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Blogs and Sites We Like

July 17, 2014 Written by Nicholas
An image of a white guy giving a thumbs up
Here is a short list of sites we like to get preparedness and incidence information from. If you have a site you like, please let us know. Public Health Surveillance Health Map is created and maintained by a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital founded in 2006, is an established glob [...]
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Mapping the HIV Crisis in Nine Americ...

July 11, 2014 Written by Nicholas
Map of HIV in Boston by Zipcode
  Map of HIV/AIDS in Boston by Zipcode Using Geographic Information Systems to map HIV/AIDS infections is a useful tool for knowing where to put public health resources. The AIDSvu project, based at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, produces detailed maps of HIV epidemic.  Via Jonathan Cohn in The New Republic Sha [...]
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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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Know Your Flood Hazards

March 19, 2014 Written by Nicholas
A sign almost covered by flood water
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 [...]
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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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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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