Notices tagged with disasters

My son's assigned reading for class, I will have to borrow this! #disasters #HurricaneKatrina

LOL one of the kids printed out homework here for their Master's degree work. #disasters

Hope Slide in Sunshine Valley, British Columbia

The morning of January 9, 1965, over 46 million cubic meters of earth, rock, and snow broke free, obliterating some a section of the highway below.#rocks #disasterareas #disasters #naturaldisaster #section-Atlas
Hope Slide

@MsMerope Ooh, I like it! The tippy tap part is particularly useful when you are using this for hand sanitation issues (versus my "scrub dirt off the hands") #handwashing #disasters

Vulcan Bridge in Vulcan, West Virginia

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.#history #infrastructure #disasters #mining #engineering #bridges #section-Atlas
Vulcan Bridge

More support for my contention that generators are mostly not useful in a "worst disaster in a generation" type storms:

"Fuel generators were nearly worthless after a few days because people ran out of gas. "

https://mastodon.social/@AlexanderMars/113249611174698229

#DisasterPreparedness #disasters #power

Disaster Preparedness Lessons (so far) from observing the disaster in Western North Carolina the last few days:

1. Stay on top of emergency water supply. Lack of drinking water is the biggest issue (and continues to be an issue) in Western North Carolina, people without anything to drink after a flood. This would be an issue in California after a major earthquake, too.

2. Write down the phone numbers for out of the area contacts and put them with emergency supplies. A number of outbound messages were not delivered due to incorrect phone numbers and inability to remember/pull up phone numbers from phones/etc.
(continued) #DisasterPreparedness #disasters

CBS: Hurricanes indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm, study finds https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricanes-deaths-15-years-after-a-storm-study/ #disasters #health #hurricanes

Arstechnica:

"As of Monday morning, if one wanted to grasp the historic nature of flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene in western parts of North Carolina and the surrounding areas, the logical place to begin is at the National Climatic Data Center.

This federal office maintains the world's largest climate data archive and provides historical perspective to put present-day weather conditions and natural disasters into context in a warming world due to climate change.

Unfortunately, the National Climatic Data Center is based in Asheville, North Carolina. "

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/were-only-beginning-to-understand-the-historic-nature-of-helenes-flooding/

#ClimateEmergency #disasters #climate #NCSTRONG #Asheville

Current power outages in the US:

States and territories by customers out
South Carolina 1,020,441
Georgia 726,681
North Carolina 652,606
Florida 296,394
Virginia 164,929
Last Updated: 2024-09-28 01:13:51 PM PDT

(via poweroutage.us) #NCwx #helene #disasters #PowerOutages

Politico: They died with the AC off. Why the government pays for heating but not cooling. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/extreme-heat-deaths-government-agencies-00176697 #heatwaves #ExtremeHeat #ClimateEmergency #disasters

Over two-million acres of floodplain development occurred in US in last two decades, study finds https://phys.org/news/2024-09-million-acres-floodplain-decades.html #disasters #flooding #insurance #ClimateEmergency

WaPo: Facebook is blocking emergency warnings as wildfires roar through West

The Post has collected more than 40 examples of Facebook removing emergency-related posts during at least 20 wildfires since June. The explanation: “you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/10/facebook-is-blocking-emergency-warnings-wildfires-roar-through-west/

#wildfires #Facebook #FB #emergencies #disasters

PBS: Why carbon monoxide poisoning is on the rise as extreme weather causes more power outages https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-is-on-the-rise-as-extreme-weather-causes-more-power-outages #safety #generatorsafety #blackouts #poweroutages #grid #disasters #ClimateEmergency

Hi folks!

I've been on Mastodon for about a year and would like to meet more accounts to follow. Please boost and provide recommendations.

I am an #EmergencyManagement professional who specializes in wildfire recovery. I assist communities with rebuilding after #disasters, funding sheltering and evacuation costs, drafting mutual aid agreements, and developing comprehensive recovery plans.

I don't know of many other folks on here that work in emergency management, but would like to make more connections.

I'm interested in #weather #HamRadio #Preparedness #PNW #Oregon #ORWX #Outdoors #minimalism #Equity #UnionStrong

Random question for anyone in Japan who might see this: where does the Japanese government post evacuation maps and alerts? (used to see these on NHK, but no longer). #Japan #disasters

"Dear Sister: our trip to Madeira has been wonderful! Aside from the airport being closed and the hills being on fire, the beaches have been wonderful, as long as you wear an N95 mask and don't breathe!"
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/tourists-stranded-at-madeira-airport-portugal-as-wildfires-cause-perilous-travel-disruption-maximum-flights-cancelled-delayed-and-diverted/

#PostcardsFromTheAnthropocene #disasters #ClimateEmergency

BBC: Will extreme weather change when (and where) you go on holiday? https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240730-how-climate-change-can-affect-your-summer-vacation #travel #tourism #disasters #ClimateEmergency

Texas Observer: "Hunger Was Already Bad Enough. Then Beryl Hit." https://www.texasobserver.org/hunger-hurricane-houston-beryl/ #HOUwx #TXwx #Beryl #disasters #hunger