July, 2011 // Posts published in July, 2011
NOAA Names Fisheries Law Enforcement Director
Tuesday, July 26, 2011Print This Page NOAA Names Fisheries Law Enforcement Director US – the National Oceanic and Atomspheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the selection of Bruce Buckson, a nationally recognised leader in natural resource conservation law enforcement, as director of the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement (OLE). Bruce Buckson, director of the NOAA...
Olympic Peninsula could be hit hard by earthquake
A so-called “big One” could be in store for Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Operating under the assumption that a major earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest every 500 years, scientists in the Vancouver area are devising a method for predicting what a massive quake would look like if it rocked the Pacific coast along Washington and British Columbia. “Essentially,...
Hurricane Preparedness For Seniors and Caregivers
If you or your senior loved one live in a coastal area, have you taken the advisable steps to prepare in advance for a Hurricane? if an evacuation order were given, have you planned how and where your elderly parent would evacuate? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) provides “Key Facts About...
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaCameron Parish prepares for hurricane season
CAMERON PARISH, LA (KPLC) – Officers at Cameron Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness are monitoring Tropical Storm Don, but the officers aren't worried that the storm will make a big impact on the Parish. Director of the OEP Eddie Benoit said they aren't focusing on the path of the storm but the storm surge instead. Benoit also says...
Tropical Storm Don Downgraded at Landfall; All Warnings End
July 30 (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Don has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved across the Texas coastline near Baffin Bay last night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. the depression was about 40 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas, with maximum winds of 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour, according to...
McLean Co. to receive $66K from food and shelter program
BLOOMINGTON — McLean County will receive $66,797 under theEmergency Food and Shelter Program, United way of McLean Countyannounced Tuesday. The program provides supplemental support to more than 12,000nonprofit and public food banks, shelters, feeding programs andhomelessness prevention organizations nationwide. The selection was made by a national board led by the FederalEmergency Management Agency and consisting of representatives...
World’s Premier Amateur Motocross Event Set Next Week for Hurricane Mills, Tenn.
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) congratulates the nearly 1,500 qualifiers who’ve earned a start at the world’s premier amateur motocross event: the 30th Annual AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by Amsoil, at the Loretta Lynn Ranch Monday, Aug. 1, through Saturday, Aug. 6, in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. “the AMA Amateur National Motocross...
BestWeek: Rugged 2Q Accelerates Hurricane ‘Tipping Point’, A.M. Best Analyst Says
July 29, 2011 03:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Battered by a record-breaking year of catastrophe losses, the insurance industry is keeping an eye on the Atlantic Ocean as the height of the U.S. hurricane season approaches. Worldwide catastrophe losses for the first half of the year have property insurers posting drops in first- and second-quarter...
Southampton Town Releases Updated Hurricane Guide
The Town of Southampton has released its 2011 Hurricane Survival Guide and copies are now available online, for pickup and through the mail. This year’s guide has been updated and contains the most up-to-date emergency information, including important telephone numbers, checklists, safety tips and other valuable information on how to help residents prepare for a hurricane...
NOAA pushes for fish farming
The Obama administration has launched an effort to increase fish farming in the nation’s oceans, as a way of creating jobs and reducing a $9 billion seafood trade deficit. the new Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) aquaculture policy would make it easier to create open ocean fish farming off Mendocino....
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