and power failed

From Maui Fires to many other disasters, researcher Dr. Daniel Aldrich shares hard evidence that neighbors and community are the most reliable line of defense in disasters.

A disaster researcher says we humans cause disasters. Not nature.

Expert Interview Risk

7/19/2023 4 min read

Disasters are as predictable as humans.

A disaster anthropologist talks about Corcovada, Puerto Rico that has built social capital over decades to be there for each other.

6/14/2023 4 min read

Communities with shared values come together to survive disasters

Kelly McKinney, former Deputy Commissioner, New York City Office of Emergency Management, shares why we don't prepare for disasters.

3/22/2023 2 min read

"Hope" prevents us from getting ready for disasters

A hazard communications expert highlights the importance of discussing plans for emergency readiness with family.

3/1/2023 5 min read

Talk to your family. Often. To get ready for a disaster

For an extreme weather researcher, personal readiness plan is about staying on guard with the latest disaster information.

2/6/2023 4 min read

Understanding disaster risk is key to preparedness

An expert on communication styles to motivate families to prepare for disasters shares her own family's readiness plans in Boise and Seattle.

1/20/2023 5 min read

Community is key to prepare for disasters

For an expert on social ties in disaster preparedness it comes down to two words - friendly neighbors!

1/14/2023 6 min read

Neighbors are best suited to help us get through disasters

Perci Vest recognized by an international jury of design experts.

1/12/2023 2 min read

Perci Vest Won a Design Award. Wohooo!!

Getting yourself and your family out of the harm's way can be a matter of minutes...

Evacuation

12/7/2022 4 min read

When should you evacuate? Warnings vs. Orders?

The goal is to evacuate early, make your property more resistant and have adequate insurance.

Evacuation

12/6/2022 4 min read

How to create an emergency evacuation plan for your family?

Evacuation Evacuation List Go Bag

11/29/2022 5 min read

Preparing for Disasters: the First Step

Preparing for disasters begins with knowing your risk. Here are several online tools to learn more about your risks and what to prepare for.