The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For November 13, 2000
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or Significant
Icing Forecast
=> USA Flood Report
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
=> USA Earthquake Report
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
=> Guest Column- Martin County Coal Slurry Spill
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Sun...89 At Harlingen And Mcallen TX
Low Mon...15 Below Zero At Baker MT And Big Piney WY
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Mon Nov 13 11:14:22 2000
Flood
Texas
FOR THE SABINE RIVER INCLUDING GREENVILLE...QUINLAN...EMORY...MINOR
FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
Non Precipitation
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR
TONIGHT...FOR THE FOUR STATE AREA. FREEZING TEMPERATURES
WILL OCCUR AS FAR SOUTH...AS A JENA TO DRY PRONG...AND FLORIEN
LOUISIANA...TO HEMPHILL...AND LUFKIN TEXAS LINE.
Winter Storm
California
.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA
TODAY
AND TONIGHT. COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE WILL RESULT IN SNOW DOWN TO
SOME OF THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD RISE TO
AROUND 2500 FEET LATER TODAY BUT WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW
THROUGH
TUESDAY.
Michigan
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...
.LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT
AND DRAG COLD AIR DOWN FROM CANADA. A MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW
FALLING OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
TONIGHT.
SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Minnesota
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. AS
IT DOES SO...SNOWFALL OR A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY
Nevada
...ANOTHER COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO BRING SNOW TO THE SIERRA
AND VALLEYS OF WESTERN NEVADA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON
AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH INTO WESTERN NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY
BY THIS EVENING. SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS
EVENING IN THE SIERRA FROM LASSEN COUNTY TO THE LAKE TAHOE AREA.
Oregon
...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY
MORNING...
Wisconsin
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. AS
IT DOES SO...SNOWFALL OR A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY.
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
The forecast probability of an event is by the stated percentage or greater
for the event, within 25 miles of any point for the area described.
Tornado Risk - Slight
There is less than a 2% probability of a tornado.
Hail Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of hail 3/4 inch or larger.
Wind Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots.
Tomorrow's Risk -
There is less than a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow.
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or
Significant
Icing Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
The 24 hour precipitation forecast is calling for less than 1 inch of
rainfall.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for less than 1 inch of
rainfall.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood values.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
The probability of heavy snow is low over the coast are of Minnesota,
northern Wisconsin and the
eastern part of Michigan's northern peninsula.
The probability of significant icing is less than 20 percent.
Tomorrow the probability of heavy snow is low over Michigan's northern
peninsula.
The probability of significant icing is less than 20 percent.
=> USA Flood Report
NATIONAL HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
09:00 AM EST MON NOV 13 2000
FLOOD SUMMARY
LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING FROM MINNESOTA TO TEXAS
RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINS BROUGHT A FEW RIVERS IN MINNESOTA,
ILLINOIS, ARKANSAS AND TEXAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DURING THE
WEEKEND, WITH ONLY MINOR FLOODING.
FLASH FLOODING:
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES
WERE ISSUED OVER THE LAST DAY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS (IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER, BY STATE):
PUERTO RICO:
SUNDAY: MUNICIPALITIES OF COAMO, OROCOVIS AND VILLALBA
TEXAS:
SUNDAY: BRAZORIA, CALHOUN, FORT BEND AND HARRIS
COUNTIES
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVER LEVELS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH IN THE RED RIVER ALONG THE
NORTH DAKOTA-MINNESOTA STATE LINE: FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE
GRAND FORKS AREA.
OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
OR EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE (IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER, BY STATE): :
ARKANSAS: THE CACHE RIVER
ILLINOIS: THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER
MINNESOTA: THE TWO RIVERS, BUFFALO, RED RIVER OF THE NORTH,
WILD RICE AND SNAKE RIVERS
SOUTH DAKOTA: THE JAMES RIVER
TEXAS: THE SABINE, FRIO, GUADALUPE, NUECES AND SULPHUR
RIVERS, WHITE OAK CREEK
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2000 - 0730 MST
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL II
CURRENT SITUATION:
Initial attack activity was light in the Southern Area with no new large
fires reported. Cooler
temperatures and the chance of rain will assist firefighting efforts in the
Southern Area.
Demobilization of resources is in progress.
SOUTHERN AREA LARGE FIRES:
SOUTHEAST DISTRICT COMPLEX, Kentucky State Division of Forestry. A Type I
Incident
Management Team (Frye) is assigned. These fires are in several counties
surrounding Pineville, KY.
No new information was received.
SHENANDOAH COMPLEX, Shenandoah National Park. A Type I Incident Management
Team
(Stutler) is assigned. This complex consists of the Pinnacles and the Old
Rag fires, which are five
miles southeast of Luray, VA. No new information was received. This will be
the last report unless
new information is received.
OUTLOOK:
A cold front will move out of the central plains Sunday night reaching the
Ohio River Valley Monday
morning and the western Carolinas Monday evening. There will be a chance of
rain over Tennessee,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and the western Carolinas by Monday
evening. West of the
Carolinas temperatures will be in the 50's with minimum relative humidity of
55 percent. In the
Carolinas and Virginia temperatures will be in the 60's with minimum
relative humidity in the 60's.
Winds will be northwest at 10 to 15 mph behind the cold front and south 5 to
10 mph ahead of it.
The cold front will be along the Atlantic Coast Tuesday morning bringing
showers back through the
Carolinas and Virginia.
=> USA Earthquake Report
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
GOLDEN, COLORADO
LISTS OF U.S. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LAST 30 HOURS
NO EVENTS
Prepared by USGS/NEIC 2000 NOV 13 at 00:15 UTC
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
Time F-Scale Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2145 UNK ELGIN BASTROP TX 3034 9736 PSBL TORNADO & HIGH WINDS RPRTD
PER SAT/LSR (SPC)
2145 UNK FAYETTE COUNTY FAYETTE TX 2990 9690 PSBL TORNADO, ROOF OFF
HOUSE NEAR "WEST POINT" PER SAT/LSR (SPC)
2245 UNK MOULTON LAVACA TX 2958 9714 BRIEF TOUCHDOWN PER SAT/LSR
(SPC)
2245 UNK GONZALES COUNTY GONZALES TX 2945 9746 BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
RPRTD AT "ALLWORTH" (SPC)
Hail Reports
Time Size Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2200 100 FAYETTE COUNTY FAYETTE TX 2990 9690 (SAT)
2200 75 5 W HEMPSTEAD WALLER TX 3009 9617 REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT. (HOU)
0057 75 FORT BEND COUNTY FORT BEND TX 2949 9573 REPORT AT SUGAR LAND
AIRPORT. (HOU)
Wind Reports
Time Speed Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1936 UNK FRELSBURG COLORADO TX 2986 9655 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE ON COUNTY ROAD 109. (HOU)
1953 UNK ROSANKY BASTROP TX 2993 9730 STRONG WINDS, NUMEROUS
FUNNEL CLOUDS, DAMAGE TO A GAS STATION (SAT)
2140 UNK BELLVILLE AUSTIN TX 2994 9626 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREE
DOWN ON ROAD IN BELLVILLE. (HOU)
2230 UNK BELLVILLE AUSTIN TX 2994 9626 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN. (HOU)
0140 UNK HOUSTON HARRIS TX 2983 9544 EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED
EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON CULLEN IN THE
SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSTON. (HOU)
0025 60 ROSENBERG FORT BEND TX 2954 9580 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
WIND GUST OF 60 MPH AT US 59 AND KROESCHE ROAD. (HOU)
0159 74 HOUSTON HOBBY ARPT HARRIS TX 2964 9528 KHOU METAR 130201Z
02053G64KT 1 1/4SM +TSRA PK WND 34064/0159 (SPC)
0201 78 HOUSTON HARRIS TX 2983 9544 WIND GUST AT HOBBY AIRPORT ASOS.
PERSONNEL EVACUATED FROM HOBBY CONTROL TOWER. (HOU)
Fields marked UNK are unknown
All Times UTC
Wind Gusts in MPH
Hail Sizes in 1/100 of an Inch (75 = 0.75")
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=> Volcano Watch - November 9, 2000
Thermal Ducks - The new weapon in volcano monitoring?
Anyone who has been close to an active flow or steam vent knows that
the heat coming from one of these features is intense and, at times,
overwhelming! It will come as no surprise, then, that thermal monitoring
of volcanoes and their products plays an important part in volcanology.
Volcanologists are under increasing pressure to develop
remote-monitoring techniques and instruments that can provide continuous
data in real-time. Near real-time thermal monitoring from satellite
sensors is already a reality (for example, see
http://virtual1.pgd.hawaii.edu/goes/). In this particular example there is
a 12-minute delay as information is transmitted from the satellite, via
image-analysis software, to a display on the world-wide web. This kind of
thermal remote-monitoring has proven particularly useful in the detection
and tracking of events at active volcanoes in remote areas where direct
observations are not always possible.
At many volcanoes, such as Kilauea, scientists are often interested
in changes in activity that occur over shorter time periods than satellites
can detect. In addition, thermal monitoring using satellites suffers from
other problems due to poor viewing conditions caused by cloud and fume
(common conditions at Pu`u `O`o), which can prevent the detection of
important volcanic features, such as glowing vents.
A new venture between the University of Hawai`i at Manoa and the
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has resulted in the construction of an
expendable, near real-time thermal monitoring system that can be rapidly
deployed. The system was installed on the north rim of Pu`u `O`o Crater at
the beginning of October 2000 to test its reliability in a harsh, corrosive
volcanic environment.
The system consists of three modules: thermal sensors,
transmission/power hub, and a reception center. The sensors (Huey, Dewey
and Louie) can be pointed at interesting volcanic features in the crater.
They are housed in tripod-mounted, gas-resistant casing with special
protective viewing windows. These windows allow the sensors to detect
radiation in the 8-14 micrometers waveband. Sensing in this waveband
enables the detection of thermal radiation through cloud and fume, over a
wide temperature range, with minimal signal damping resulting from
absorption of the signal by water vapor and other gases in the atmosphere.
The signal is affected by the presence of fume and steam, but volcanic
hotspots give a sufficient increase in signal to distinguish them from
background environmental noise. Signals are sampled and transmitted every
two seconds from a radio modem via a repeater site to HVO. Here, three
temperature measurements with a time and date stamp are saved to a computer
file, and temperatures are graphically displayed in near real-time.
At present, one sensor (Huey) positioned on the rim of Pu`u `O`o
looks at a glowing vent in the crater from which we could detect thermal
radiation. It was visibly incandescent during our time on the rim but
could not be detected by a video camera. Louie looks westward across the
crater, in the hope of catching thermal signals resulting from activity in
the west gap of the Pu`u `O`o cone. The third sensor (Dewey) is sighted
upon our hottest target to date - a vent near the east end of the crater
floor.
We hope that the system proves to be robust and reliable, after
initial "teething" problems, so that, in the very near future,
volcanologists can use it to help their understanding of processes
occurring before, during, and after eruptive episodes.
Eruption Update
Eruptive activity of Kilauea Volcano continued unabated during the
past week. Lava is erupting from Pu`u `O`o and flowing southeast through a
tube system down to the flats below Pulama pali and beyond to the ocean.
Lava is entering the ocean at Kamokuna located 1.6 km (1 mi) west-southwest
of Waha`ula.
The public is reminded that the ocean-entry areas are extremely
hazardous, with explosions accompanying sudden collapses of the new land.
The active lava flows are hot and have places with very thin crust. The
steam clouds are highly acidic and laced with glass particles. We include
this warning with nearly every eruption update to remind visitors of the
dangers involved with lava viewing. A detailed explanation of the ocean
entry activity and the related hazards can be found on our website
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov
There were no earthquakes reported felt during the week ending on
November 9.
=> Lansing, MI -- More Than $10 Million In Grants Approved; Assistance
Still
Available
Lansing, MI, November 6, 2000 -- In less than three weeks since President
Clinton issued a major
disaster declaration for Michigan, more than $10 million in grants have been
approved for more than
65 percent of the 5,785 applicants in southwestern Wayne County and Oakland
County, state and
federal disaster officials announced today.
"Disaster assistance is still only a toll-free call, but the application
deadline is Dec. 16," the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's (FFMA) Federal Coordinating Officer, Suzanne
Schmitt, said.
"When you call, an assistant will guide you through the application
interview and provide special
assistance if necessary."
Residents in those designated areas that have suffered losses because of the
severe storms and
flooding on September 10-11 can still apply for assistance by calling FEMA's
toll-number,
800-462-9029. Those with a speech or hearing impairment may call TTY
800-462-7585. Both
lines are available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
More than $9.3 million in Disaster Housing grants and $886,644 in grants
from the Individual and
Family Grant (IFG) program have been approved.
The Disaster Housing grants cover temporary rental assistance or emergency
essential repairs, and
may be just the first type of assistance that an applicant can receive. A
total of $9,306,120 has been
approved in southwestern Wayne County for 3,761 applicants and an additional
$65,837 for 18
applicants in Oakland County, which was added to the disaster declaration on
October 27.
Administered by the state, IFG provides a safety net for people who have
exhausted all other means
of assistance and still have financial obligations as a result of the
flooding that they simply cannot met.
FEMA provides 75 percent of the funds and the state covers the remaining 25
percent. To date, all
399 IFG grants have been approved for applicants in Wayne County.
Residents do not have to wait to settle insurance claims or any legal
actions before applying. "It's
important to apply by the December 16th deadline," Capt. Edward Buikema,
State Coordinating
Officer, said. "Federal and state disaster assistance is available now and
individuals should not delay
in applying."
Those who have already applied and want to check on the status of their
applications may call the
FEMA Helpline at 800-525-0321 or TTY 800-462-7585. Both lines are available
from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m., Monday through Saturday.
SBA OPENS SIXTH TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE OFFICE
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) opened a new Disaster Loans
Assistance Office
today at the South Schaefer Neighborhood City Hall, bringing the total to
six temporary offices that
are available in the affected area. Loan officers are available to answer
whatever questions
applicants may have about the disaster loan program and walk them through
the loan application
process step-by-step
More than $417,000 in low-interest loans has been approved for 28
homeowners. SBA provides
disaster loans for renters and homeowners, as well as business owners. SBA
has already issued
more than 4,309 loan application packets, but only 326 have been completed
and returned. If you
don't complete this process, consideration of other types of assistance may
be delayed.
All SBA offices, except the Southgate Library, will be closed tomorrow for
Election Day and on
Friday (Nov. 10) in honor of Veteran's Day. The SBA office locations and
operating schedules are:
South Schaefer Neighborhood City Hall
2569 South Schaefer Hwy.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
City of Southgate Library (Rooms B & C)
14680 Dix-Toledo Rd.
10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday
10 to 5 on Friday
10 to 5 on Saturday, Nov. 4
Allen Park City Hall
16850 Southfield Road in Allen Park
Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wyandotte City Hall
Conference Room
3131 Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte
9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday
Lincoln Park City Hall
1355 Southfield, Lincoln Park
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday
Eastpoint/Social Security Bldg.
19853 Outer Drive
Dearborn opens Monday, Nov. 6
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday
=> South Florida Disaster Update: More Than $95 Million Approved,
Applications Top 50,000 Mark
Miami, November 10, 2000 -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
the Florida
Division of Emergency Management and the U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA) have
approved disaster assistance totaling more than $95.3 million to thousands
of South Florida residents
affected by the severe storms and flooding that swamped the area on October
3rd and 4th.
State and federal recovery officials said that disaster aid available to
homeowners, renters and
businesses includes: emergency housing assistance, low-interest SBA loans,
legal services, free crisis
counseling, disaster-related unemployment benefits, and, in some cases,
grants to cover other
uninsured or underinsured losses. The specific amount and type of assistance
provided varies from
case to case.
Key facts and figures in the five weeks since the presidential disaster
declaration:
Applications for Assistance: 50,113 individuals have called the toll-free
registration number to
register for assistance.
Emergency Housing Assistance: $27.4 million in housing assistance has been
approved for 19,028
households, including $14.6 million for rental assistance and $12.7 million
for emergency home
repairs. To date, 35,237 of 35,753 flood-damaged homes (nearly 99% of
requests) have been
inspected
Individual and Family Grants: $18.7 million has been approved in grants to
meet serious needs not
covered by insurance or charitable organizations.
SBA: $11.1 million approved for low-interest disaster-related loans to 893
eligible homeowners,
renters and businesses.
Public Assistance Reimbursements: $38.1 million set for disaster-incurred
costs including debris
removal and emergency protective services, such as police and emergency
workers overtime, as
well as permanent infrastructure repairs
Other Milestones:
Registration Deadlines: The deadline for applying for disaster assistance in
the designated counties of
Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, and Monroe is Monday, Dec.4th, less than four
weeks away. The
deadline for applying for Disaster Unemployment Assistance has passed.
Disaster Recovery Centers: All recovery centers operating in the area will
close Friday, Nov. 10th.
While operating, the DRCs provided information to more than 7,850
individuals and business
owners affected by the severe storms and flooding.
SBA Workshops are now operating at the sites of the former DRCs to help
owners, renters, and
local businesses complete low-interest loan applications. Workshop hours are
9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Saturday until further notice. Through Saturday, Dec. 2nd, a
FEMA
disaster-housing specialist will be available at each workshop.
State and federal recovery officials in Florida are also urging residents in
flood-prone areas to
consider the purchase of flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance
program (NFIP).
Purchase of NFIP policies, or further information, is usually available
through a resident's existing
insurance company.
In addition, residents living in areas subject to recurring floods should
consider implementing
household risk-reduction measures including the elevation of all
air-conditioning and hot-water
systems, as well as washers and dryers on platforms at least 12 inches above
the recent flood levels.
Electrical panels and utilities also should be relocated to an area above
the flood level.
Applicants may register for assistance programs by calling the toll-free
registration line at
1-800-462-9029. Operators are available between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. 7 days a
week. Hearing or
speech-impaired persons using special keyboard equipment should call
1-800-462-7585.
Registered applicants with questions about the status of an application or
who wish to update
important contact information should call the toll-free FEMA Helpline at
1-800-525-0321 (Hearing
or speech impaired individuals may use 1-800-462-7585 as a Helpline number).
MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS AT GSA
National Strategy to Reduce Losses from Landslides - The USGS National
Landslide Hazards
Mitigation Strategy uses a wide range of scientific, planning and plicy
tools to address various
aspects of the problem to effectively reduce losses from landslides and
other ground failures. These
tools will be described by Elliott Spiker on Monday, November 13 at 9 a.m.,
in Room B10.
Future of Coal -- Coal remains an important energy resource for the
foreseeable future in the U.S.
The USGS is completing a resource assessment of coal likely to be produced
in the next 20-30
years. Studies of fossil pollen and spores from coal contribute to the
assessment by providing data
on the geologic age and nature of ancient environments in which the coal
formed. USGS scientist
Douglas Nichols will cover Stratigraphic palynology in coal resources
assessment-applications and
results, on Monday, November 13 at 2:15 p.m in Rooms B19 and 20.
Popular Poplars - were planted in a similar USGS test plot, above a
contaminated, shallow
water-table aquifer in an industrial area near Charleston, S.C. USGS
scientist James Landmeyer
reports that field data collected to date indicate that the 12-foot tall
trees are removing at least some
ground water (less than one-half gallon per day per tree), and that some
dissolved-phase
contaminants present in the ground water are also present in various tree
tissues. Monday,
November 13, at 2:55 and 3:25 p.m., Room B12.
Cottonwood Trees -- may prove to be more than just big weeds, afterall. In
1996, six hundred of
the trees were planted over a contaminated shallow aquifer in Fort Worth,
Texas, to determine the
effect of transpiration from the trees in reducing the contamination. By the
second growing season
the tree roots reached the water table, and at the peak of the fifth season
the trees were sucking up
80 cubic liters ( 21 gallons) of water per tree per day. USGS scientist
Sandra Eberts will explain
her model that indicates that when the trees reach maturity they will be
able to remove a notable
amount of contaminant mass through their transpiration stream, but will not
be able to completely
hydraulically control the migration of the contaminated ground water.
Monday, November 13, at
3:45 p.m., in Room B12.
Microorganisms, Rather Than Trees - are being used to clean up ground-water
resources
contaminated by chemicals leaching from landfills near Norman, Okla. USGS
scientist Isabelle
Cozzarelli will present the results of the interdisciplinary study which
could have future applications in
cleaning up rather than just sealing off landfill runoff. Monday, November
13, at 4 p.m., in Room
B12.
North Dakota Key to Dinosaur Extinction? Extensive information on the
extinctions at the end of the
Age of Dinosaurs comes from recent studies in North Dakota. In this area,
the extinction horizon is
marked by disappearance of certain fossil pollen. The presence of fractured
quartz grains that are
debris from an asteroid impact at this horizon demonstrate that the pollen
extinction indeed marks the
famous K-T boundary. Come and learn more about this research from USGS
scientist Douglas
Nichols at A Second K-T Boundary in North Dakota Verified by
Palynostratigraphy and Shocked
Quartz, on Monday, November 13 at 5 p.m., Rooms B19 and 20.
As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science, and civilian
mapping agency, the USGS
works in cooperation with more than 2000 organizations across the country to
provide reliable,
impartial, scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other
customers. This
information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the
loss of life and property
from natural disasters, to contribute to the conservation and the sound
economic and physical
development of the nation's natural resources, and to enhance the quality of
life by monitoring water,
biological, energy, and mineral resources.
http://www.usgs.gov/public/press/public_affairs/press_releases/index.html
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