AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 19 hours ago
#hamradio #disasters
I don’t think about Katrina every day, but forgetting is impossible. The memories remain etched in me like a watermark — faint at times, but always present. It’s hard not to envision another catastrophe that could once again plunge us into chaos. In the years since, I’ve come to call myself a “practical prepper.” I trained as a ham radio operator, stockpiled food and essential supplies and never leave home without my “get home or go” bag, packed with three days’ worth of gear. I’ve made peace with the idea that disasters are not a question of "if” but "when." And when that moment comes, the truest resource we will have is each other — our neighbors, our colleagues, our community.
I don’t think about Katrina every day, but forgetting is impossible. The memories remain etched in me like a watermark — faint at times, but always present. It’s hard not to envision another catastrophe that could once again plunge us into chaos. In the years since, I’ve come to call myself a “practical prepper.” I trained as a ham radio operator, stockpiled food and essential supplies and never leave home without my “get home or go” bag, packed with three days’ worth of gear. I’ve made peace with the idea that disasters are not a question of "if” but "when." And when that moment comes, the truest resource we will have is each other — our neighbors, our colleagues, our community.
I don’t think about Katrina every day, but forgetting is impossible. The memories remain etched in me like a watermark — faint at times, but always present. It’s hard not to envision another catastrophe that could once again plunge us into chaos. In the years since, I’ve come to call myself a “practical prepper.” I trained as a ham radio operator, stockpiled food and essential supplies and never leave home without my “get home or go” bag, packed with three days’ worth of gear. I’ve made peace with the idea that disasters are not a question of "if” but "when." And when that moment comes, the truest resource we will have is each other — our neighbors, our colleagues, our community.
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AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

CNN:Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas

"...A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark, congressionally mandated report and the contents of the climate.gov website. ..."

(Note: will be at climate.us)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/climate/climate-government-website-noaa-data-preservation

#noaa #climateemergency#climate #disasters #nws
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

CNN:Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas

"...A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark, congressionally mandated report and the contents of the climate.gov website. ..."

(Note: will be at climate.us)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/climate/climate-government-website-noaa-data-preservation

#noaa #climateemergency#climate #disasters #nws

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Sumana Harihareswara
@brainwane@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Yesterday and today I wound up learning about a few different interesting facets of early telecommunications history, Civil Rights #history, and more.

First: I came across telegraphy inventor Guglielmo Marconi's testimony to the US Senate in 1912 about telegraph equipment and procedures involved in the aftermath of the Titanic's sinking.

https://www.metafilter.com/209967/The-Titanic-was-equipped-by-my-company

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#UShistory #disasters #retrospectives
Sumana Harihareswara
@brainwane@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Yesterday and today I wound up learning about a few different interesting facets of early telecommunications history, Civil Rights #history, and more.

First: I came across telegraphy inventor Guglielmo Marconi's testimony to the US Senate in 1912 about telegraph equipment and procedures involved in the aftermath of the Titanic's sinking.

https://www.metafilter.com/209967/The-Titanic-was-equipped-by-my-company

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#UShistory #disasters #retrospectives
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Japan's tsunami advisory for coastal areas between Tokyo Bay and Okinawa has been lifted, with the exception of some locations, though the measure remains in place between Hokkaido and Chiba Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/tsunami-advisory-partially-lifted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #russia #disasters
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts

The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.

"...“We’re doing what we can to make sure that people don’t go hungry, but it has been tough,” he said. The biggest problem they are running up against, he noted, is how federal funding cuts have obstructed their ability to fully respond. ..."

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/texas-food-banks-flood-survivors-trump-funding-cuts/

#txdisaster #food #texas #hunger #food #disasters
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts

The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.

"...“We’re doing what we can to make sure that people don’t go hungry, but it has been tough,” he said. The biggest problem they are running up against, he noted, is how federal funding cuts have obstructed their ability to fully respond. ..."

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/texas-food-banks-flood-survivors-trump-funding-cuts/

#txdisaster #food #texas #hunger #food #disasters
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

If you're wondering where FEMA's funding is going, it's going to fund prison camps.

"...A: Yes, the immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program..."

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/

#FEMA #prisoncamps #disasters
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

June 30 to July 2nd, 1936

"A very heavy rain fell over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and camps for boys and girls. Most of these places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especially for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. "

(Major Texas Floods of 1936, US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Water -Supply Paper 816)

#history #disasters#TXwx#Kerrville

120 MAJOR TEXAS FLOODS OF 1936 rivers the rainfall was from 20 to 35 inches from June 30 to July 3. Floods of unusual magnitude occurred in each of these river basins. A very heavy rain foll over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and cemps for boys and girls. Most of thess places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especlally for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. Plate 12, A,shows & view of the Guadalupe River at Kerrville at about the peak of the flood and plate 12, B,a view at about the same locality after the flood had receded. In the Wedina River above Medina Lake a flood occurred greater than had been known before. The area drained by this stream is not thickly inhabditated, and the peak discharges per square mile of drainage ares were much lower than in the Guadalupe River Basin. No great amount of damage was done along this stream.
120 MAJOR TEXAS FLOODS OF 1936 rivers the rainfall was from 20 to 35 inches from June 30 to July 3. Floods of unusual magnitude occurred in each of these river basins. A very heavy rain foll over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and cemps for boys and girls. Most of thess places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especlally for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. Plate 12, A,shows & view of the Guadalupe River at Kerrville at about the peak of the flood and plate 12, B,a view at about the same locality after the flood had receded. In the Wedina River above Medina Lake a flood occurred greater than had been known before. The area drained by this stream is not thickly inhabditated, and the peak discharges per square mile of drainage ares were much lower than in the Guadalupe River Basin. No great amount of damage was done along this stream.
120 MAJOR TEXAS FLOODS OF 1936 rivers the rainfall was from 20 to 35 inches from June 30 to July 3. Floods of unusual magnitude occurred in each of these river basins. A very heavy rain foll over the upper Guadalupe River Basin, west of Korrville, from June 30 to July 2. This rein amounted to over 36 inches 1in about 36 hours at the State Pish Hatchery above Ingram. Record-break- ing stages were experienced on all streams above Kerrville, and on the Guadalupe River to a point below Spring Branch. Along the streams in the hills above Kerrville are many sumer homes, resorts, and cemps for boys and girls. Most of thess places were damaged by the floods, many of them being almost completely destroyed. There was much apprehension for the safety of the people in these camps, especlally for the younger boys and girls, but fortunately all were safe. The fact that the flood occurred in the day rather than at night no doubt accounts for no loss of 1ife in the camps. Plate 12, A,shows & view of the Guadalupe River at Kerrville at about the peak of the flood and plate 12, B,a view at about the same locality after the flood had receded. In the Wedina River above Medina Lake a flood occurred greater than had been known before. The area drained by this stream is not thickly inhabditated, and the peak discharges per square mile of drainage ares were much lower than in the Guadalupe River Basin. No great amount of damage was done along this stream.
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

If you're wondering where FEMA's funding is going, it's going to fund prison camps.

"...A: Yes, the immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program..."

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/

#FEMA #prisoncamps #disasters