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Hurricane safety, first aid tips for smartphones
Staff writerThe start of hurricane season for the eastern U.S. begins June 1, FEMA says, and lasts through Nov. 30. The American Red Cross has two free phone apps for hurricanes and first aid that work on iPhones and Androids that you hopefully won't have to use,...Tags: Heart Attack, First Aid, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Health Treatments
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Governor wades into spotlight during flooding
As floodwaters swelled last week, Gov. Pat Quinn hopped onto a state plane and headed for some of Illinois' hardest-hit areas. Five days later, the Democratic governor hasn't stopped, continuing to visit flood-stricken towns, his office making sure TV...
Tags: Randy Hultgren, Television Industry, Government, Bill Foster, Executive Branch
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Security, Response Is Everyone's Job
The Hartford CourantWe are reminded periodically that life on Earth is fragile. Asteroids, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, flu outbreaks and other natural disasters draw our attention to the risks. Indeed, the hazards are many and, as we learned in Boston, some are man-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism, Sports, Running, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Making homes safe from natural disasters
One could say that Judy Gibbons started prepping for her latest endeavor as a real estate agent 46 years ago today. That's because on April 21, 1967, a 9-year-old Gibbons huddled under the basement steps of her Barrington home with her mother, four...Tags: Weather, Real Estate, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Tornadoes
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Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Fertilizer, U.S. Geological Survey, Plant Openings, White House
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Conemaugh Township secures funding to repair storm-damaged roadway
Staff WriterDAVIDSVILLE — Conemaugh Township supervisors have gotten state and federal emergency management agencies to pay for more than $100,000 in repairs to storm-damaged Govier Lane. The bank alongside the roadway — off Glessner Lane near Route 985...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Chambersburg Area Middle School North hosts emergency drill
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAs teenage athletes left Chambersburg Area Middle School North on Wednesday evening, firetrucks and other emergency vehicles descended on the parking lot for a drill related to an mock attack at a nuclear power plant. Emergency services officials...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Relief and Aid Organizations, Disasters and Accidents, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Summit Point corgis win ribbons at AKC National Agility Championships
richardb@herald-mail.comBlue ribbons eluded them, but Baron, Twists and Ceri still showed enough skill in their divisions to snare seven green ribbons among them at the recent American Kennel Club National Agility Championships in Tulsa, Okla. Gretchen Mason’s Welsh...Tags: American Kennel Club
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FEMA gives Joplin deal on two fire engines
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - The federal government is giving the city of Joplin a deal on two fire engines it loaned the city after the 2011 tornado. The Federal Emergency Management Agency bought the trucks as loaners and allowed the city to use them after...Tags: Fires, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011)
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Mayor hopeful Stanford won't have to return any ice storm money
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — Mayor Bill Miracle is hopeful Stanford won't have to return any of the approximately $100,000 it received from the federal government for recovery costs following the devastating 2009 ice storm. Miracle told city council members last...Tags: Republic Services Incorporated
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Tri-State briefs
Franklin Co. residents not eligible for FEMA funding CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Franklin County, Pa., residents and businesses will not be eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for damage stemming from Superstorm Sandy, Franklin County...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Beverage Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Lehigh, Northampton counties receive FEMA grants
Valley 610U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's office announced Friday that fire companies in Lehigh and Northampton counties will receive nearly $250,000. In Lehigh County, the Coplay Fire Department will receive $8,337 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the...
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