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Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
MINERAL, Va. -- One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on the East Coast shook buildings and rattled nerves from South Carolina to New England on Tuesday and forced the evacuations of parts of the Capitol, White House and Pentagon. Skyscrapers...Tags: Heart Attack, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Air Transportation Industry, Arts and Culture, New York
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Viewpoint: Imperial Valley's connection to a devastated Haiti
Haiti is still dealing with the devastating effects of the 2010 earthquake. Many individuals and organizations throughout the U.S. have committed their time and resources to ease the hardships in this devastated land.
Imperial Valley Hope for Haiti was...Tags: Building Material, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Natural Disasters, Haiti, Port-au-Prince (Haiti)
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Life Out Here: It's all Obama's fault
Some of us on the right are blaming Barack Obama for the hurricane that pounded the East Coast in recent days.
As much as I hate to criticize those on my side, which is, except for this one occasion, always on the right side, I must say that is absurd....Tags: Obesity, Sweden, Tea Party Movement, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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Imperial County road work begins
Staff WriterRoad projects halted this year by the burrowing owls’ nesting season are back on schedule, so drivers should be aware of restricted traffic and road closure possibilities, officials say. The paving of Pitzer Road, the Keystone Road overlay and...Tags: Minority Groups, Natural Disasters, John Gay, FEMA
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Future earthquakes could damage farmland by liquefaction
Staff WriterFarmland in Imperial County escaped much damage from the April 4, 2010, earthquake, but the Valley’s largest industry may not be so lucky in the next quake. A recently released report from the state and federal geological survey spells out...Tags: Arable Farming, Natural Disasters
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Calif. quake project aimed to ID future hotspots
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In the ongoing quest to better anticipate future earthquakes, scientists embarked on an ambitious experiment: Identify the likeliest places where magnitude-4.9 quakes or stronger would occur in seismically active California over a...Tags: University of California, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, University of Southern California
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Our View: City hall an icon of quake recovery
Slowly but surely the telltale signs of last year’s 7.2-magnitude Easter earthquake are being removed from the Valley. In the wake of the earthquake public officials sought to prioritize and repair critical infrastructure in a timely manner, and...Tags: Natural Disasters
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Voice: Behavior during emergencies
Calexico ResidentI am quite concerned the way some people act toward certain natural disasters or electrical failures. For instance, the recent blackout the Imperial Valley experienced on the 8th of September proved how unreasonable and in a way unconscious people can be....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Wet and wild weather wallops Calexico
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Oswaldo Arias didn’t think he’d have to come home from work to yard work. “They told me on the phone that there was a lot of wind and rain but I didn’t think it would knock my fence down,” he said as he...Tags: Traffic, Javier Sanchez, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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Our View: ShakeOut is great reminder to get prepared
More than 8 million people will take part in an earthquake drill Thursday in California, long known as a hotspot of seismic activity throughout the ages by scientists and residents alike. Here in Imperial County, more than 37,000 people — the bulk...Tags: American Red Cross, Natural Disasters, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Petroleum Industry, Science
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Jefferson Elementary participates in Great ShakeOut, speaks on difficulties since Easter 2010 earthquake
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — With a ding, a voice and a rumble they took cover. “Drop and cover,” a voice from Jefferson Elementary School office staff said over the school intercom. In about two seconds the sixth-graders of Karina Montaņo’s class...Tags: File Sharing, Elementary Schools, Natural Disasters, Computer Networking and Internet, Schools
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Imperial County drops, covers, holds on for largest earthquake drill ever
Though sixth-grader Isabella Camberos knew it was just a drill Thursday morning, she was still kind of nervous as the school intercom went off and the students were told to drop, cover and hold on.
“Back in fourth grade we had a really big...Tags: Natural Disasters
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