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| 草榴社区鈥檚 Rebekah Paci-Green Awarded New NSF Grant to Study Sea-Level Resilience in the Face of Climate Change and Natural Disasters聽 | |||
| 草榴社区 students begin survey on Whatcom Co. disaster prep | Western Washington University students are launching Whatcom County鈥檚 first-ever disaster awareness and preparedness survey this spring. |
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| 草榴社区, City, and County collaborate on first-ever Disaster Awareness and Preparedness Survey | |||
| 草榴社区 completes flood risk study of Stanwood's lowlands | A yearlong multi-faceted project flood study is complete. In a nutshell, it鈥檚 a city-university partnership in which upper level courses at Western Washington University use applied learning to help the city of Stanwood. The results also educate west Stanwood homeowners鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 Students Gain Professional Experience Alongside Emergency Personnel During 鈥楥ascadia Rising鈥 Exercise | |||
| Is this booming Northwest land a paradise or disaster waiting to happen? | It was here before anyone made a map and called this corner of it the Pacific Northwest. 鈥淭o me,鈥 said David McCloskey, waving an aging hand toward tidelands formed millenniums ago, 鈥渋t鈥檚 an energy field.鈥 McCloskey, a retired sociology and ecology professor who has spent a鈥 |
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| Massive quake drill starts Tuesday - 7 things you should know | You鈥檝e probably heard or read about the 鈥渞eally big one鈥 鈥 the monster earthquake off the Northwest coast that could kill more than 14,000 people and injure more than 20,000 in Washington and Oregon. Well, the quake is going to hit Tuesday, June 7, but the exact time is a secret. |
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| Mount Baker High School students to lead disaster prep workshop | A Mount Baker High School geology class aims to help the community prepare for Whatcom County鈥檚 most likely natural disasters with a workshop this weekend. Juniors and seniors from science teacher David Lewis鈥 advanced geology class have prepared the workshop on hazard preparation. The鈥 |
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| Preparing for the next big earthquake | The next time the Cascadia fault along the West Coast unleashes a magnitude-9 earthquake, the dams in east Skagit County could fail, dozens of bridges and overpasses could collapse on major roadways, and utilities could shut down. The region's earthquake risks have been known for鈥 |
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| THE WORST DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY IS COMING TO OREGON AND WASHINGTON | ose your eyes and imagine this for a moment. You went to sleep last night like any other night. You woke up this morning to find the worst natural disaster in U.S. history within driving distance of your back yard. Death and destruction can be found everywhere on the west side of鈥 |