Coming together. That is what people do. Our interdependence with each other and our ability to learn from others is what makes society possible.

A school's capacity to provide continuous education after disaster is imperative to student welfare. One school in Lyons, Colorado, provides an example of how to facilitate recovery.

Now in its third year, the state’s Planning for Hazards project is setting an example for how to provide communities with the planning tools to address natural hazard risks—and the empowerment to use them.