Emergency Zone

  • April 27, 2018 Emergency Zone

    Are You Prepared for Tornado Season?

    Are You Prepared for Tornado Season?
    What Should I Know?

     

     
     
    A tornado can strike at any time of the year, but they are most popular March-May in the southern states, and summer months for the northern states. 

     

    They are more likely to strike between 3:00pm-9:00pm, but can occur during any hour of the day. 

     


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    Tornadoes are categorized by the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The higher the number, the more damage is will probably occur. 

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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  • April 16, 2018 Emergency Zone

    Flooding: What You May or May Not Already Know

    With the beauty of Springtime, the deadliness of floods come. The snow starts melting, and spring storms start coming.
    Many places are already seeing the effects of these deadly floods.
    Kauai, Hawaii is in a state of emergency, and dealing with mudslides because of their flash floods. Below are pictures that depict the damages that occurred.

    Flooding happens, what should we do or not do during the...
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  • April 16, 2018 Emergency Zone

    Nature is Taking its Toll


    Weather tends to be unpredictable. The winter storm Xanto struck many northern states this past week. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, the storm broke the record for the heaviest snow fall in April, and 2nd for the heaviest snowfall of all-time.
    Wisconsin was not the only state effected. Below is what weather.com reported as "some of the top snow and ice reports from Xanto".

    To help ensure safe travels...
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  • February 20, 2018 Emergency Zone

    What Do Natural Disasters Mean for Me?

    Natural disasters have been around long before man. They are natural occurrences of the earth. Places flood. The earth shakes. There is nothing inherently wrong with these events until it disrupts life. Thousands of earthquakes aren’t felt, but they are there. Some happen in the middle of the ocean, so we don’t notice. One thing is for sure in life; there will always be uncertainty. Scientists are...
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  • January 27, 2018 Emergency Zone

    Hope for the Best, but Plan for the Worst

    Natural disasters are going on all around us, even if we are oblivious to them.

     

    How many of us knew that Paris is flooding, that California had deadly mudslides, or that Albay in the Philippines is getting ready for a possible three-month emergency!

     

    Theriver Seine is rising in Paris. It has forced over 650 people to evacuate their homes, so they can be safe. The end isn’t even in sight.

     

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  • January 27, 2018 Emergency Zone

    Is the Worst Earthquake Yet to Come in 2018?


    How safe are you? Did you know that scientists are saying the number of earthquakes could double this year? 
    We are still in January, and yet we have seen THREEmajor earthquakes clocking in over a magnitude of 7! Whenthe 7.9 occurred in Alaska on the 23rdof January, there was much fear of it creating a tsunami in the west coast. Lucky for us, it only was a few inches high, but it could have been a...
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  • December 7, 2017 Emergency Zone

    Strong Winds on Thursday Fuel LA Fires

    Ventura County Fire Department
    Over 110,000 people have evacuation orders in LA. Fires continue to spread and grow in the Ventura, Bel-Air and Kagel Canyon areas. Hundreds of Schools have been shut down and many homes are at risk.
    The Bel-Air firecontinues to grow right next to a densely populated area. With Firefighters already dealing with two large fires, the Creek fire and Thomas fire, one more...
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  • December 6, 2017 Emergency Zone

    Making Sense of North Korea

    North Korea History

    North Korea has been a consistently trending topic on search engines and social media during Donald Trump's presidency. There are plenty of articles poking fun at the DPRK, and then those that paint a more disturbing picture.

    With all the tension and unease surrounding our current relationship with the North Korean government, and with Kim Jong Un, it's a good idea to piece together what's really...
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  • October 25, 2017 Emergency Zone

    The aftermath of Typhoon Lan makes way for another Typhoon

    Last week a large typhoon made landfall in Japan last week resulting in at least seven recorded deaths and one hundred injuries. The storm reached a massive size with it's gale winds reaching a diameter of 1,380 miles.

    A gale is defined as sustained surface winds of 39-54 mph.  This makes Lan the second largest recorded typhoon in history, and the largest of 2017.

    The deaths were caused be debris...
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