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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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Fukushima Lesson: Be Ready for Unanticipated Nuclear Accidents

Mon, 2012-03-12 21:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - March 12, 2012

A year after the Fukushima disaster all but two of Japan’s fifty-four nuclear reactors remain shut down, in a country where nuclear power once supplied nearly 30 percent of the electricity; the Japanese government is awarding an initial $13 billion in contracts to begin decontamination and rehabilitation of the more than 8,000-square-mile region most exposed to radioactive fallout

A year after the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave under extreme conditions, according to a University of Michigan nuclear waste expert and his colleagues.

In a review article in this week’s edition of the journal Science, U-M’s Rodney Ewing and two colleagues call for an ambitious, long-term national research program to study how nuclear fuels behave under the extreme conditions present during core-melt events like those that occurred at Fukushima following the 11 March, 2011, magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Infrastructure Security, Disaster Planning “Super Map” Developed

Thu, 2012-03-08 19:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

I-COP stacks multiple flows of information into a single picture // Source: ac.jp

Homeland Security News Wire - March 7, 2012

A U.S. Marine stationed at the Quantico base in Virginia has developed sophisticated mapping software that can give users full situational awareness of their surroundings in real-time.

The Installation Common Operational Picture (I-COP), developed by Marine specialist Michael Lisovich, is essentially a “super map,” taking in a torrent of data streams from emergency dispatch reports to weather forecasts, traffic reports, and security system alerts.

Pete Streng, Quantico’s director of operations, said the tool, which is accessible online, essentially provides users with up to the minute information on everything around the base, allowing officials to make fast, informed decisions.

InsideNovareports that Streng contacted Lisovich several years ago requesting a system that would give officials a better grasp of the base’s critical infrastructure system.

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New Facebook Feature Lets You Mark Yourself as ‘Safe’ After Major Disaster

Tue, 2012-03-06 17:19 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samual Bendett

techland.time.com - by Keith Wagstaff - February 29, 2012

In the wake of a disaster, one of the most terrifying things is not knowing if your loved ones are safe. Contact can be difficult: Landlines can go down and cellphones can lose their charge. Even if you call your mother and tell her you’re safe, you still have a large network of friends and family that might still be worried about you.

That’s why Facebook’s new Disaster Message Board makes sense. Right now it’s only being tested in Japan, which is still dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.

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Tornado Victims Flock to Facebook for Helping Hand

Mon, 2012-03-05 20:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Student Madeline Evans walks past a destroyed school bus after a tornado devastated the town of Henryville, Indiana, March 3, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Indiana National Guard/Sgt. John Crosby

by Mary Slosson - March 5, 2012

(Reuters) - Residents of the storm-ravaged communities in the Midwest are reaching out to each other, neighbor to neighbor, through social media sites to coordinate disaster relief and share information.

A chain of fast-moving tornadoes spawned by massive thunderstorms cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, killing at least 39 people and leaving many residents homeless and seeking food, clothing, and shelter.

With phone connections spotty as emergency workers tried to repair downed power lines and clear debris, Facebook pages -- accessible by cell phone, mobile device, or computer -- have proven a go-to source for communities to assist one another.

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List of Links - Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services

Sat, 2012-03-03 01:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

(CLICK HERE FOR LOCATIONS OF EMERGENCY DISASTER SERVICES)

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Cell Phone App - American Red Cross: Shelter View

Sat, 2012-03-03 01:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A free cell phone app download that provides emergency response information, and a list of all shelters currently open in the United States.

(CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE APP STORE)

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Current Open Red Cross Shelters

Sat, 2012-03-03 01:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

(CLICK HERE FOR CURRENT OPEN RED CROSS SHELTERS)

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Hundreds of Associated Press Photos with Captions - Tornado Outbreak - March 2, 2012

Fri, 2012-03-02 22:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Henryville High School in Henryville, Ind., is destroyed after powerful storms stretching from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns and killed at least eight people Friday, March 2, 2012, as the system tore roofs off schools and homes and damaged a maximum security prison. It was the second deadly tornado outbreak this week. (AP Photo/The News and Tribune, C.E. Branham)

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Interactive Tornado Map - By The Weather Channel - March 2, 2012

Fri, 2012-03-02 22:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

View Mar. 2, 2012 tornado reports in a larger map

Tornado Reports: Each icon represents a tornado report gathered by the National Weather Service. Click on the icon to reveal the extent of the damage associated with each report, the magnitude of the storm report and the location and time of when it occurred.