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- FYI: Disaster Distress Helpline Provides Crisis Counseling to Oklahomans Affected by Violent Storms May 22, 2013
  Hello,Thank you list serve members for posting information and resources tohelp the people impacted by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. I have sharedsome of the information with colleagues in Oklahoma and they are verygrateful.Here are resources for to share with your colleagues and counterparts,from the federal disability.gov.PaulaPaula NinivaggiStatewide Indepen […]
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- Resilience through Learning--Tornadoes in Oklahoma May 22, 2013
  The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health recentlycompiled a list of resources that support "a Nation of resilientcommunities" through education and training. Resources are broken down intofour areas: Background, Health Impacts of Tornadoes, Psychosocial, andCommunity Health Recovery. We call this resource, Resilience throughLearn […]
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- Oklahoma tornadoes: status OF libraries, reporting ON libraries May 21, 2013
  Libraries in the affected region, fourth email in the series.NATIONAL NETWORK OF LIBRARIES OF MEDICINE (NN/LM)SOUTH CENTRAL REGION includes Oklahoma.http://nnlm.gov/scr/The South Central Region blog includes updates on medical libraries in the tornado region, http://nnlm.gov/scr/blog/.Report from the Associate Director of the South Central Region, Michelle M […]
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- Oklahoma tornadoes information from social media May 21, 2013
  How to follow post-tornado information on social media. This is the third email in a series related to the Oklahoma tornadoes.These are the main social media channels (a sampling) we've identified. If you know of key additional ones, please share with the list. Most television and news radio stations also post their info on Twitter and/or Facebook. [... […]
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- tornado and disaster-related consumer health materials (multiple languages) from Natl Library of Medicine May 21, 2013
  Disaster-related health topics in MedlinePlus and other NLM resources. Please share these resources with your agencies and colleagues. This is the second email in a series related to the Oklahoma tornadoes.A reminder that the National Library of Medicine has materials on many disaster-related health topics in MedlinePlus. These may be useful for health messa […]
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- Reminder on resources from Natl. Library of Medicine on tornados and other disaster topics May 21, 2013
  Our hearts are with the people and the responders of Moore and the Oklahoma City region as they meet the challenges of the loss and destruction caused by the recent tornadoes.We want to remind you that NLM's Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) has information for medical, public health, and emergency management personnel regarding sa […]
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- resources from the National Center for PTSD, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs May 21, 2013
  In response to the devastating tornados hitting the Midwest, we want you to be aware of efforts to assist those in need and hope you can send this out to your listserv. Thank you.Traumatic events such as the tornadoes in the central US, including Oklahoma, lead to psychological distress. We have posted some custom materials: […]
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- NCTSN Resources for those impacted by Tornadoes May 21, 2013
  Below are resources to help families and first responders impacted by the recent tornadoes.Tornado ResponseFactsheets for parents, teachers, children, and teens:After the Tornado: Helping Young Children Heal (PDF)>En Español [Después de Pasar por La Experiencia de Un Tornado]Parent Guidelines for Helping Children after a Tornado (PDF)Questions To Ask Your […]
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- Information and News: Disasters May 20, 2013
  *Selections from over 100 e-sources**Follow NLM_DIMRC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NLM_DIMRC ****Standardized Name for New Coronavirus***To provide uniformity and facilitate communication about the disease, the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses has decided to call the new virus Middle East respiratory syndrome co […]
  Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan (NIH/NLM) [E]
- FYI: webinar from NACCHO - Planning for Pandemics: Crunching the Numbers on H1N1 May 20, 2013
  Apologies for cross-posting, but this may be an event of interest.Planning for Pandemics: Crunching the Numbers on H1N1 - June 19, 2013, 2:00-3:00 PM EDT.https://events-na10.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1053915029/en/events/event/shared/1070490169/event_landing.html?sco-id=1074477638This webinar will focus on the findings from a recent retrospective s […]
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Archive for the ‘Hurricanes’ Category

Great Opportunity

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

The severe winter storm that affected (and still affecting) the Midwest, South, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast, gave libraries in these regions a great opportunity to activate their service continuity plans. If you don’t have a plan, this is a good time to prepare for the next major service disruption. (Resources to help you can be found on our Writing Your Disaster Plan page.) If you did have a plan, how did it go? Would you change anything? If so, this is a good time to make those changes.

Here is a NOAA satellite view of the winter storm. Note the similarities of a hurricane. (Click on image to enlarge.)

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Thursday, November 11th, 2010

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Enlightening Info from the NWS

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Our National Weather Service web site is an incredibly rich place for exploring and locating a variety of climate/weather/safety information. Today I found this page, S.E. US, Gulf of Mexico Weather, while looking for information about Hurricane Paula, which has been threatening the SE US for the past few days. Check out all the radio buttons offered over the top edge of the map to see other views of the area, such as water temperatures, the radar loop, etc. And click on any of the yellow icons on the map to open a window showing the weather and wave conditions at the observation site. You can zoom in by clicking on any locality and you can select the “Cities” button, then click on the city you’re interested in to see local conditions. This looks like a great tool for increasing awareness of possible weather-related emergency preparedness needs.

I found this site by selecting “Marine” under “Forecasts” on the main NWS page, then selecting “Portals.” There are also marine maps there for the Great Lakes as well as the other US coastal areas. Thanks, NWS!

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Birth of a Hurricane

Friday, September 17th, 2010

A short video from the BBC …

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Peak Season for Hurricanes

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Peak season for Atlantic basin hurricanes is from mid-August until late October. As you can see from the chart below, mid-September is the peak of peak season.

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Hurricane Map

Monday, September 13th, 2010

This fascinating map from NOAA and the National Weather Service shows the tracks of all known hurricanes in the North Atlantic (1851-2008) and Eastern North Pacific (1949-2008). To enlarge map, click on the image below.

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Viewing Earl’s progress

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Check out Stormpulse.com to see a great map featuring Hurricane Earl, but with the ability to view other storms as well. The maps are pulling in lots of data from many reputable sources (National Hurricane Center, NASA, NOAA, and others) to provide layered maps of weather patterns and major storms in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as well as the contiguous 48 states (see top menu bar on the site to switch maps). On the Atlantic map particularly, be sure to click the “ON” buttons for Forecast Models and Clouds in the box in the upper right of the map to enhance the view of Hurricane Earl with additional layers.

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NN/LM One Page Service Continuity Plan

Click on image above for information on creating a one page Service Continuity Plan (SCP) for your library. (The SCP was adapted from the Council of State Achivists (CoSA) PReP.)
NN/LM EP&R Training Opportunities

Click on the image above for NN/LM EP&R training opportunities.
How to Use the Toolkit

1. Where to get information on HOW TO WRITE A DISASTER PLAN. Click on the Writing Your Disaster Plan page. Download the template for the Service Continuity Pocket Response Plan (PReP) and fill it out. For some libraries, the PReP may be enough. Others may want to start with the PReP and then develop a comprehensive plan as time permits.

2. Where to GET HELP following some kind of disaster or service disruption. Click on the Calling for Help page. Listed is contact information for your Regional Medical Library as well as library networks that provide consultation services (some at no cost), 24/7.

3. How to get TRAINING ON SERVICE CONTINUITY and libraries. Click on the Training Opportunities page and select the option that best fits your needs. Contact your NNLM RML at 1-800-338-7657, or the Coordinator, Dan Wilson, at danwilson@virginia.edu, to inquire about scheduling or participating in a class.

4. What else does the Toolkit offer? The Toolkit is a comprehensive collection of resources and tools for helping you prepare your library for a disaster or service disruption. In addition to the items listed above, you'll find news reports (NEPR Times), sample table-top exercises and model MOUs, library disaster stories, links to supporting resources for our training program, and information about the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan.
Supporting Resources
- American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Use for locating an area preservationist.
- American Red Cross Information on sheltering-in-place and 72-hour home preparedness.
- Amigos Library Services Info and training for disaster response through their Imaging & Preservation service; serves primarily SW United States.
- Belfor Expert commercial salvage and recovery of collections and facilities; experience working with libraries.
- BMS Expert commercial salvage and recovery worldwide. Excellent site, lots of great success stories, experience with libraries.
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) See especially the Emergency Preparedness & Response section.
- CHEMM: Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management NLM database on dealing with a chemical incident with mass casualties.
- Disaster Declarations by State From FEMA, declared disasters by year and by state.
- Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) An arm of NLM charged with improving access to disaster health information.
- Disaster Information Outreach by Librarians Listserv Sign up for or view entries from the listserv hosted by NLM’s DIMRC.
- Emergency Access Initiative EAI provides free access to full text articles from major biomedicine titles to healthcare professionals, librarians, and the public in the United States affected by disasters.
- Flu Report CDC Map showing current incidence of influenza in the U. S.
- Heritage Preservation Creators of the popular Emergency Response & Salvage Wheel and the Field Guide to Emergency Response. Offer many free resources on disaster planning and response. Co-sponsor — with FEMA — of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force.
- Homeland Security Current news and resources for preparedness; see especially the “Preparedness, Response, Recovery” section.
- Lyrasis Library services including disaster planning and preservation, primary areas are Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern and New England regions of U.S.
- Map: Chemical Plants Find out if your locale is at risk from a chemical plant.
- Map: Flood-Prone Areas Flooding data by events and property damage.
- Map: Hurricanes NOAA Map of hurricanes making landfall, U. S. east and Gulf coasts, from 1950 through 2004, names and years.
- Map: Natural Disasters “Heatmap” of tornado, hurricane and earthquake incidents.
- Map: Ports
- Map: Power Grid Map of U.S. showing interconnections of the continental power grid.
- Map: Presidential Disaster Declarations
- Map: Tornado Activity Map based on NOAA statistics shows incidence/degree of frequency for tornadoes in the U. S.
- Map: Weather Disasters NOAA map, “Billion Dollar Climate & Weather Disasters 1980-2004″
- Map: Wildfires From NASA, map of wildfires in the U. S. that exceeded 250 acres in size from 1980-2003.
- Medical Reserve Corps A great volunteer group with a similar mission.
- MedlinePlus Lots of information on emergency preparedness & response.
- Munters Worldwide disaster recovery services; great site, many solutions to recovery problems large and small.
- National Situation Update Daily updates from FEMA
- NN/LM Greater Midwest Region (GMR) Emergency preparedness & response resources/contacts from GMR.
- NN/LM MidContinental Region (MCR) EP&R resources and contact information from the MCR.
- NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) EP&R resources and contact information from the MAR.
- NN/LM New England Region (NER) EP&R resources and contact information from the NER.
- NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region (PNR) EP&R resources and contact information from the PNR.
- NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) EP&R resources and contact information from the PSR.
- NN/LM South Central Region (SCR) EP&R resources and contact information from the SCR.
- NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic Region (SE/A) EP&R resources and contact information from the SE/A.
- Northeast Document Conservation Center See “Preservation Leaflets” for preparedness and response info.
- Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) Evidence-based data for health professionals on how to respond to a radiation emergency.
- Ready.Gov It’s all good…check it out!
- Storm Reports See yesterday’s storm report for the United States.
- TOXNET NLM database on hazardous materials and toxic releases.
- U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services “Disasters and Emergencies” section, especially. Well-organized, easy to use, up-to-the-minute.
- Westpas Preservation assistance and training for libraries and archives in the Western and Northwestern U.S.
- Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) NLM system designed to assist first responders in a hazardous materials incident.
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Archive for the ‘Hurricanes’ Category

Great Opportunity

Enlightening Info from the NWS

Birth of a Hurricane

Peak Season for Hurricanes

Hurricane Map

Viewing Earl’s progress

NN/LM One Page Service Continuity Plan

NN/LM EP&R Training Opportunities

How to Use the Toolkit

Supporting Resources

Toolkit Pages

NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit News & Resources Supporting the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's Emergency Preparedness & Response Initiative

Most Popular Posts (Past 30 Days)

Calling for Help

NOAA National Forecast Map

Yesterday’s Storm Reports

Categories

Quotation

Meta

Archive for the ‘Hurricanes’ Category

NN/LM One Page Service Continuity Plan

NN/LM EP&R Training Opportunities

How to Use the Toolkit

Supporting Resources

Toolkit Pages