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 [...]

Know Your Flood Hazards

March 19, 2014 Written by Nicholas

It’s Wednesday of National Flood Safety Awareness Week Photo Credit: Greenpeace A flood is defined as any high flow, overflow, or inundation of water that causes or threatens damage. Flooding can occur with prolonged rainfall over several days, intense rainfall over a short period of time, or when water from an existing source moves too quic [...]

Improving the Disaster Resilience of ...

March 18, 2014 Written by Nicholas

Photo of devastation of St. Johns Hospital in Joplin, MO

Photo Source: NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the first of six workshops devoted to developing a comprehensive, community-based disaster resilience framework, a national initiative carried out under the President’s Climate Action Plan. The workshop will be held on Monday, 7 April 2014 in Gaithersburg, [...]

Monday Flood Safety – Preparedn...

March 17, 2014 Written by Nicholas

A photo of a sinking Alton, IL grain elevator

Photo credit: Wikipedia Nearly every day, flooding happens somewhere in the United States or its territories. Flooding is the 2nd leading cause of weather related fatalities in the U.S. (behind heat). On average, flooding claims the lives of 89 people each year. Most of these deaths occur in motor vehicles when people attempt to drive throug [...]

“Turn Around Don’t Drown&...

March 16, 2014 Written by Nicholas

Flooding remains one of the top weather killers in the U.S., with the average number of annual fatalities totaling near 90. More than half of these fatalities are vehicle-related. The National Weather Service has been working to bring those numbers down and, for the past decade, has been doing so using its “Turn Around Don’t Drown” campaign, [...]

Short Funny Video on Why and How to M...

March 15, 2014 Written by Nicholas

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Daylight Savings Time: Two Steps to E...

March 15, 2014 Written by Nicholas

Spring Forward? It’s a week since Daylight Savings time began, but if you haven’t done so already, you can improve your safety by taking these two steps: Changing the batteries in your smoke and CO2 detectors, and Turning your circuit breakers off and then back on, just once. Why do this? If you change your batteri [...]

Report: More Oil Was Spilled from Tra...

March 12, 2014 Written by Nicholas

Lac-Megantic, Quebec Blaze. Photo Credit: Risque Majeurs et Environment In an analysis of federal data, the McClatchly news service reports that more oil was spilled from trains in 2013 than the total amount spilled since records started being kept. Using data reported by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the [...]

The Community Emergency Response Team...

March 10, 2014 Written by Nicholas

History The CERT program started in Los Angeles, California before making its journey across the United States and abroad. Officials from LA travelled to Japan in February of 1985 to study its disaster response plans. The team discovered that Japan had extensive training programs that were neighborhood-based, focusing on fire suppression, lig [...]

How Much is Too Much?

March 10, 2014 Written by Nicholas

A photo of a a weather report with the words "Hummus Totals" for some reason

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