Tag Archives: hazard mitigation
Pandemic Info 5/5
WHO H1N1 Influenza A daily briefing map Continue reading
Panic over a Flu Pandemic
H1N1 Influenza in perspective Continue reading
Flood Fight Update-Sheyenne River Edition
Waters go up, waters go down. Good news, bad news. Last week the folks in Fargo got some good news—a lower 2nd crest expected on the Red River. This week the folks in Valley City and the Sheyenne River Valley are getting … Continue reading
Risky Business
MPR reminds us that “Flood forecasting is tricky business” with a Radio-on-the-TV Youtube feature. Didn’t know Minnesota Public Radio was on Youtube. Then again I’m a dial-up guy who still remembers when MTV actually played music videos. The Grand Forks … Continue reading
Goose River Floods
I remember putting on my rubber barn boots & grabbing a shovel, heading down by the banks of the Goose River between Mayville and Portland, right there on North Dakota Highway 200 by the park. Goose River flooding homes in … Continue reading
Bozeman Explosion
#bozexplod thoughts: disaster recovery plans, real-time information gaps, scope can trump scale Continue reading
FEMA Encourages North Dakotans to Buy Flood Insurance Now
I lived in North Dakota during the Great Red River Flood of 1997. You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen an entire city of 50,000 people evacuated. Families with nothing left but the clothes on their backs. Even if you’re … Continue reading
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