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=== Climate change === | === Climate change === | ||
[[File:NPR Climate Change.jpg|alt=Actual photo of a PBEM intern before and after he found out Jeremy stole his lunch out of the fridge. Also, a fair illustration of climate extremes.|thumb|''Actual photo of a PBEM intern before and after he found out Jeremy stole his lunch out of the fridge. Also, a fair illustration of climate extremes.'']] | |||
Since NET's founding in 1994, the threat of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake provided the urgency behind disaster preparedness and response programming. That threat remains. But a new fighter has entered the ring: extreme weather events caused by climate change. Extreme weather, such as heat domes and snow storms, have (and will continue to) take lives and result directly in more NET volunteers deployed for more hours. | |||