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The Great Central U.S. Shakeout
Wednesday, 06 April 2011 10:13
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut is an eight-state drill spanning much of the central United States. ShakeOut activities for Arkansas are supported by the Arkansas Dept. of Emergency Management.
Visit http://www.shakeout.org/centralus/index.html to register and get more information.
Numerous earthquakes occur every year throughout the state of Arkansas, but most go unnoticed. Earthquakes that are felt can be startling, and serve as good reminders that Arkansas is located near one of the most hazardous earthquake zones in the country. Earthquakes have been historically documented in Arkansas, as far back as 1699, by missionaries traveling down the Mississippi River near Helena (Phillips County), Arkansas. Although, it is uncommon for major earthquakes to occur far away from active tectonic boundaries, earthquakes associated with the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), an active earthquake zone extending from Cairo, Illinois, into Marked Tree (Poinsett County), Arkansas, have been some of the largest earthquakes to ever strike North America..
Flood Awareness
Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:53
Much of Hot Spring County is prone to floods and flash floods which are the leading weather-related killers in the United States. In the past decade there have been 42 flood-related deaths in Arkansas. Of these, 33 have occurred in the last two years alone, including the tragedy at the Albert Pike Campground in neighboring Montgomery County.
Have a Family Communications Plan
Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:52
Your family may not be together when an emergency happens, so it is important to plan in advance how you will contact one another an how you will get back together. Pick family or friends ouside of the area you can contact if local communications are down.
Heat versus Emergency Operations
Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:50
Record high temperatures were recorded in several cities last summer as a heat wave recently blanketed parts of the United States. The Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) noted that the arrival of extremely high temperatures increased operational challenges for Emergency Services Sector (ESS) personnel at various locations including New York City and Washington, D.C.
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