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Drainage
Around the Home Can Prevent Wet Basements (Provided by North
Dakota State University Extension Service)
Dry
Water-soaked Building Materials Quickly (Provided by North Dakota
State University Extension Service)
Tips
for Fighting Mold (Provided by North Dakota State University
Extension Service)
Water
Damage Cleanup Advice (Provided by North Dakota State University
Extension Service)
Sump
Pump Helps Keep Water Out (Provided by North Dakota State University
Extension Service)
Emergency
Preparedness and Response - Salvage of Flood Damaged Papers
and Documents. Important instructions from the U.S. Library of Congress
on how to salvage books, family papers, framed items, photographs,
as well as mold-damaged materials.
Minnesota
DNR Flood safety and clean-up information
Minnesota
Department of Health: Environmental Health in Minnesota
This Web page offerss Emergency Information on cleaning up after
a disaster. It includes tips on: how to restore your home and business,
salvage household items, and how to rid your home of mold.
Electrical
and natural gas safety tips from Xcel Energy
Electrical
Safety Tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and
the Electrical Safety Foundation
North
Dakota Health Department Cautions Flood-Impacted Residents About
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Indoor use of gas-powered equipment - such as power washers,
generators and pumps - to clean up flooded homes can result in dangerous
exposure to carbon monoxide, according to Francis J. Schwindt, chief
of the North Dakota Department of Health's Environmental Health
Section. (more)
Prompt
Flood Cleanup Can Prevent Health Problems
According to the North Dakota Department of Health, concerns about
exposure to mold, which can develop following a flood, should be
addressed quickly in order to prevent illness, according to Francis
J. Schwindt, chief of the North Dakota Department of Health's Environmental
Health Section. (more)
Portable
pressure washers can be time savers for spring clean-up chores,
but they can be life-threatening. North Dakota State University
Extension Specialist George Maher has some safety tips on how to
properly operate this form of cleaning machine.
How
Businesses Recover From Disaster: Raging Red Produces Flood of Knowledge
From the University of North Dakota
Read
past Flood Protection Studies for Winnipeg provided by Manitoba
Conservation
Natural
Hazards Center Website - The Natural Hazards Center, University
of Colorado at Boulder, has produced a new handbook on how to build
sustainability into a community during the recovery period after
a disaster. It has background information, practical descriptions,
and ideas about what sustainability is, why it is a good for a community,
and how it can be applied during disaster recovery to help create
a better community. The book is intended to be used by local officials,
staff, activists, and the disaster recovery experts who help the
community during disaster recovery -- including state planners,
emergency management professionals, mitigation specialists, and
others. The complete handbook is available for download from the
Natural
Hazards Center Website.
Manitoba
gets $20 millions to offset 1997 flood costs
On behalf of the Honourable Art Eggleton, Minister of National Defence,
the Honourable Rey Pagtakhan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and regional
Minister for Manitoba, has provided $20 million to Manitoba to help
offset expenditures made to rebuild infrastructure and personal
property damaged during the Spring 1997 Red River flood. Paul Anderson,
Acting Executive Co-ordinator for Manitoba's Emergency Measures
Organization (EMO) accepted the cheque on behalf of the province.
"This is the fifth advance payment made under the terms of
the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) bringing the
total Government of Canada contribution to $157 million for this
disaster," said Minister Pagtakhan. "The Government of
Canada, through this contribution, is responding to the needs and
challenges faced by Manitoba after the Red River flood."
Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangement (DFAA) payments are provided
directly to provincial or territorial governments. In Manitoba,
the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization is responsible for
distributing funds to individuals, businesses and communities impacted
by the flood, in accordance with their provincial disaster assistance
programs.(More
about this Disaster Financial Assistance)
Manitoba
looks at ways of protecting Selkirk Manitoba is developing new
initiatives to protect Selkirk area residents as part of the expansion
of the Red River Floodway, Premier Gary Doer and Conservation Minister
Steve Ashton announced December 5, 2002.
A recent value engineering study by an international panel of engineers
on Red River Floodway expansion plans has endorsed the design concept
and work done to date, and recommended 100 ideas for improving benefits
and minimizing impacts. (More
from Manitoba)
National
Flood Frequency (NFF) Program
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released new software
that allows users to estimate flood flows for streams throughout
the United States. The new software, version 3 of the National Flood
Frequency (NFF) Program, provides estimates of flood flows having
recurrence intervals of 2 to 500 years for user selected sites on
rural and urban streams.
The estimates provided by NFF are often used as a basis for determining
flood-plain areas on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood
insurance rate maps, and by other agencies for making planning and
management decisions. In addition, the estimates are used to design
bridges, culverts, and flood-control structures.
The report, titled "The National Flood Frequency Program, Version
3: A Computer Program for stimating Magnitude and Frequency of Floods
for Ungaged Sites," compiled by K.G. Ries III, and M.Y. Crouse,
has been released as U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations
Report 02-4168. Digital copies of the report and the software can
be downloaded from the NFF
Web page.
Canada
Post and the City of Winnipeg's brochure, Protect Your Home from
Basement Flooding is mailed annually. The brochure contains valuable
information on steps homeowners can take to protect their home from
basement flooding. Visit the City
of Winnipeg's Water and Waste web page to learn how to protect
your basement from flooding. For
more information on the Basement Flooding Protection Program, or
for a handout on the care and maintenance of sump pump drainage
systems, Winnipeg residents can call 204-986-6787.
For information on installing backwater valves and sump pits, residents
can call the Planning, Property and Development Department at 986-5300,
or visit www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/brochures.stm.
MN
DNR offers information on developing High Resolution Digital Model
"A
White Paper on Developing a High-Resolution Digital Elevation Model
(DEM) and Floodplain Mapping Program" is available on the Minnesota
DNR web site. This white paper outlines the need to develop
a statewide high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) and floodplain
mapping program.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture Disaster Assistance Website
This Web site provides producers one location for details on disaster
assistance programs, questions and answers, comments and suggestions
on program implementation, as well as other information on USDA
agriculture assistance.
Manitoba
Land Initiative
In a radical departure from previous business models, Manitoba is
providing all of its geospatial data free of charge for unrestricted
use. Enter the Manitoba
Land Initiative, a web portal developed for GIS users and non-users
enabling online access to geospatial data and metadata. The data
warehouse has been developed under the Manitoba Land Initiative
(MLI) which is an interdepartmental committee of data producing
departments.
Hartley Pokrant, Director Information Technology Services Branch
has informed GeoCommunity that the data repository contains Provincial
GIS data holdings including topographic data, base maps, soils maps,
land use mapping, cadastral data, forest inventory, digital imagery,
geology maps, community base maps, all administrative boundaries,
quarter section grids, geographical names, water resource mapping,
road maps, and other layers. All data files are supported with two
popular download formats along with complete FGDC meta data files.
In the near future, we will also be releasing our interactive map
servers covering various interactive data themes.
Interagency
Geospatial Preparedness Team (IGPT)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has established an
Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team (IGPT) to help make geospatial
information and technologies more readily available to the national
community of emergency managers and responders. Geospatial experts
from FEMA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service lead the interagency team. The IGPT will identify
geospatial activities, policies and products that will increase
the effectiveness of emergency preparedness and response activities
on a national scale. Specifically, the team will assess the need
for geospatial resources to support all hazards emergency management
and the availability of geospatial information, systems and expertise.
The IGPT's work involves:
- Developing a strategy for establishing and maintaining geospatial
preparedness that includes data, standards, systems, and expertise;
- Leveraging existing intergovernmental and public/private partnerships;
and
- Linking to relevant existing federal programs and initiatives.
The team is coordinating its work with that of the Office of Management
and Budget's (OMB) e-government initiative, Geospatial One-Stop.
(More
information)
Northwest
MN 2002 Flood Damage Assessment Report
The
"Northwest Minnesota 2002 Flood Damage Assessment, April 2003"
final report is complete. It presents information regarding the
June 2002 flood events in the Roseau and Wild Rice (MN) River Basins
in Minnesota. The report was prepared by David Miller and Associates,
Inc., Vienna, Virginia under contract with the St. Paul District
Corps of Engineers.
The
report is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (file size approximately 4
Megabytes) on the St. Paul District Corps of Engineers FTP site.
The report summarizes hydrologic information for the June 2002 flood
events and
presents damage assessment data for several types of flood damages.
The intent of this effort was to document the flood damages as completely
as possible by consolidating information from the various other
agencies that collected damage data. It was meant to be a first
step toward coordinating our efforts in future events.
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