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Thousand-Year Itch: Navigating Disasters More Regularly
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 11:31am | 1664Read More...Commentary Mikel Maron is head of community at Mapbox and a board member at the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The views expressed here are those of Maron and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of FreightWaves. Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophe of unprecedented proportions during the record-...
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Harvey Downgraded To Tropical Storm; Texas Braces for 'Catastrophic' Flooding
Saturday, August 26, 2017 - 3:58pm | 510Read More...After making landfall in Rockport, Texas, Friday night as a Category 4 storm with 130-mph winds, Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday. It’s expected to cause “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding,” according to the National Hurricane Center. The slow-...
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Call It An 'Orange Alert': Donald Trump Will Be Allowed To Send Unblockable Text Messages To Every American
Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 11:24am | 323Read More...Text messages from Donald Trump? You could soon be receiving them starting January 20. President Trump will be able to send unblockable mass text messages to the entire nation, according to the WARN Act that passed in 2006. The WARN act allows for targeted messages to be sent to every cell...
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Ron Paul Thinks FEMA is the Real Disaster
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 12:03pm | 587Read More...With reports that Hurricane Irene killed at least 20 people, knocked out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses and left many towns flooded over the weekend, presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) stood by his controversial belief that the federal government should reduce its...
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The Free Market, Small Government, and Hurricane Irene
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 11:29am | 1163Read More...With the increasing possibility that Hurricane Irene will deliver a “hundred year” event to the Eastern Seaboard, the time has come to examine the level of preparedness our exposed citizens on the coast face, as well as the anticipated scope and extent of what is likely to be a massive local, state...
