the town of galena suffered a massive flood and d.o.e. office of energy and our national renewable energy laboratory are supporting fema in the town of galena in recovery efforts from this disaster. so climate change then impacts of course energy products -- projects in indian country as well. for example decreased river flows have serious impacts on the tribes who depend on hydro. droughts rising temperatures pose a threat to coal-fired plants in now the whole nation or reservations like the apache the yout and affiliated tribes are endangered because of the need for water availability. so we all have an interest and responsibility to act together to meet this threat and certainly to meet it in indian country. let me say a word about the climate action plan that president obama put forward in late june to address these real and urgent threat broad lee. it has three pillars the first of course to cut carbon pollution domestically and second to prepare for these impacts of climate change to adapt to them and third to lead international eff

lighter it totals around delmarva, a tenth of an inch in galena. as you look at the setup, 69 degrees with a light southeast breeze and, really a pleasant evening. staying dry. nice day to be out on the trails tomorrow or out for a walk. breezy, not as warm as today a solid 10 degrees warmer. but cooler air will be a tough time getting out of the 40s. tomorrow will be mild. right now we're in the 60s. 71 in dulles but most of maryland in the upper 60s and set to fall cooler everneat a south breeze still dominating. that's generally a mild pattern. looks like it stays offshore. tomorrow i think we'll see the cloud cover back on the northwesterly flow, maybe a passing drizzle but a dry saturday. into sunday it looks dry and clear, a beautiful looking day on sunday. sunday is when the cool air arrives, so you'll feel the difference with the sun. the front continuing to blow slow le through maryland and offshore. the coolest air is over the great lakes. we see it in september, not so much in know. the rain is coming through and the cool air arriving 4

more recently we saw devastating floods along the yukon river the village of galena continues to face challenges but the ongoing recovery is a testimony of the same local coordination so crucial to the months following hurricane sandy. as cochair of the preparedness month which wrapped up at the end of september i believe it was also important that individuals played a large role preparing communities for disasters. donating their time money resources and expertise to help the affected area. nonprofit organizatorganizat ions like the red cross mobilized volunteers and leveraged the nongovernmental resources in this response that proves to be the best practice for large disasters. alaskans takes care of our neighbors which is why he voted to support funding for disaster relief funding following sandy. t and our biggest vulnerability. anddisasters begin locally their effects can reach beyond established geographic boundaries. one of the most critical aspects of the recovery process following a disaster is learning from mistakes and integrating those lessons learned. since hurricane katr