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Mon, 2011-05-23 09:48 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on discussions about disaster management.

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Life-Threatening Flooding Submerges Pensacola, Florida

Wed, 2014-04-30 10:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Photo - @TWCBreaking

nbcnews.com - By Alastair Jamieson and M. Alex Johnson - April 30, 2014

Torrential rainfall and “life-threatening" flooding turned deadly in Florida’s panhandle late Tuesday - the latest fallout from a monster weather system that has killed at least 35 people in six states. . .

. . . More than two feet of rain fell in a 26-hour period in Pensacola, Fla. according to one rain gauge, washing away bridges and closing mile after mile of highways across the region, leaving hundreds of drivers stranded for hours. . .

. . . More than five inches fell on Pensacola in the single hour between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. CT (10 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET) Tuesday, the NWS said.

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United States
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Disaster Response
Emergency Management
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Mississippi Severe Weather Alerts & Disaster Resources - (Tornado)

Mon, 2014-04-28 23:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

(THE U.S. RESILIENCE SYSTEM IS ASSISTING WITH RELIEF EFFORTS FOR THIS DISASTER THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF A FACEBOOK PAGE TITLED "Mississippi Severe Weather Alerts & Disaster Resources".
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE "Mississippi Severe Weather Alerts & Disaster Resources" FACEBOOK PAGE.)

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) - News

FEMA - Resources - Mississippi - DR-4175

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United States
US - South
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Communication
Disaster Response
Emergency Management
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Resilience
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Situation Report

Alabama Severe Weather Alerts & Disaster Resources - (Tornado & Flood)

Mon, 2014-04-28 21:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

(THE U.S. RESILIENCE SYSTEM IS ASSISTING WITH RELIEF EFFORTS FOR THIS DISASTER THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF A FACEBOOK PAGE TITLED "Alabama Severe Weather Alerts & Disaster Resources".
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE "Alabama Severe Weather Alerts & Disaster Resources" FACEBOOK PAGE.)

State of Alabama - Emergency Management - Situation Reports

Alabama Emergency Management Agency

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United States
US - South
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Communication
Disaster Response
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Resilience
Technology
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Solutions
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Situation Report

Infographic: Social media's impact on natural disasters

Sat, 2014-04-19 10:41 — Maeryn Obley

Infographic: Social media's impact on natural disastersImage: Infographic: Social media's impact on natural disasters

thedrum.com - April 14th, 2014 - Ishbel MacLeod

Tsunami warnings were issued over the weekend following an earthquake on the Solomon Islands, leading to over 15,000 tweets mentioning the warnings. So, how does social media impact weather warnings?

Last year, Twitter launched an alerts system, which allows users to get notifications directly to their phones during emergencies whenever a credible organisation account - such as police or the fire brigade - marks a tweet as an alert.

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United States
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Citizens
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Snohomish County - Oso Mudslide Resources

Wed, 2014-03-26 22:32 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

GovInslee - Aerial photo of the mudslide

CLICK HERE - Washington Governor Jay Inslee - Oso Mudslide Resources

CLICK HERE - oso.recovers.org - Oso Landslide Recovery Hub

CLICK HERE - Facebook - Washington Wildfires & Emergency Situations

CNN - No fresh signs of life in search after devastating Washington landslide

Reuters - Washington mudslide yields more bodies, but not all may be found

USA Today - Dead and Missing in Washington Landslide

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US - NorthWest
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Disaster Response
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Cheap Mobile Technology is Vital in Disaster Recovery

Sat, 2013-12-21 18:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Mike Kraft

      

Jason Hall of Stansell Electric, left, talks with project manager Daron Whitehead as Nashville Wire and other vendors help repair the electrical systems after floodwaters inundated the company in May 2010, destroying $1.2 million in inventory alone./ Dipti Vaidya / File / The Tennessean

tennessean.com - by J. J. Rosen - December 8, 2013

In May 2010, after 36 hours of continuous rain, Nashville was in serious trouble. The “Flood of 2010,” as it came to be known, created a disaster that affected almost everyone in the city. . .

. . . In 2010, the idea of servers and applications being remotely hosted in the cloud was relatively new, and mobile technology was not as prevalent as it is today. Combining mobile and cloud, small- and medium-size businesses can now afford to design and implement disaster-recovery and business-continuity plans that have the same features as their larger competitors.

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Communication
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Let It Burn: Changing Firefighting Techniques for a Warming World

Mon, 2013-10-07 23:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

The devastating Rim Fire threatened Yosemite in August.  Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

This year has been a bloody one for firefighters on the front lines against wildfires. With climate change intensifying fires, it may be time to change the way we fight them.

time.com - by Bryan Walsh - October 4, 2013

We usually measure wildfires in acres burnt or the number of homes destroyed. But there’s a human toll to fires as well. So far this year 32 people have lost their lives fighting fires, the highest number in nearly 20 years—and the fire season isn’t done yet. More than half of those deaths occurred in a single incident, when all but one of a 20-man firefighting crew were killed during the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona in June.

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Climate
Disaster Risk Reduction
Policy
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The Infrastructure Security Partnership

Wed, 2013-10-02 02:00 — Maeryn Obley

tisp.org

In a rapid response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, federal and state agencies, corporations and professional societies met to discuss how they could collaborate and coordinate to improve the security of the built environment of the United States.

In a unanimous conclusion to their meeting, The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) was established as a non-profit partnership to facilitate a forum for advancing practice and policy for the protection of our nation’s critical infrastructure.

On Nov. 20, 2001, Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Organizational Charter drafted by the partnership’s steering committee consisting of representatives from the American Institute of Architects, the Society of American Military Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Associated General Contractors of America, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Facilities Council, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

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United States
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Disaster Response
Disaster Risk Reduction
Infrastructure
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Other

Boulder Flood Relief

Mon, 2013-09-23 17:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                                   CLICK HERE - BOULDER FLOOD RELIEF

            

Boulder Flood Relief is a local, boots on the ground, all-volunteer group organizing relief for displaced and in need individuals.

Call: (720) 943-4482

http://boulderfloodrelief.org/

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United States
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Disaster Response
Extreme Weather
Flood
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E. Coli, Oil Spills and Airlifts: Fallout from Colorado Flooding Continues

Mon, 2013-09-23 17:46 — Kathy Gilbeaux

cnn.com - by Greg Botelho and Elwyn Lopez - September 20, 2013

(CNN) -- Efforts continued Friday to cope with fallout from flooding that''s rocked the Rocky Mountain state -- including more airlifts of stranded residents, discoveries of oil spills and a plea to one town's residents to stay away until E. coli is cleared from their tap water.

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United States
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Disaster Response
Environment
Extreme Weather
Flood
Infrastructure
Pollution
Rivers
Vulnerability
Waste
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