Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
Susan Lee, who signed up for the alert app Nixle, did not get any alerts specific to her west Altadena neighborhood before she and her family ... plan directed the city's Emergency Management ...
L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles wildfires. Some were sent to too many people, some to too few.
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Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
Cyclone Zelia as it happened: WA prepares for category five weather system to hit state’s Pilbara region
The West Australian mining towns of Karratha and Port Hedland are both at risk of a “direct impact” from Severe Tropical ...
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Supporters of West Hills incorporation see more flexibility with their properties
The proposed town of West Hills, located on 3,600 acres along S.R. 248 near Kamas, has met the state’s threshold to appear on ...
Once homeless, he has now lost his house to the Eaton fire. ‘This isn’t the first time I’ve had nothing’
A former foster youth was homeless at 18 and struggled to find housing. Two years ago he moved in with family in Altadena. The house has burned to the ground.
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The Best Cell Phone Plans
In addition, we crunched those same numbers for shared-use plans for two and four lines, because many Wirecutter readers have asked to see comparisons of family ... broadband map, based on carrier ...
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What’s Left of Post-War Gaza, ‘Forever’ Chemicals in Spain’s Water, and the United States of Deportation
The latest edition of our Top 10 in Data Journalism column also highlights the risks of nuclear war, drought in the Amazon, ...
Nothing says love like an emergency disaster plan
This Valentine’s Day, have you considered giving your loved one batteries, a first aid kit, canned food and an emergency disaster plan?
Linn County federal emergency rental assistance program ending soon
Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funds are running low. Linn County residents needing rent assistance ...