The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For December 4, 2000
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
=> Special Notes
=> 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-
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=> Article Exciting GDIN Discussion Online
=> Article FEMA Seeks High-Tech Help for New Flood Insurance Rating System
=> Article Iowa Project Links Rural Areas Cross-State To Top-Notch Medical
Advice
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For December 4, 2000
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Sun...86 At Simi Valley CA
Low Mon...7 Below Zero At West Yellowstone MT
=> Special Notes
The Virus Warning posted yesterday was a hoax. In the links area we have
some real current
warnings and information about that hoax.
00/12/04 04:43: 9.09 NEAR COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO Epicenter:
14.866 -93.844
Mag. 5.9
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Mon Dec 4 11:27:37 2000
Non Precipitation
Iowa
Minnesota
A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND INTO PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA.
North Dakota
...ARCTIC BLAST TO SWEEP THE REGION ON THE HEELS OF STRONG WINDS...
South Dakota
LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE
REGION AGAIN TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Winter Storm
Michigan
SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS
EVENING.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
New York
LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED EAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO LATE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
=> 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 than1 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
>From noon to midnight today EST the probability of heavy snow is low over
northwest Michigan
and over Michigan's northern peninsula.
The moderate probability area is over far northwest Michigan and over the
northeast 1/2 of
Michigan's northern peninsula.
The moderate probability area is over the central northern part of
Michigan's northern peninsula.
The probability of significant icing is less than 20 percent.
>From midnight to noon tomorrow EST the probability of heavy snow is low over
west northwest and
northern Michigan, over Michigan's northern peninsula, northeast Ohio,
northwest Pennsylvania, and
the northwest 1/4 of New York
The moderate probability area is over west northwest and northern Michigan,
over the central and
western parts of Michigan's northern peninsula, far northeast Ohio, far
northwest Pennsylvania, and
western New York
The probability of significant icing is less than 20 percent.
=> USA Flood Report
NATIONAL HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0745 AM EST MON DEC 4 2000
FLOOD SUMMARY
LIMITED FLOODING IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD (UP TO 5 INCHES IN
75 MINUTES) BROUGHT LOCALIZED FLOODING TO PARTS OF HIDALGO AND
STARR COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN TEXAS ON FRIDAY EVENING. SEVERAL
RIVERS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA CONTINUE IN MINOR FLOOD, BUT ARE
FALLING.
FLASH FLOODING:
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES
WERE ISSUED OVER THE WEEKEND FOR:
TEXAS:
FRIDAY: HIDALGO AND STARR COUNTIES
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE:
LOUISIANA: THE CALCASIEU RIVER AND BAYOU DORCHEAT
TEXAS: THE GUADALUPE, NECHES AND SULPHUR RIVERS
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
The USA Fire Report and Forecast has not been updated.
=> USA Earthquake Report
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
GOLDEN, COLORADO
LISTS OF U.S. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LAST 30 HOURS
Prepared by USGS/NEIC 2000 DEC 04 at 00:15 UTC
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2000 DEC 3 12:55:16.46 51.7 N 178.2 W 43 km 5.9
70 miles W of Adak, Alaska
00/12/04 04:43: 9.09 NEAR COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO Epicenter:
14.866 -93.844
Mag. 5.9
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
No reports received
Hail Reports
No reports received
Wind Reports
No reports received
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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=> EXCITING GDIN DISCUSSION ONLINE
Forwarding......
Dear Friends,
Anyone interested in helping us in our GDIN working group on Small
Communities is invited to participate in our Virtual Conference from Monday,
4 December to Friday, 8 December. Here is the official info:
EXCITING GDIN DISCUSSION ONLINE
At www.gdin-international.org
The GDIN website now has the capacity for online discussions through a Chat
Service and for more extensive discussions which can be spread over days or
longer through a Forum Service. Go to www.gdin-international.org to see
this new service.
To assist in developing ideas and programs for GDIN, a Virtual Conference
will be conducted using the Forum Service from Monday, 4 December until the
following Friday, 8 December. There is a separate section for each Working
Group and Committee.
Even if you cannot come to Canberra for GDIN2001, you can positively
contribute to GDIN development through this Virtual Conference. Please help
make it a success by joining in. Chat Rooms have also been set up for your
use at any time for any subject.
WHAT IS TO BE DISCUSSED?
The Chairs of all Working Groups and Committees have been contacted and
requested to conduct a conference using the Forum Service. They have been
asked to post a short discussion paper to commence the process. The
following items have been suggested for the agenda:
- Confirm terms of reference
- Identify progress to date
- Agree plans for the future
- Determine if your Group/Committee will meet in Canberra on Tuesday 20
March (day before GDIN2001 commences)
- Identify those who are coming to Canberra
- Develop an agenda for Working Group discussions during GDIN2001.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
The discussions are open to anyone, NOT just those who have previously
expressed an interest in a particular Working Group. Feel free to look up
any Working Group discussion and add your comments.
If an initial paper has not been posted, you are still welcome to provide
comments and commence a dialogue.
HOW WILL IT WORK?
Chairs are encouraged to post an initial discussion paper, and all invited
to join in and post a comment. It has been suggested to Chairs that they
send an email to their Working Group participants advising when a message
has been posted with a suggested response date.
Where appropriate, the Chair might sum up or redirect the discussion. At
the end of next week, we would like the Chairs to post a summary of the
discussion on the site.
HOW TO MAKE IT EASIER
- When you post a message, you can also put a tick in the check box so that
you are notified when a response is posted.
- Why not bookmark your discussion page so that you can access it easily?
- Go to the Forum Service now and check out the links to Working Groups that
have an indication that there are messages posted - try it out.
USE THE CHAT ROOMS AT ANY TIME
The Chat Rooms are available for your use at any time and for any
discussion. Think of them as a cheap way to hold an international
teleconference. You do not need to schedule a time for the open rooms. If
you have questions about their use, just contact Chris, the GDIN webmeister
at cgianuario{at}amtech-usa.org. She will be happy to advise you.
SPECIAL INFO FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES WORKING GROUP
1. Go to www.gdin-international.org
2. Click on Forum
3. Go to Small Communities working group
4. Read the November 2000 Progress Report and then the reports of our
working group at Mexico City and Ankara (next to last paragraph -
www.state...coile.html and www.gdin...coile.doc)
5. Send me an e-mail at russell{at}coile.com if you wish to be removed from
this working group's list of participants.
6. If you can participate, please post any comments, suggestions,discussion,
questions, etc as you feel appropriate
7. Will you be able to go to Australia for the March 2001 GDIN Conference -
please let me know - yes or no?
8. Do you know of any mayors or elected officials who might be interested in
going to the Australia conference. (There were a number of elected officials
at the Emergency Planning Society conference in England, at the LACDE
meeting in Iceland, and at Disaster Forum 2000 in Edmonton. Canada)
=> FEMA Seeks High-Tech Help for New Flood Insurance Rating System
Washington, DC, December 1, 2000 -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) is
calling on the private sector to participate in developing and operating a
new e-system that will make
it even easier for consumers and insurance agents to buy and sell flood
insurance through the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
To solicit ideas and suggestions for the proposed eRating System for Flood
Insurance, NFIP
officials will host a forum from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13,
in the Horizon
Ballroom of the International Trade Center at the Ronald Reagan Building,
1300 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW in downtown Washington, D.C. Representatives from major high-tech
firms--map information,
engineering and information technology companies, for example--have been
invited to attend and all
other interested parties are welcome.
The forum is an opportunity for companies to showcase their services and
expertise and become
engaged in an innovative effort using the latest technology and business
models to achieve
government aims, according to Federal Insurance Administrator Jo Ann Howard,
who manages the
NFIP.
"By involving major players from the high-tech business sectors, the NFIP
hopes to revolutionize the
current rating system, making the intricacies of flood insurance easier for
agents and their customers,"
Howard said. "The December 13 forum in Washington will give participating
companies a chance to
benefit by presenting products or services that may lead to solutions for us
and business for them."
Interested companies and individuals should R.S.V.P. via e-mail to Edward
Pasterick at
edward.pasterick{at}fema.gov no later than Friday, December 8. To learn more
about the forum, visit
the NFIP website at www.fema.gov/nfip/desktop.htm or call Pasterick at (202)
646-3443.
Howard said the NFIP is exploring new models for partnership between
government and business in
the internet age, such as syndication networks in which business can play
many roles in furthering the
government's objectives-from creating original content, to packaging the
content for distribution, to
delivering the content to customers.
"Such syndication may be the ideal way to conduct business in a networked,
information-intensive
economy," she said.
The NFIP makes federally backed flood insurance available in communities
that adopt and enforce
floodplain management regulations to reduce future flood losses. Typical
homeowners and business
insurance policies do not cover flood damage. Currently, more than 4.2
million flood insurance
policies are in force in more than 19,000 participating communities
nationwide, representing nearly
$544 billion worth of coverage. The NFIP is a self-supporting program;
claims and operating
expenses are paid from policyholder premiums, not taxpayer dollars. It is
estimated that NFIP
requirements reduce flood losses by approximately $1 billion annually.
For more information, or for help in locating an agent, call the toll-free
NFIP information hotline at
1-800-427-4661 or visit www.fema.gov/nfip.
=> Iowa Project Links Rural Areas Cross-State To Top-Notch Medical
Advice
--Live Videoconference Scheduled--
(Bethesda, Md.) -- When a child has a complicated problem
like autism or cerebral palsy, it can take a village --
medical professionals, therapists, teachers, family
members, and home care aides -- to provide proper care. For
families in rural areas, it's hard to get to the
specialists their children need to see. Another challenge
is developing a plan to coordinate the diverse team of
caregivers.
The University of Iowa's Child Interdisciplinary Disability
Project (CIDP), based at the University Hospital School in
Iowa City, fulfills this function, but with a high-tech
twist. "Thanks to a fiber optic network and interactive
audiovisual devices, experts at the University can perform
clinical evaluations, and plot a course of care, for
children hundreds of miles across the state," said National
Library of Medicine Director, Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.
"The patient is spared long car trips, parents don't have
to miss work, and the family can tap into the best medical
advice the state has to offer without leaving their
hometown. Perhaps best of all, with the various experts all
assembled, they can collaborate with ease."
THE IOWA PROJECT, CREATED WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, AN ARM OF THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, WILL BE SHOWCASED MONDAY, DECEMBER
4TH, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE HEALTH INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY THE NON-PROFIT FRIENDS OF THE
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. THE SESSION WILL NOT ONLY
TELL BUT WILL SHOW HOW CIDP WORKS, WITH A LIVE HOOK-UP TO
SITES IN IOWA AND AN INTERVIEW WITH A PATIENT'S FAMILY IN
RURAL IOWA. U.S. SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IOWA) WILL BE ON
HAND TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT'S POTENTIAL FOR THE NATION'S
DISABLED AMERICANS. THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
BETHESDA MARRIOTT HOTEL, 5151 POOKS HILL ROAD, BETHESDA,
MARYLAND.
Here's how it works. In the case of the Walker family, who
will be appearing via remote from Ottumwa, Iowa, their
eight-year-old son visited the University Hospital School
outpatient clinic in Ottumwa for clinical evaluation in
1998. After Samuel was diagnosed with severe behavioral
problems, his parents were eager to consult with experts
about his care.
Using a two-way interactive system with video monitors at
each end, a team of specialists at the University Hospital
School (UHS) in Iowa City conducted consultations with the
Walkers and their interdisciplinary team back in Ottumwa.
On the consultation days, space in Ottumwa High School was
reserved and special equipment put in. Noon was chosen so
that Samuel wouldn't miss classes and so his teachers could
attend the sessions, too. At the Ottumwa site, the Walkers'
Behavioral consultant and in-home worker joined the
discussions. With technology provided by the Iowa
Communications Network, the groups in the two sites could
see each other on monitors, observe the patient, talk about
his behavior, and discuss the best strategies for care.
Since 1998, Samuel, now 10 years old, has had 12
consultations.
"The main advantage to Samuel," reports Dr. Kent Walker,
Samuel's father, "has been that we can coordinate all of
his care with his teachers, his physician, and his
psychiatrist all at one time. When Samuel was seen by Dr.
[David] Wacker [a nationally respected expert on
developmental disabilities] at the University, he had many
aggressive problems and now he is improving."
"Access to specialty care is a major challenge in a rural
state like Iowa," notes Michael G. Kienzle, MD, principal
investigator. "This project, with the support of NLM, has
shown that we can enhance access while maintaining or
improving the quality of care by using telemedicine
technology." NLM, the National Library of Medicine,
provides funding for telemedicine projects around the
nation.
Dennis Harper, PhD, Project Investigator of the CIDP, says,
"We are going statewide with this effort, based on demand
from rural communities. This project is now ongoing and it
seeks to normalize the lives of children with
disabilities."
"The Iowa model might be replicated in other states with
good results," observes Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA).
"Telemedicine puts technology to work to improve the
delivery of health care," says Harkin. "It links patients
and their doctors in rural or remote hospitals with highly
trained medical specialists and state-of-the-art medical
technology located hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
At a time when health care costs continue to skyrocket,
telemedicine has the potential to ensure that quality health
care remains affordable and accessible for working families in
all areas of the country."
University Hospital School is a hospital component of the
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. In
1996, UHS received a grant from the NLM as a means of
providing services to children with development
disabilities. That funding continued through March of 2000.
Now, the project is supported by the University of Iowa.
--To learn more about the Iowa telemedicine project:
www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uhs/execsum.cfm
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It's been hanging around for a while, but the bug that blocks you from
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NASA Science News for December 4, 2000
NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite blasted off last week with a payload of
new instruments that
could revolutionize remote sensing. The work of the new satellite is
regarded as so important it's
actually required by law.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast04dec_1.htm?list32860
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