Public Health investigation seeks people who may have been exposed to extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) infected person - The Emergency

Public Health investigation seeks people who may have been exposed to extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) infected person - The Emergency Email & Wireless Network .......... www. EmergencyEmail.ORG ........ NewsEmergency.com: "Public Health investigation seeks people who may have been exposed to extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) infected person
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DO YOU SEE WHY FRS RADIOS WILL SAVE YOUR BACON?
Back-to-back disasters show cell gaps - USATODAY.com: "Both exposed the vulnerabilities of the cellular phone system — and particularly the dependence by emergency responders on cellphones during a natural disaster, officials said. In the critical first days following both disasters, communications were hampered by a lack of landline phones, coupled with spotty or non-existent cellular service.

'We have to figure out a better safety system,' Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said just after the tornado hit."

The LVH CERT team spoke to Golf Course Owner Terry Martin who volunteered his golf course as an emergency landing Heliport for evacuations.

We are allowed to use 2 sites on the course and he has given us permission, with co-ordination, to hold drills. Soon we will speak to the Coast Guard to see if our LVH CERT team can have an actual hands on training exercise.

This is the driving range. The very light greenish brown area in the background is our prefered landing zone.


This is the back of the clubhouse is landing zone #2










Below is a direct shot of landing zone #2












Pictures by Barb Dudley

State Government - StatesmanJournal.com

State Government - StatesmanJournal.com: "Budget panel OKs 100 more troopers

Proposal for the state police clears its first hurdle"

In Case Of Disaster, Check Cell Phone, California Considers Using Text Messages To Alert Residents During Emergencies - CBS News

In Case Of Disaster, Check Cell Phone, California Considers Using Text Messages To Alert Residents During Emergencies - CBS News: "All of the cellphones within range of those towers [on Catalina Island] would ring with an emergency message,' says Lt. Gov. John Garamendi (D), describing the proposed cellular alert system, which could use text and voice messages. 'Visitors as well as residents on the island who had cellphones, pagers,"

Here is the disaster aftermath from the Greensberg Tornado.
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If we have a disaster here we need to be prepared....

globeandmail.com: Tsunami monitors offer nine-minute warning

globeandmail.com: Tsunami monitors offer nine-minute warning: "VICTORIA -- Federal government scientists are testing new GPS monitors on the west coast of Vancouver Island that could give British Columbians nine crucial extra minutes of warning in the event of a major earthquake.

The group of Sidney Pacific Geoscience Centre scientists hopes that the new approach to tsunami detection, which integrates GPS technology into existing seismic networks and tide-gauge monitors, could eventually encompass the entire west coast of North America.

The goal is to determine the location, type and severity of seismic activity, with each sensor instantly feeding its data over a wireless connection into a central computer. That could cut the current lag time by 60 per cent - or nine minutes."

Docs Change the Way They Think About Death - Newsweek Health - MSNBC.com

Docs Change the Way They Think About Death - Newsweek Health - MSNBC.com: "To Treat the Dead
The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks—and death itself."