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NOAA expects more storms this hurricane season
As the fifth named storm of the season fell apart in the Caribbean Thursday, federal hurricane forecasters rolled out an update their predictions for the rest of what they still say will be an "active" season. The August outlook calls for a slight...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Emergency Planning, Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Storms, Disasters
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Different disasters
It turns out the Harford County government has met the Federal Emergency Management Agency's threshold of $800,851.02 spent in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee to qualify for federal disaster aid. It's an odd number, but no one ever said federal...Tags: Tropical Storms, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Local Government, Budgets and Budgeting
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Bel Air Oks loan from fund balance to pay for BB&T building
The Bel Air Town Commissioners will borrow a little more than $1 million from the town's unreserved fund balance when it goes to settlement on the BB&T site later this month. At Monday's town meeting, the commissioners approved a resolution allowing...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Finance
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Business in natural disasters
Smiths Detection developed the portable emergency room to treat soldiers on the battlefield.
But the tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo., last month, executives at the Edgewood manufacturer say, showed another potential use.
The twister, one of the...Tags: Emergency Planning, Anne Arundel County, Manufacturing and Engineering, Iraq, Colleges and Universities
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Nationwide test of Emergency Alert System is today
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: If you tune in to radio or TV at 2 p.m. today, you will witness the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. It will sound...... -
National test of Emergency Alert System Nov. 9
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:We’ve all heard those annoying bleats on the radio when stations test the Emergency Alert System. “Had this been an actual alert…” Last week, FEMA announced it will conduct the first nationwide test...Tags: Emergency Planning, Satellite Technology
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Chris Wallace to Ron Paul: 'You're being taken more seriously by the media'
Two GOP presidential candidates appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows yesterday: Newt Gingrich was on "Meet the Press" and Ron Paul appeared on "Fox News Sunday."
While NBC's David Gregory basically accused Gingrich of being a racist, Paul...Tags: Republican Party, International Monetary Fund, NBC (tv network), Newt Gingrich, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Tropical system will move up East Coast
Maryland WeatherWith a new tropical system (could become Nicole) getting organized in the northwest Caribbean, FEMA has already issued an advisory to residents of the Southeastern U.S. to prepare for heavy rain and other possible disruptions."We are closely watching this...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, Disasters, Floods
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Tornados beg question: How much should government do for those in need?
The tornado devastation in the South is just heartbreaking. So many or our neighbors have lost their lives and are now homeless. This is a time in which we as a nation need to reach out and do all that we can. But where would these neighbors be without...Tags: National Government, Government
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Snow still blocked, slowed ways to work
As crews continued to clear roads, train tracks and runways of packed snow and ice from the weekend blizzard, another storm was expected to pummel the region today, causing headaches for those returning to work. Crews have worked overtime to restore some...Tags: Baltimore County, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Corruption, Emergency Planning, Locust Point
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Annapolis looking for a place to put all the snow
Baltimore Sun reporterAs plows dug into neighborhood streets in Annapolis Friday -- most for the first time since two storms dropped 42 inches of snow on the city in a week -- officials began to hunt Friday for places to put it all. "We are literally running out of space to...Tags: Vehicles, Public Officials, Government, Annapolis
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NOAA agrees: Expect average hurricane season, or less
Maryland WeatherThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its August update on the prospects for the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. Not surprisingly, the feds agree with earlier updates by Colorado State forecasters and others - we can expect at...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Weather, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms
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