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Stay Dry: Using Google Earth to View ...

March 20, 2014 Written by Nicholas
http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1629-20490-9036/stay_dry_kmz_user_guide.pdf
View FEMA Flood Hazard Information Using Google Earth The “Stay Dry” kmz file allows you to use Google Earth™ to view basic flood hazard  information from FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) using an address or  other location information. You can view flood hazard zones and boundaries, and Flood  Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) numbers and b [...]
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It’s National Severe Weather Pr...

March 3, 2014 Written by Nicholas
NSWPW Poster 2014
With the unwieldy name and typical tongue-twisting acronym, National Severe Weather Preparedness Week (NSWPW…NISSWAPOW?) kicks off this week (yesterday, Sunday March 2nd, actually). The NOAA site notes that In 2013, there were seven weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States. These [...]
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Flu Near You

February 17, 2014 Written by Nicholas
A map of Massachusetts from flunearyou.org that shows flu reports
flunearyou.org shows you where outbreaks are occurring. Flu Near You is a site administered by Healthmap of Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with the American Public Health Association and the Skoll Global Threats Fund. Similar to the European service, Influenzanet written about recently on this blog, Flunearyou.org allows you to:   [...]
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Visualizing Infectious Disease

January 22, 2014 Written by Nicholas
Screen Shot of the Council on Foreign Relations World Map of the Prevalence of Infectious Diseases
The Council on Foreign Relations has published an interactive map of the prevalence of the world’s preventable infectious diseases. The data are also downloadable for analysis. Preventable Infectious Diseases Focusing on one disease at at time allows the user to look at public health successes and setbacks. For example, looking at polio [...]
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