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Choppers evacuate dozens as flooding swamps a third of Qld https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-28/qld-flooding-25-evacuated-by-chopper-at-jundah-/105110276 #Disasters,AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Floods


Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/who-doge-hurts-gutting-noaa

"the #NOAA was preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers...

People who live in #hurricane & #tornado country keep their “NOAA #weather radios” handy...

In theory, it sounds like one more bad thing to worry about. In practice, it’s much worse. We’ve just had a demonstration of precisely how effective NOAA is & what we stand to lose without it."

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #Disasters #Climate #News #US #USA
Headline and text from article:
Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA

by Joyce Vance
Mar 16, 2025

On March 12, there was reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's "reductions in force" directive to federal agencies. Cuts like that call into question whether NOAA will continue to provide the early warnings and predictive modeling that help people prepare for weather emergencies in advance. People who live in hurricane and tornado country keep their “NOAA weather radios” handy, and they are especially important for events that occur, as they frequently do, when most of us are asleep.

In theory, it sounds like one more bad thing to worry about. In practice, it’s much worse. We’ve just had a demonstration of precisely how effective NOAA is and what we stand to lose without it.

Beginning on Friday, violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail materialized across the Midwest and South. This was the news Friday night. NOAA’s early warning system, transmitted on social media, radio, television, and by word of mouth, kept it from being much worse.


Big March storm fans wildfires and flips trucks as forecasters fear weekend tornado outbreak

By RUSS BYNUM and SEAN MURPHY
Updated 9:02 PM EDT, March 14, 2025

"Tornadoes likely amid storm outbreak

"The Storm Prediction Center said fast-moving storms could spawn twisters and hail as large as baseballs Friday, but the greatest threat would come from straight-line winds near or exceeding hurricane force, with gusts of 100 mph (160 kph) possible.

"A #TornadoWatch was issued until 11 p.m. for central and eastern #Missouri, including St. Louis, as well as parts of #Illinois and #Arkansas.

"The National Weather Service said it observed an evening tornado in the south-central Missouri city of #Grovespring.

"Other areas at risk included parts of #Iowa, #Kentucky, #Tennessee and #Mississippi.

"About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, #Wisconsin, to Birmingham, #Alabama.

"Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.

"The Storm Prediction Center said parts of #Mississippi including Jackson and Hattiesburg and areas of #Alabama including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa will be at a high risk. Severe storms and tornadoes are also possible across eastern #Louisiana, western #Georgia, central #Tennessee and the western #Florida Panhandle.

"'We have a lot of confidence that we most likely will have a tornado outbreak tomorrow,' Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Evan Bentley said in an online briefing."

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-tornadoes-fire-blizzard-be7fe7207d483252d9ff31df58209d2b?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#ExtremeWeather #Polycrisis #USWx #Tornadoes TornadoWarnings #TornadoOutbreak #BadDOGE #NWS
WE NEED #NationalWeatherService
#NoCutsToNWS #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Disasters


Hey guys did you know hiring people with darker skin and funny accents causes plane crashes?

Just ask #trump cuz he is blaming the plane accident in #washingtondc on diversity hiring practices.

Not him gutting the FAA like a definition of the stupidest person I know.

You know what the last thing I would ever cut is?

The guy in charge of whether flying planes is perfectly safe or 100% deadly for everyone involved.

#USpolitics #uspol #humor #darkhumor #disasters #dcplanecrash #politics


Note how the US #medicalcare shitstem falls apart in crises and #disasters. Four hour wait just to unload the ambulance. 😗
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/113890928576048054 #Hospitals
Latest ER "wall time" update as of 1/25/24. 4 hour wait time at the ER last night for the medic in the family to unload patients. (not enough beds at the ER/hospital). They were running out of ambulances, so in many cases fire crews (in our county, Medic Engines) will sit with a patient at their home until an ambulance can be freed up for transport. Advice from the medic: "NOW IS NOT THE WEEK TO GET SICK OR GET HURT". (in case you're thinking about doing the Milk Crate Challenge this week).


Marketplace NPR program had a helpful segment on today, with the CA Insurance commish. Except for the part about googling for the phone number, there was some helpful info in there.

#CAWildfires #wildfires #EatonFire #PallisadesFire #insurance #Disasters

https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/navigating-the-maze-of-insurance-after-destructive-fires/


#Random

Fixed something which has been bothering me for a few years. Every time there's a emergency/disaster, our local amateur radio airwaves go quiet (typically, because local repeaters stop working). So I've taken over the output frequency on the hour (er... more or less on the hour) to provide status updates to anyone who might hear me. Just so people know someone is out there.

(still have phone/Internet around here, so people still can get info... but it's been bugging me for years no one gets on at all to distribute info--not even for practice or to keep everyone fresh).

#disasters #hamradio


The Hollywood Reporter

A Lahaina Fire Survivor’s Step-by-Step Guide to Recovering From Tragedy and What to Do First

A former Billboard editor-in-chief (and THR music editor) and her family escaped the inferno that reduced her beloved Maui town to ashes. She offers actionable steps for those in the same position following the blazes raging across Los Angeles.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-news/lahaina-fire-survivor-guide-recovering-tragedy-what-to-do-1236107722/

#wildfires #EatonFire #PalisadesFire #LahainaFire #firewx #disasters


#wildfires #losangeles

For price gouging information and reporting in Los Angeles County

Consumer & Business Affairs
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320 W. Temple St. Room G-10,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 974-9750
Fax: (213) 687-0233
deba@dcba.lacounty.gov
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#LACounty #PriceGouging #disasters #LAfires https://mastodon.social/@kellyromanych/113811624151524227


#LAfires #wildfires #dogsofmastodon #catsofmastodon #AnimalRescue #animals #boost #disasters

Many rescues desperately need fosters. If you are in the area and able, you can do so through the following:

@LACoAnimalCare:
animalcare.lacounty.gov/become-a-foste…

@sdhumane:
sdhumane.org/support-us/vol…

@wagsandwalks:
wagsandwalks.org/foster-la

@PasadenaHumane:
email foster@pasadenahumane.org


For price gouging information and reporting in Los Angeles County

Consumer & Business Affairs
Rafael Carbajal, Director
320 W. Temple St. Room G-10,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 974-9750
Fax: (213) 687-0233
deba@dcba.lacounty.gov
dcba.lacounty.gov

#LACounty #PriceGouging #disasters #LAfires


This photo caught me: a Mexican firefighter who has come to #SoCal to help fight American fires rescued an American kitten

So much for Trump's lies about Mexicans

#LAfires #disasters #Mexico #Mexicans #altruism #photography #TrumpIsAMonster #catsofmastodon
Photo of Mexican firefighter in full turnout at the scene of the fires. He's gazing down at a small kitten wrapped in a light blue towel poking its head out of his gear bag against his chest


https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/drone-collides-with-firefighting-aircraft-over-palisades-fire-faa-says

Don't fly your goddamn drones over fires. It grounded a plane when no one has enough of any of this equipment during a disaster. There is no conceivable scenario where anyone needs to do this.

#LAFires #Drones #Disasters


I have been trying to keep up with what's going on in Los Angeles County. It's absolutely wild to me that this kind of severe fire event is happening in January. That never happened when I was growing up. The scenes I am seeing in my feeds are heartbreaking.

Aloha from Maui.

#wildfires #losangeles #wx #SantaAnaWinds #fires #disasters #California