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Mon, 2011-05-23 09:48 — mdmcdonald
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Tornadoes Wipe Out Indiana Towns

Fri, 2012-03-02 21:25 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Residents take in some of the damage after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on February 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Illinois. UPI/Paul Newton/The Southern

upi.com - March 2, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS, March 2 (UPI) -- Deadly tornadoes raked southern Indiana Friday, wiping out the town of Marysville, as a line of storms bore down on the Ohio and Tennessee valleys.

There were no firm casualty figures, but deaths were reported. Dozens of people were reported missing.

Numerous funnel clouds were reported.

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AccuWeather.com - Live Blogging: Dangerous Tornado Outbreak

Fri, 2012-03-02 20:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Meghan Evans, Meteorologist - accuweather.com - March 2, 2012

Storms are pushing into the southern Appalachians, bringing the potential for large hail and devastating tornadoes.

Severe storms hammered an area from Missouri into Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama with dozens of tornadoes and hail to the size of baseballs.

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Today's Tornado Setup Similar to 1974 Super Outbreak

Fri, 2012-03-02 12:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Alex Sosnowski - accuweather.com - March 2, 2012

The setup and aftermath on Friday for the Ohio and Tennessee valleys could be similar to the weather pattern during and following the 1974 Super Outbreak.

Spanning April 3-4, 1974, a swarm of tornadoes tore through areas from Illinois and southern Michigan to northern Alabama and Georgia.

The outbreak produced 148 confirmed tornadoes, six of which were F-5 intensity. The most powerful of these storms slammed into Xenia, Ohio.

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New App Helps Queensland Coordinate Volunteers

Fri, 2012-03-02 11:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - March 2, 2012

Researchers from the University of Queensland have developed a new smartphone app to help mobilize and coordinate volunteer efforts during major disasters.

Following the historic floods that caused an estimated $5.6 billion in damage, an unprecedented number of volunteers appeared to help clean houses, roads, and buildings across the state. More than 50,000 people showed up for the recovery effort, prompting the nickname “mud army.”

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that in the event of another disaster, Premier Anna Bligh said the Ready Qld app, which is free to download, will allow volunteers to search for areas where they are needed and sign up to help.

“This app will not only inform Queenslanders about preparedness for disasters - resources, checklists and advice - but will also provide real-time updates and information about volunteering opportunities in your local area,” Bligh explained.

With the app, which was developed in conjunction with Volunteering Queensland, volunteers can register for a variety of tasks including community response to extreme weather.

Anticipating The Perfect Storm of Impossible Events

Tue, 2012-02-21 22:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Jonathan King

By: Rich Miller - datacenterknowledge.com - February 20, 2012

Jesse Robbins is a trained fireman. He also has managed some of the world’s largest Internet infrastructures. Robbins says the lessons of fire readiness can be applied to building reliable systems.

“You cannot learn the lessons of failure without experiencing it,” said Robbins, the co-founder and Chief Community Office at Opscode. “That’s why we do fire drills.”

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Video - Scientists Eye Threat of Pacific Northwest Megaquake

Tue, 2012-02-21 17:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

By Ben Gutierrez - hawaiinewsnow.com - February 21, 2012

EWA BEACH (HawaiiNewsNow) - Scientists say there are parallels between recent earthquakes and ground movement in the Pacific Northwest and what happened in Japan before last year's devastating quake and tsunami.

The research was discussed over the weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach are well aware of the new research.

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Invisibility Cloak to Protect Buildings from Earthquakes

Sat, 2012-02-18 01:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett and Linton Wells

Homeland Security News Wire - February 15, 2012

Scientists show that by cloaking components of structures with pressurized rubber, powerful waves such as those produced by an earthquake would not “see” the building — they would simply pass around the structure and thus prevent serious damage or destruction

University of Manchester mathematicians have developed the theory for a Harry Potter-style cloaking device which could protect buildings from earthquakes.

Dr. William Parnell’s team in the University’s School of Mathematics has been working on the theory of invisibility cloaks which, until recently, have been merely the subject of science fiction.

In recent times, however, scientists have been getting close to achieving cloaking in a variety of contexts. A University of Manchester release reports that the work from the team at Manchester focuses on the theory of cloaking devices which could eventually help to protect buildings and structures from vibrations and natural disasters such as earthquakes.

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The Age of Big Data

Fri, 2012-02-17 17:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Image/Chad Hagen - The New York Times Company

submitted by Samuel Bendett

by Steve Lohr - The New York Times -February 11, 2012

GOOD with numbers? Fascinated by data? The sound you hear is opportunity knocking.

Mo Zhou was snapped up by I.B.M. last summer, as a freshly minted Yale M.B.A., to join the technology company’s fast-growing ranks of data consultants. They help businesses make sense of an explosion of data — Web traffic and social network comments, as well as software and sensors that monitor shipments, suppliers and customers — to guide decisions, trim costs and lift sales. “I’ve always had a love of numbers,” says Ms. Zhou, whose job as a data analyst suits her skills.

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FEMA Grant Helps UW Create Disaster Plan

Mon, 2012-02-06 21:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - February 1, 2012

The University of Wisconsin is currently hard at work developing a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan with the help of FEMA

The University of Wisconsin is currently hard at work developing a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan.

The University’s work comes with the help of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to create a Disaster Resistant University strategy. The goal of the program is to help minimize potential damage from natural disasters or man-made events.

In particular the disaster plan will focus on facilitating cooperation between university, state, and federal authorities by identifying key hazards to university property, operations, and individuals.

With the help of Geographic Information Systems, university planners will develop models to map out various disaster scenarios to determine what the necessary course of action in terms of preparedness.

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Creation of Next-Gen Public Safety Comms Net Should Be Managed by Non-Profit, Says Study

Fri, 2012-02-03 01:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Mike Kraft

gsnmagazine.com - by Mark Rockwell - February 1, 2012

The next generation public safety communications network should be managed by a non-governmental, non-profit organization that could impartially reconcile the myriad standards and procedures affecting emergency responders nationwide, said a report by an independent government advisory committee.

It also recommended that such a network should take advantage of “assigned public safety spectrum.” Congress has been trying to get spectrum for a national public safety network for years, battling over whether to assign the spectrum directly to first responders or auction it off to communications companies, so they can share it with responders and manage its back-office functions.

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