Sunday, July 31, 2011

[californiadisasters] Emergency Manager’s Weekly Report and Special Report 7-29-11

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Emergency Manager's Weekly Report
• Emergency Management (Page 4)
• Homeland Security, Defense and National Security (Page 6)
• Campus Safety and Security (Page 8)
• Functional Needs (Page 9)
• Hazard Research and News (Page 10)
• Public Safety Communications, Interoperability, 3-1-1 and 9-1-1 News (Page 11)
• Other (Page 12)
• Civil Preparedness, Security and Humanitarian Affairs (Page 13)
• Hazard Research and News (Page 14)
• International Affairs (Page 15)
• Climate Change News (Page 16)
• Alternate Energy Research and Development News (Page 17)
• Reports (Page 18)
• Additional Information (Page 19)

Emergency Manager's Special Report
• Norway Terrorist Attack (Page 4)
• Horn of Africa Drought and Famine (Page 7)
• Japanese Earthquake Recovery (Page 8)
• Arab Spring (Page 9)
• Haiti Earthquake Recovery (Page 10)
• Additional Information (Page 11)

Steve Detwiler

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Fire Weather Watch - NorCal (Shasta Area)

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281 AND 284... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281...284 AND 280 * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 1300 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. LIGHTNING COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SCATTER AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS... WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY BE EXPECTED UNDERNEATH THE CORE OF THE STORM...MUCH LESS RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE STORM. THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
.A DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING INTO SISKIYOU COUNTY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HELP TO GENERATE MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SISKIYOU COUNTY. THE STORM TRACK TURNS MORE SOUTHERLY AND STORMS THAT FORM COULD MOVE INTO THE CASCADES. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE STORM TRACK COULD DRIFT INTO WEST KLAMATH COUNTY BY MONDAY EVENING. MEASURABLE RAIN IS POSSIBLE UNDERNEATH THE CORE OF THE STORM. HOWEVER THE PERIPHERY OF THE STORM MAY NOT SEE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE FIRE STARTS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area: WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MTSHASTA-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-07-31T19:08:03-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Significant WX Advisory - Siskiyou Summit Area

AT 537 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HYATT LAKE... OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE GREEN SPRING...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KLAMATH COUNTIES. THE STORM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO AFFECT HIGHWAY SIXTY SIX.

Instruction:
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

Area: CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY CA-KLAMATH BASIN OR-NORTH CENTRAL ANDSOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY CA-NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOCCOUNTIES CA-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES OR-

Affected Counties or parts of: Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-07-31T17:48:41-07:00

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Significant WX Advisory - Lower Klamath Lake Area

AT 520 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF WORDEN... OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF KLAMATH FALLS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... MIDLAND AND AREAS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF KLAMATH FALLS.

Instruction:
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

Area: KLAMATH BASIN OR-NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES CA-

Affected Counties or parts of: Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-07-31T17:25:30-07:00

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Significant Weather Advisory - Mt. Shasta Area

AT 456 PM PDT... STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTAGUE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF YREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... ALONG WITH MODERATE SHOWERS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM WILL BE THE TOWN OF MONTAGUE AND AREAS TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 5...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY.

Instruction:
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

Area: CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY CA-NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOUCOUNTY CA-NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES CA-

Affected Counties or parts of: Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-07-31T17:06:56-07:00

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - Wrightwood Area

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WRIGHTWOOD... * UNTIL 600 PM PDT * AT 354 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WRIGHTWOOD. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN ABOUT 1 HOUR. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PHELAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. &&

Instruction:
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

Affected Counties or parts of: San Bernardino, Los Angeles

Sent: 2011-07-31T16:00:17-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Severe T-Storm Warning - Wrightwood Area

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WRIGHTWOOD... * UNTIL 430 PM PDT * AT 348 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WRIGHTWOOD... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PHELAN BY 420 PM PDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

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[californiadisasters] Fwd: [EDIS] Severe T-Storm Warning - E. Riverside Co.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DESERT CENTER... * UNTIL 445 PM PDT * AT 338 PM PDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN CHIRIACO SUMMIT AND DESERT CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 7 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BLINDING RAINFALL. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAGLE MTN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME... EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. IF YOU CANNOT QUICKLY WALK OR DRIVE TO SHELTER... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

Affected Counties or parts of: Riverside

Sent: 2011-07-31T15:42:43-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - Central San Diego Co.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 530 PM PDT * AT 324 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR BANNER AND SHELTER VALLEY...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELTER VALLEY...RANCHITA AND BANNER PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. &&

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego

Sent: 2011-07-31T15:33:28-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - Death Valley

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 330 PM PDT. * AT 224 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND... OR NEAR FURNACE CREEK. THE STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FURNACE CREEK AND TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND. ALSO INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 190 AND SCOTTYS CASTLE ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS... AROUND UNDERPASSES... AND IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! &&

Instruction:
REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

Affected Counties or parts of: Inyo

Sent: 2011-07-31T14:34:38-07:00

Original Sender: KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - Central San Diego Co.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 330 PM PDT * AT 124 PM PDT... DOPPLER RADAR DEPICTS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR WARNER SPRINGS AND JULIAN... OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BORREGO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RANCHITA AND WARNER SPRINGS. THE EAGLE FIRE BURN SCAR IS ALSO AT THREAT FOR THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE WARNING AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL MAY CAUSE DEBRIS FLOWS IN RECENT BURN AREAS ACCORDING TO THRESHOLDS PROVIDED BY THE USGS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... NORMALLY DRY WASHES... COUNTRY ROADS... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. &&

Instruction:
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego

Sent: 2011-07-31T13:31:22-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Severe T-Storm Warning - E. Central San Diego Co.

AT 1254 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVE OAK SPRINGS ON I-8... JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT LAGUNA... OR 23 MILES WEST OF OCOTILLO... AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE NORTH TOWARDS MOUNT LAGUNA. FLASH FLOODING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN IS LIKELY... ALONG WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MOUNT LAGUNA BY 105 PM PDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NEAR AREAS BETWEEN LAKE CUYAMACA TO LAKE MORENA COUNTY PARK GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER... LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON.T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

Area: SAN DIEGO CA-

Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego

Sent: 2011-07-31T13:03:16-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - E. San Diego Co.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 230 PM PDT * AT 1218 PM PDT...FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR FROM PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES IN EXPECTED IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT LAGUNA AND PINE VALLEY...AS WELL AS NEAR I-8.

Instruction:
CAMPGROUNDS AND STATE PARKS NEAR ANY DRY CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF OUTDOORS BE ALERT FOR RAPID RISING WATER IN ANY STREAM OR CREEK... EVEN IF DISTANT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego

Sent: 2011-07-31T12:31:20-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

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[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Significant WX Advisory - E. San Diego Co.

AT 1205 PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT LAGUNA...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF TECATE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE STORM IS CROSSING I-8 AT THIS TIME. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... PINE VALLEY... MOUNT LAGUNA... CANEBRAKE AND AGUA CALIENTE SPRINGS.

Area: SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-

Affected Counties or parts of: San Diego

Sent: 2011-07-31T12:07:25-07:00

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From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

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RE: [californiadisasters] Monitor The Monsoon Via Webcam/Sat/Radar/Etc.

Let’s hope that is enough rainfall to qualify the lightning as ‘wet’. Or the state will wish it still had the aircraft contract and higher staffing. I’ll expect some flash flood warnings for the desert areas too.

Rick

From: Kim Noyes

As I type this the monsoon is surging into Southern and Eastern California. There are four particularly great webcams or webcam galleries I recommend for remote monitoring of this weather phenomenon:

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[californiadisasters] Monitor The Monsoon Via Webcam/Sat/Radar/Etc.

As I type this the monsoon is surging into Southern and Eastern California. There are four particularly great webcams or webcam galleries I recommend for remote monitoring of this weather phenomenon:

Mount Wilson Towercam: http://obs.astro.ucla.edu/towercam.htm#imagetop

Owens Lake Dustcams: http://www.gbuapcd.org/dustcam.htm

Sierra Firecams: http://sierrafire.cr.usgs.gov/swfrs/pages/WebCam.htm

UCSD HPWREN webcams: http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/

For satellite imagery nothing beats this:

http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/satloop.php?wfo=lox&type=vis&size=1

Here is your radar round-down:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/main.php?suite=observations&page=radar

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/hnx/doppler.php

Then there are the lightning trackers:

http://www.sloweather.com/lightning.htm

http://www.strikestarus.com/index.aspx?id=50

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[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (07/31/11-8AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
07/31/2011	0825	CA-NOD, R-1 Incident: 350 acres 80% contained. Fire is located 8 miles ENE of Observation Mountain.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (07/31/11-8AM)

Date

Time

News and Notes

07/31

0800

Most Forests in the Southern GACC are in a lightning plan with recons occurring

In the last 24 hrs 6500 lightning strikes (wet) have been detected. With these strikes there has been measurable rain or precipitation.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (July 31)

On This Date In California Weather History....

2000: The high temperature at Lovelock, NV, was 102.

1991: Monsoon flow spawned thunderstorms that drenched Ocotillo with six inches of rain in two hours.
Part of a store and a house were flooded and buried in mud and sand.
Imperial highway was washed out. Many daily rainfall records were set on this day.

1976: The Big Thompson Flash Flood near Estes Park, Colorado, killed 139 campers and hikers.

1931: Fresno reached into the triple digits for the 28th time this month.
This tied a record for the most triple digit high temperatures in the month of July last set in 1906.

1922: Lemon Cove (Tulare Co.) reached 118 degrees for a high temperature.

1908: 15 day stretch of consecutive days with high temperatures of 110 degrees or greater in Bakersfield comes to an end.
This is the city's longest stretch of extreme heat on record.

1906: Every day this month in Bakersfield had a high temperature in the triple digits.
This is the only month on record where this has ever happened.

1891: Six day streak of consecutive days with high temperatures of 110 degrees or better in Fresno comes to end.
This is the longest such period of heat on record in Fresno.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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[Geology2] USGS wants monitoring tower erected in Crater Lake

USGS wants monitoring tower erected in Crater Lake

In order to monitor a potentially active volcano in Oregon's Crater Lake National Park, the U.S. Geological Survey wants to build a 60-foot tall tower that will allow the transmission of information from surveying instruments.

The Associated Press

CRATER LAKE, Ore. —

The Medford Mail Tribune reports the monitoring agency released a draft report last week in which it noted the current infrastructure in the park can't support the additional load needed to transmit volcanic monitoring data to the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash.

The new tower would allow 24-hour monitoring of the volcano.

Scientists can use warning signs such as small earthquakes, release of volcanic gases and swelling of the volcano surface to predict an eruption.

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[Geology2] New mud volcano discovered on Cheleken peninsula in Turkmenistan

New mud volcano discovered on Cheleken peninsula in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, July 30 / Trend H.Hasanov /

A new mud volcano was discovered on the Cheleken peninsula in Turkmenistan, the Neytralniy Turkmenistan newspaper reported with reference to local scientists Anatoly Bushmakin and Aman Nigarov.

Mud volcanoes are not uncommon in Turkmenistan.

The presence of a large high-pressure underground natural gas reserves is a prerequisite for the mud eruption. Almost half of all mud volcanoes in the world are located in the area of the South Caspian Basin and about thirty of them - in western Turkmenistan.

"Geologists pay a special attention to the Cheleken peninsula. It records a lot of tectonic fractures. A powerful eruption of mud volcanoes was observed here in the past," the paper reported.
The Cheleken Alakel is the largest volcano in western Turkmenistan. The separate blocks of rock ejected from the crater of the volcano from great depths hit 2-3 meters in diameter.

The frozen mudflow is observed at a distance of 1.5 kilometers from the volcano. Oil is extracted from the depth of over 2,000 meters in the Alakel volcano area.
The scientists point out that a new active mud volcano has recently formed at the foot of the volcano. "It is a small, regularly shaped cone, composed of clay material with a small admixture of rock fragments, sometimes with a film of oil on the surface."

"The volcano is active. It reached a height of 7 meters by mid 2011. New portions of gas and dust erupt every few seconds, periodically. The cone stands grayish-green on the yellow-brown background of the Neogene rocks. "

According to scientists, the appearance of new active mud volcanoes can mean the beginning of "awakening" of the ancient volcano Alakel.

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[Geology2] Thursday’s Earthquake Prompts Alaskans To Prepare For The Next Big One

Thursday's Earthquake Prompts Alaskans To Prepare For The Next Big One

Magnitude 5.3 shaker was felt throughout Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley

By Heather VacLav

Story Updated: Jul 29, 2011

ANCHORAGE—It was quite the wake-up call Thursday morning, and not just because a magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook some south central Alaskans out of their beds.

Shaking buildings served as a literal wake-up call to prepare Alaskans for the next big one.

The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says the magnitude 5.3 quake occurred at 6 a.m. Thursday about eight miles northwest of Skwentna and 74 miles northwest of Anchorage. State officials say there are no immediate reports of damage.

Even though USGS seismologists reported it as a moderate earthquake, it was large enough to open up people's eyes to the bigger issue.

Alaska wasn't always home for Eb Hope, but 30 years ago, he decided to raise his family here. In that time, Alaskan habits shaped his life.

"I think after a while up here you just become programmed to it," Pope said. "You take earthquakes as just a natural thing that happens all the time. Not the big ones, the shakers, but it just becomes a normal part of life."

But after Thursday's earthquake, something changed.

"I look at who is at my house, and what could happen if it really goes bad," Pope said. "Am I going to be able to take care of this group? Until help comes, until we can get back to a natural state of life, we can to a point, for the long haul [but] I don't think I have what I need to last two to three weeks."

The KTVA-CBS 11 morning show started right when the earthquake began shaking in Anchorage. Morning meteorologist Eric Snitil felt the earthquake live on-air during his first segment.

Snitil isn't used to the shaking though. He moved to Alaska from Ohio less than a year ago, and this morning was a reminder.

"It was probably a good lesson from my perspective at least for a safety standpoint, to know that the next time that happens I might have to do a little more hiding [under the weather desk] as opposed to smiling [on camera] as if nothing is going on," Snitil said.

However, hiding under a desk isn't the only way Alaskans can prepare for an earthquake. Using natural disaster kits is one way the American Red Cross continues to push people to get ready before a massive earthquake strikes.

"We really encourage folks to really be self-sufficient for those first 72 hours," said Katie Bender, American Red Cross of Alaska. "It may not be pretty but it will get you through."

The Red Cross message has evolved over years, just like Pope's plan.

"I ain't crawling under no table," Pope said, laughing. "It 's a fact of life here. It's something to take it serious. I take earthquakes serious. But have I ever got real serious about being prepared? No, I haven't. Will I now? Yes."

The American Red Cross' 72-hour emergency kit is a quick start to prepare for earthquakes. The Red Cross sells it online for $60 and includes a battery/solar panel/crank radio and flashlight, an emergency blanket, food bars and even work gloves.

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Re: [californiadisasters] Poll: Californians Increasingly Are Luddites

You are correct. Polls / surveys are written to support a person or groups hypothesize.

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Sender: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com

Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:11:28 -0700

To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>

ReplyTo: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Poll: Californians Increasingly Are Luddites

Mark Twain observed that there are: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.
Whenever "statistics" are used to prove a point already claimed, Twain was
right.

Of course, in this regard "statistics" and "polls" are pretty much
interchangeable. If a poll is conducted by an expert, impartial
person/organization, the theory of polling is sound. However, it's
incredibly easy to bias a poll:

Q: Would you prefer to risk your children's future health and well-being,
not to mention their ability to have children without birth defects by
allowing a nuclear power plant to be built within a thousand mile of you, or
would you prefer to rely on clean-burning natural gas which has been proven
safe in use for over a hundred years and whose pipelines make no impact
whatsoever on the environment?

Q: Will you sign this petition urging Congress to ban the distribution and
use of dihydrogen monoxide, a major component of Acid Rain, a proven
contributor to rust, a significant factor in thousands of lives lost to
drowning?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bates" <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:11 AM
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] Poll: Californians Increasingly Are
Luddites

> Beware the polls posted from an outfit you've never heard of; it reeks of
> adopting a particular slant.
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> Rick
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> _____
>
> From: Kim Noyes
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> Poll: Support drops for nuclear power in Calif.
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> July 28, 2011 9:12 AM
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Re: [californiadisasters] Poll: Californians Increasingly Are Luddites

Mark Twain observed that there are: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.
Whenever "statistics" are used to prove a point already claimed, Twain was
right.

Of course, in this regard "statistics" and "polls" are pretty much
interchangeable. If a poll is conducted by an expert, impartial
person/organization, the theory of polling is sound. However, it's
incredibly easy to bias a poll:

Q: Would you prefer to risk your children's future health and well-being,
not to mention their ability to have children without birth defects by
allowing a nuclear power plant to be built within a thousand mile of you, or
would you prefer to rely on clean-burning natural gas which has been proven
safe in use for over a hundred years and whose pipelines make no impact
whatsoever on the environment?

Q: Will you sign this petition urging Congress to ban the distribution and
use of dihydrogen monoxide, a major component of Acid Rain, a proven
contributor to rust, a significant factor in thousands of lives lost to
drowning?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bates" <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:11 AM
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] Poll: Californians Increasingly Are
Luddites

> Beware the polls posted from an outfit you've never heard of; it reeks of
> adopting a particular slant.
>
>
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Kim Noyes
>
>
>
>
> Poll: Support drops for nuclear power in Calif.
>
>
> July 28, 2011 9:12 AM
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[californiadisasters] Emergency Manager’s Weekly Report and Special Report 7-29-11

[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Fire Weather Watch - NorCal (Shasta Area)

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RE: [californiadisasters] Monitor The Monsoon Via Webcam/Sat/Radar/Etc.

[californiadisasters] Monitor The Monsoon Via Webcam/Sat/Radar/Etc.

[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (07/31/11-8AM)

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[Geology2] USGS wants monitoring tower erected in Crater Lake

USGS wants monitoring tower erected in Crater Lake

[Geology2] New mud volcano discovered on Cheleken peninsula in Turkmenistan

New mud volcano discovered on Cheleken peninsula in Turkmenistan

[Geology2] Thursday’s Earthquake Prompts Alaskans To Prepare For The Next Big One

Thursday's Earthquake Prompts Alaskans To Prepare For The Next Big One

Magnitude 5.3 shaker was felt throughout Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley

By Heather VacLav

Re: [californiadisasters] Poll: Californians Increasingly Are Luddites

Re: [californiadisasters] Poll: Californians Increasingly Are Luddites

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