Order now for the fall semester. Details about the table of contents, authors, and special features can be seen on the publisher’s website.
[Note: the Diva is the editor of this book.]
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Thanks to my namesake, Jeff Rubin, I learned about the community of blogs on earth and space science provided on the website of the American Geophysical Union.
The cleverest name is : Magma Cum Laude!
Some lighter fare for the weekend. Invite your local EMTs to eat. It’s good for everyone! See this story:
Carbon Monoxide Scare At Applebee’s Detected By EMTs On Dinner Break
Article from ProPublica titled The Best Reporting on California’s Drought:
This year may be the driest in California in half a millennium. These reports explore how the drought is affecting agriculture, business and living conditions in the nation’s most populous state.
These photos show that the recovery was not exactly a miracle transformation, in many cases. The photo technique is new to me.
Swipe the photos and see Hurricane Katrina disaster dissolve into present-day recovery
The UN organization already offers quite a few resources and they are about to add some new, interactive features soon. See this link to their August newsletter for details.
They too offer resources re community resilience.
Grants funded to mitigate risk among railroads hauling hazardous materials. The Federal Railway Administration ( U.S.) has funded two grants totaling $350,000 to support development of a Short Line Safety Institute. The Institute would help mitigate risk associated with shipping hazardous materials by rail by working to improve the culture of safety within the short line and regional rail industry while improving its overall safety record.
A related article re oil transport by rail from Huff Post Canada: Oil By Rail Is In Desperate Need of Clean-Up
Transport Canada’s lax safety practices go beyond rail; Self-reporting rules for marine, rail and aviation contributing to ‘weak safety culture.’
The deadly Lac-Mégantic train crash — and this week’s safety board report into what happened — raises questions not only about government oversight of the rail industry but of other sectors like air, marine and food as well, engineers and transportation experts say.
On Tuesday, the Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the worst rail disaster in Canada’s history. In it, the watchdog agency criticized how the federal government ensures regulated companies follow safety rules.
In the current issue of the Hazards Observer, which is always worth reading in its entirety, there is an interesting article about the recovery of Joplin, MO, See: Lessons from the 2011 Joplin Tornado
The Joplin piece is on pages 10-15 in this issue.
New website offers flood-avoidance tools in Hurricane Sandy’s wake
ew Jersey residents and officials have a new tool, NJ ADAPT, to help them prepare for storms and sea-level rise.
The project, led by Rutgers University, provides access to volumes of data related to climate, flood elevation and sea level, as well as video case studies on how different areas of the state have been affected post-Hurricane Sandy.
The direct URL to Rutgers Site is here.
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