North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman questioned the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency about inadequacies built into the disaster relief program Sept. 19, specifically citing the recovery struggles in Rio Dell as an example of how the system is failing smaller, rural communities in the wake of natural disasters. While thanking FEMA Administrator Deanne […]
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Klamath Tsunami Victim Found
The remains of 25-year-old Dustin Douglas Weber, who was swept off a sandspit March 11 by a tsunami surge at the mouth of the Klamath River, were found 300 miles north near the mouth of the Columbia River, reports the Crescent City Daily Triplicate and KGW-NewsChannel 8 in Portland with the Associated Press (h/t Lost […]
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Tsunami Warning Downgraded, Governor Declares State of Emergency (4:20 p.m. update)
UPDATE 4:20 p.m. Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in Del Norte, Humboldt, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties SACRAMENTO – Governor Jerry Brown today issued an emergency proclamation for Del Norte, Humboldt, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan, which generated a water […]
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Tsunami Message No. 13 – 9:47 AM
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 13 from the National Weather Service: NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK – 9:47 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2011 …THE TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM POINT CONCEPCION CALIFORNIA TO THE OREGON-WASHINGTON BORDER… MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY LOCATION LAT LON […]
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Schools Close While Awaiting Tsunami
According to the Humboldt County Office of Education most Humboldt County schools have elected to close today due to the tsunami warning. The list shows no response from Bridgeville and Kneeland schools, officials assume this is probably because they were scheduled to attend a Math Fair today at Arcata High, which has been cancelled. Here’s […]
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Eureka, Haiti Victims of ‘Earthquake Weapon’?
The U.S. government can’t reduce the deficit or pass health care reform, but when it comes to weaponry, you better recognize! Within reason, that is: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez apparently believes that Eureka’s 6.5 temblor and Haiti’s devastating 7.0 quake were caused by a top-secret Pentagon shockwave weapon — a sort of disaster-blaster that can […]
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Tsunami! (maps)
Just in time for Xmas! New maps to show us how to get the heck to high ground when the big one rocks and swooshes! To check out these new coastal inundation maps — mostly mapped by Professor Aggeliki Barberopoulou and courtesy the state and the USC Tsunami Research Center — and see who’d get […]
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Better put in now for time off
A colleague was threading her way through the dredded plaza this afternoon, when a good citizen slipped this little white square of paper into her hand and said, “Be forewarned.” Ominous. Indeed. And as you can see from the little square, somebody thinks there’s going to be a real day-wrecker a year from now. A […]