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Guest Opinion: APCO President Greg Riddle on the D block
What will shake Congress into action? Help first responders help you Several recent incidents have shown once again the urgent need for Congress to establish a dedicated broadband network for
White House: FEMA needs $1.5 billion for Irene loses
The White House estimates that covering uninsured losses caused by Hurricane Irene and subsequent flooding in New England will cost $1.5 billion in the coming fiscal year. Irene has caused President
Irene among costliest of natural disasters
Hurricane Irene--and the flooding it caused as a tropical storm in New England--will likely be among the nation's ten most costliest catastrophes, reports the New York Times. Industry estimates of
Disaster response increasingly linked to social media
Social and mobile technology are increasingly important during ongoing disasters, according to a new survey (.pdf) from the Red Cross. Eighty percent of the general public say national emergency
Irene causes flooding in New England
Flooding in New England has replaced wind and storm surges as the top weather concern in northeastern United States now that a much-diminished Irene is well north of the United States. Downgraded to
Audio: Federal and Red Cross officials on post-Irene flooding and response
Flooding in New England and recovery from damage caused by Irene--which was downgraded from hurricane status to a tropical storm as it crossed into New York on the morning of Aug. 28--has replaced
Audio: FCC officials on Irene communication outages
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and FCC public safety and homeland security bureau chief James Barnett spoke with reporters Aug. 28 on the effects Hurricane Irene had on
Coastal cell outages didn't affect Irene response, says FCC
Emergency response to Hurricane Irene-damaged areas in the southern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States don't appear to have been hampered by a loss of commercial cellphone service, said
Audio: Federal officials on Hurricane Irene
Residents of the Northeast should be prepared for high winds, power outages and tree damage, federal officials say, as Category 3 Hurricane Irene comes closer to making landfall in North Carolina
