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		<title>Crane Video</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2010/11/08/crane-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Step 1 of our training class &#8220;A 10-Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning&#8221; deals with risk assessment. Being aware of the risk that nearby construction poses is pointed out in that Step. Ever wonder how those cranes get up so high? Here&#8217;s a time-lapse video of the process:]]></description>
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		<title>New Tools for California Residents</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/18/new-tools-for-california-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/18/new-tools-for-california-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earthquakes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second-generation maps of tsunami impact zones for the California coastline are now available.  These maps show areas of the coast that would be vulnerable to giant waves generated by an undersea earthquake.  Also, California residents now have a site that they can enter their address and find out potential risks for their area.  For example, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction to Disaster Planning for Libraries</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/16/introduction-to-disaster-planning-for-libraries/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/16/introduction-to-disaster-planning-for-libraries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioterrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyberterrorism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NN/LM NEPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pandemics/Epidemics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelter in Place]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to view an 8:51 screencast that I did of the importance of disaster planning in libraries.  The focus of the screencast is on major disasters that can greatly impact library operations.]]></description>
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		<title>Dallas, Philadelphia, and Boston</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/11/dallas-philadelphia-and-boston/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/11/dallas-philadelphia-and-boston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioterrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Boston were elevated to Homeland Security&#8217;s Tier 1 list of urban areas at high risk for terrorism.  Tier 1 status means that additional funding is available for increased security measures. Cities in Tier 1: Dallas, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, Newark, NJ, New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Houston, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trends</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/08/trends/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/12/08/trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioterrorism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pandemics/Epidemics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Severe Storm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelter in Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tornadoes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every morning, I spend about 20 minutes looking over my RSS news feeds, all related to emergency preparedness.  Currently, most of the news is about the just-ended hurricane season, however, I&#8217;ve noticed a trend toward a greater concern about the threat of bioterrorism.  The two events that seem to have prompted this concern are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mirror Season</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/11/06/a-mirror-season/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/11/06/a-mirror-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Severe Storm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tornadoes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that there is a &#8220;mirror season&#8221; for tornadoes in the U. S.?  Because of the temperature changes in the fall in the northern hemisphere, fall weather conditions mirror, to some extent, the conditions that exist in the spring and can spawn &#8220;swarms&#8221; of tornadoes.  This is an El Nino year, which will affect all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency Preparedness in the Pacific Southwest Region</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/06/30/emergency-preparedness-in-the-pacific-southwest-region/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/06/30/emergency-preparedness-in-the-pacific-southwest-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NN/LM NEPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[A 10-Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PSR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk assessment exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk assessment for libraries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We met last week (June 22) with NN/LM staff from the Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) in the Louise Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA, along with representatives from the states in their region (see the photo of state representatives in the gallery here on the site).  Attending for the states were:  Amy Knehans from Hawaii, Cinda McClain from Arizona, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 years ago in Northridge, CA</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/01/22/15-years-ago-in-northridge-ca/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/01/22/15-years-ago-in-northridge-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lessons Learned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake drill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanford University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USGS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nnlm.gov/ep/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In January of 1994, the Northridge area of California was shaken by a level 6.7 earthquake, which devastated the area, including California State University at Northridge. See Susan Curzon&#8217;s story of the destruction of her library at CSU, and how they responded by getting services back up and running in temporary shelters and with limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some help with risk assessment&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/01/19/some-help-with-risk-assessment/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/01/19/some-help-with-risk-assessment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toolkit Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the latest new feature of the Toolkit! Scroll down past the Resources section of the right side menu bar to find a list of links to the maps that Dan has used in his training classes on service continuity. The maps are helpful for risk assessment for all regions&#8211;they add a larger picture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A very large umbrella:  the HHS web site</title>
		<link>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/01/13/a-very-large-umbrella-the-hhs-web-site/</link>
		<comments>http://nnlm.gov/ep/2009/01/13/a-very-large-umbrella-the-hhs-web-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Yowell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we know, there are many web sites that provide valuable information about emergency preparedness and response, a case in point being the CDC site which we mentioned earlier. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the &#8220;mother ship&#8221; of other government sites we have mentioned and linked to the toolkit (CDC, Ready.gov, etc.), [...]]]></description>
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