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		<title>New Mexico Flash Flooding</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/11/28/new-mexico-flash-flooding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think of New Mexico as a disaster-prone state, so last week&#8217;s FEMA announcement of disaster aid for flash flooding in August caught my attention.   Flash flooding, which is defined as a flood developing within 6 hours, is particularly dangerous in desert areas where there is poorly absorbent, clay-like soil (Wikipedia).  Here&#8217;s some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Pittston Library Flooding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West Pittston Library, near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was badly damaged by last week&#8217;s flooding.  The Times-Leader reports that they lost about 14,000 books and all their furniture and computers.  In addition, they had to purchase a freezer to house their soaked historical materials.  Click on the following URL to read about the state of the library [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middletown Public Library</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/09/10/middletown-public-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following the flooding situation in Pennsylvania and looking for examples of libraries reaching out to their patrons.  Christine Porter, director of the Middletown Public Library, has been using the library&#8217;s website, Facebook page, and Twitter feed, to keep library patrons informed of library cleanup efforts and the availability of online services.  Here&#8217;s some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fires and Flooding</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/09/08/fires-and-flooding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fires and flooding are currently causing many folks to evacuate their homes in areas of Texas and along the Susquehanna River in New York and Pennsylvania.   (The flood level at my hometown, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, which sits along the Susquehanna, is expected to crest tomorrow morning near the record level set back in 1972 by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flooding in the Midwest</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/05/06/flooding-in-the-midwest-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 19:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASA has provided us with a couple of images that speak volumes about the extent of the flooding in the midwest, particularly where the Mississippi River joins the Ohio.  Take a look here:  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=50475&#38;src=eorss-iotd on their Earth Observatory site.  The article that follows the pictures is also interesting, and helps shed light on what has happened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Salvage and Recovery Site from NLM</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/03/23/new-salvage-and-recovery-site-from-nlm/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/03/23/new-salvage-and-recovery-site-from-nlm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An announcement from NLM: The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world&#8217;s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, announces a new Web site, &#8220;Emergency Preparedness and Response: How to Safely Stabilize Library Collections in the Event of a Water Emergency.&#8221; First responders in library or museum emergencies frequently address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flooding at the Ferndale Public Library</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/17/flooding-at-the-ferndale-public-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thanksgiving Day, flooding occurred at the Ferndale Public Library (Michigan) when the library&#8217;s rainwater treatment system malfunctioned. The library is currently closed and is hoping to open again in February. Click on this URL, http://www.ferndale.lib.mi.us/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=103, for a very nice update of the situation from the Ferndale Library Board of Trustees.]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Cedar Rapids Public Library Flooding (2008)</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/14/update-cedar-rapids-public-library-flooding-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/14/update-cedar-rapids-public-library-flooding-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June 2008, five feet of water rushed into the Cedar Rapids Public Library from the nearby Cedar River. Two-thirds of the library&#8217;s collection was lost and the remaining materials were relocated to another temporary site. Plans for a new Cedar Rapids Public Library have now been released with a completion date of July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: State Library of Queensland</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/13/update-state-library-of-queensland/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/13/update-state-library-of-queensland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest on the flooding situation from the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA): http://www.alia.org.au/disasterrecovery/QLDFloods.html Click on the link below for an article from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) about the flooding at the State Library of Queensland. Note that the concern now is not with water damage but the affect summer humidity (no power) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Library of Queensland (Australia)</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/12/state-library-of-queensland-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2011/01/12/state-library-of-queensland-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been following the flooding at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Here is a map, some pictures and reports: Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=queensland+state+library&#038;um=1&#038;hl=en&#038;biw=1366&#038;bih=643&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;sa=N&#038;tab=il Reports: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/queensland-floods/deadly-wave-heads-for-brisbane/story-fn7iwx3v-1225985949229 Pictures: http://twitpic.com/3p7zbs / http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=272291&#038;id=822662788&#038;l=2733269ca1]]></description>
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