Regional News
5 yr old Washington boy saves his friend from a rockslide
Monday, January 19, 2009 - PACIFIC BEACH,
Wash. – A five-year-old boy became trapped under a couch-sized boulder
after pushing a friend out of the way on the Washington coast. Read More and View the Video
Auburn’s Reverse 911 system adds e-mail and text messaging options
A great addition to a reverse 911 system. Read the complete article at:http://www.auburnwa.gov/government/News/2009_News_Stories/Auburn_s_Reverse_911_system_adds_e-mail_and_text_messaging_options.asp
Bellingham Herald Slideshow Dramatizes Whatcom State of Emergency
Continued flooding in Whatcom County resulted in a state of emergency being declared. The Bellingham Herald has a daily slideshow that provides a dramatic review of the devastation of the 15 inches of rain that have fallen here in the last few days.
Disaster response body inadequate: Auditor General
National Post - Nov 3, 2009
She noted, however, that the department has spent only one-third of its annual $58.5-million budget for emergency preparedness in the last two years. ...
Earthquake fault connects North Bend to Whidbey Island
Geologists are hoping a newly discovered fault line between North Bend and Whidbey Island doesn’t shake things up any time soon. Read the complete story at:
http://snovalleystar.com/2009/09/23/earthquake-fault-connects-north-bend-to-whidbey-island
How Ontario screwed up swine flu preparedness
NOW Toronto - 42 minutes ago
How easy would it be for a worker at one of the city's shelters, or a firefighter or emergency services worker to come in contact with a carrier. ...
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=172347
Mega-quake could strike near Seattle
Using sophisticated seismometers and GPS devices, scientists
have been able to track minute movements along two massive tectonic
plates colliding 25 miles or so underneath Washington state's Puget
Sound basin. Their early findings suggest that a mega-earthquake could
strike closer to the Seattle-Tacoma area, home to some 3.6 million
people, than was thought earlier.
Read more at Physorg.com
Read more at Physorg.com
