Presidential Document2023-09538
National Hurricane Preparedness Week, 2023
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May 3, 2023
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April 28, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27675-27676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09538]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 3, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10566 of April 28, 2023
National Hurricane Preparedness Week, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Powerful hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical storms can
devastate our communities, threaten the lives of our
families, and damage everything we have worked so hard
to build. During National Hurricane Preparedness Week,
we raise awareness about the hazards posed by
hurricanes and share resources to help Americans stay
safe and protect their property before these storms
make landfall. We also celebrate the remarkable first
responders and community members who help rescue,
recover, and rebuild in the aftermath of these natural
disasters.
During last year's hurricane season, especially in
Florida and Puerto Rico, we witnessed the overwhelming
damage these storms so often leave in their wake.
Families lost their homes. Business owners lost their
livelihoods. Survivors were left with unimaginable
grief. As the climate crisis intensifies, the impacts
of storm surges, flooding, mudslides, and heavy
rainfall will only increase, and communities that lack
the resources to respond and recover will be hit
hardest.
That is one reason why I signed the historic Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, which will keep Americans safer
from natural disasters by building stronger roads and
bridges, improving levees and floodwalls, and making
our power grid more resilient. This law includes over
$50 billion to shore up our defenses against flooding
and other weather and climate disasters. It provides
States with billions of dollars to prepare evacuation
routes and improve other at-risk coastal
infrastructure. It also invests in community-wide
planning to ensure that those most impacted by extreme
weather have a voice in preparing for the future.
Our Inflation Reduction Act takes these efforts a step
further, making the largest investment in our Nation's
history to combat climate change. With historic funding
for green manufacturing, clean energy development, and
climate-smart agriculture, this law puts us on a path
to cut America's greenhouse gas emissions in half by
2030. It gives families tax credits to make their homes
more energy efficient, saving money and helping ensure
that the power stays on when the grid goes down. And it
provides the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration with billions of dollars to improve
weather forecasting and invest in resilience projects
in coastal communities that will help them more easily
recover from extreme weather events.
These actions build on our efforts to ensure
communities consider climate resilience as they plan
for the future--from modernizing building codes so that
structures are more protective and less pollutive to
harnessing the power of ecosystems like reefs, beaches,
and wetlands, which keep us safer during storms.
These bold investments will benefit our communities for
years to come. But as we enter another hurricane
season, every American can do their part to plan,
prepare, and protect their families. Check your
insurance policies to ensure they are up to date. Put
your important documents in a location where they are
easy to find. Know your local evacuation route, and
have an emergency kit ready to go. Help increase
awareness about the risks among your friends, family,
and neighbors. And when storms approach,
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pay attention to storm surge and hurricane warnings,
and follow the guidance from your local authorities,
including guidance about when it is safe to return to
affected areas.
As we prepare, we must also remember and honor the
courage, kindness, and resilience of our fellow
Americans. As President, I have issued dozens of
disaster declarations to support the American people
wherever they live, and every time, first responders
have worked around the clock to save lives and provide
food and shelter. Neighbors, community organizations,
and faith groups have opened their doors to people in
need. Workers have rebuilt homes, schools, and
businesses to make them more resilient to future
disasters. Scientists have helped communities adapt and
remain safe. Families, having often lost everything,
have found the strength to move forward. Time and
again, in America's most trying moments, we are
reminded that we are a great Nation because we are a
good people.
This National Hurricane Preparedness Week, let us each
recommit to doing our part to help safeguard our
families, our communities, and our Nation from these
devastating natural disasters.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 30
through May 6, 2023, as National Hurricane Preparedness
Week. I urge all Americans to help build our climate
resilient Nation so that individuals, organizations,
and community leaders are empowered to take action to
make their communities more resilient to extreme
weather and climate change. I call on our Federal,
State, Tribal, territorial, and local government
agencies to share information that will protect lives
and property.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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