[image ID: a colorful infographic titled "Why is the..." with three branching paths - Water, Sky, Earth - and "so... :" Small relevant hand-drawn illustrations accompany each question. Links go to United States based resources addressing each weather concern.
Why is the sky so:
- Hazy? AirNow.gov
- Dark'n stormy? Weather.gov
- Weird? NASA.gov
Why is the water so:
- smelly/gross/weird? Mywaterway.epa.gov
- Not where it's meant to be? See below.
- Are you at the beach? (this branches off into many answers, all following water questions go from this one)
- If yes, and Too little water where there should be? Tsunami.gov * if water at the beach dramatically recedes, run inland immediately
- If no, and Too little water where there should be? Drought.gov
- If yes, and Too much water where there shouldn't be? NOAA.gov; Digital coast*, Storm Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center. *Sea level rise viewer and coastal flood exposure mapper
- If no, and Too much water where there shouldn't be? Ready.gov/floods, Weather.gov
Why is the earth so:
- Shaky? USGS, earthquakes.usgs.gov
- Shaky and the sky is weird? USGS, Volcano Hazard Program, usgs.gov/programs/VHP
- Moving downhill? Usgs, Landslide Hazard Program, US Landslide Inventory, usgs.gov/programs/landslide-hazards; National Avalanche Center, avalanche.org
In a separate box at the bottom: For a wide range of disasters and emergencies, including many not mentioned here, visit Ready.gov for information on how to get prepared before they happen. The FEMA app also allows you to receive real-time weather and emergency alerts, send a notifications to loved ones, locate emergency shelters in your area, get prepared this strategies and more.
Quakeandqiver.com is credited in purple text along one side. End ID.]