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The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For November 29, 2000
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or Significant
Icing Forecast
=> USA Flood Report
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
=> USA Earthquake Report
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
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=> Article RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES Governing Board meeting
special edition FEDERATION NEWS 06/00 29 November 2000
=> Article USFS Fire News -- Rattlesnake Fire: Six Months Later
=> Article USFS Fire News -- Fire Safety Study Ordered at National Labs
=> Article FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program Fund Distribution
Announced
=> Article U.S. Weather Threats Assessment Valid Friday, December 1, 2000 -
Tuesday,
December 12, 2000.
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Tue...85 At Mcallen TX
Low Wed...15 Below Zero At West Yellowstone MT
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Wed Nov 29 12:03:23 2000
Flood
Louisiana
Texas
FOR THE ATTOYAC BAYOU NEAR CHIRENO TEXAS...MINOR FLOODING HAS
DEVELOPED DUE TO ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN
TEXAS
DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Non Precipitation
California
Nevada
A STRONG COLD TO BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND WESTERN NEVADA...
Colorado
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST UTAH AND
NORTHWEST COLORADO...
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPACT LOW PRESSURE OVER
MINNESOTA... AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE DAKOTAS AND
NEBRASKA WILL CREATE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING
New Mexico
Texas
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GUADALUPE PASS THIS MORNING
Oregon
Washington
...HIGH WIND WATCH CONTINUES FOR COASTAL HEADLANDS ALONG THE
SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COASTS TONIGHT...
Utah
WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
Wyoming
HIGH WIND WATCH LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING...
Winter Storm
California
SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET TODAY...
WINTER STORM TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN
SIERRA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA ON TODAY...
Idaho
HEAVY SNOW WARNING TODAY...
STRONG UP SLOPE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
SNOW ALONG THE CASCADES EAST SLOPES TODAY.
Minnesota
SNOW PILING UP IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND
North Dakota
TRAVELERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION BECAUSE OF SNOW COVERED
AND ICY ROADS.
Nevada
WINTER STORM TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN
SIERRA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA ON TODAY...
Oregon
WINTER WEATHER WILL COVER THE AREA TODAY...
Washington
HEAVY SNOW WARNING TODAY...
STRONG UP SLOPE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
SNOW ALONG THE CASCADES EAST SLOPES TODAY.
Wisconsin
STEADY LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...WILL
TAPER OFF BY 12 NOON. ACCUMULATIONS WILL TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES NORTH
OF MILWAUKEE
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
The forecast probability of an event is by the stated percentage or greater
for the event, within 25 miles of any point for the area described.
Tornado Risk - Slight
There is less than a 2% probability of a tornado.
Hail Risk - Slight
There is a 5% probability of hail 3/4 inch or larger over north central
California
Wind Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots.
Tomorrow's Risk -
There is less than a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow.
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or
Significant
Icing Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
The 24 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 2 inches of rainfall
over northeast central
California.
One inch is forecast over portions of western Washington, western Oregon,
northern California, and
coastal areas of southeast Florida.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 1 inch of
rainfall over northwest
Washington.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood values.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
The probability of heavy snow is low over western central Pennsylvania
The probability of significant icing is less than 20 percent.
Tomorrow the probability of heavy snow is low over central to northwest
South Dakota.
The probability of significant icing is less than 20 percent.
=> USA Flood Report
NATIONAL HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
09:00 AM EST WED NOV 29 2000
FLOOD SUMMARY
RESIDUAL SOUTHERN FLOODING
MOSTLY MINOR RESIDUAL FLOODING ON A FEW RIVERS IN TEXAS,
ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA FROM HEAVY RAINS
LATE LAST WEEK.
FLASH FLOODING:
THERE WAS NO FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD AND/OR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD ADVISORIES ISSUED DURING THE PAST DAY.
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE (IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER, BY STATE):
ARKANSAS: THE CACHE AND OUACHITA RIVERS
ILLINOIS: THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER
LOUISIANA: THE CALCASIEU RIVER, BAYOU DORCHEAT
MISSISSIPPI: THE UPPER BIG BLACK RIVER
TEXAS: THE GUADALUPE AND SULPHUR RIVERS; BLACK CYPRESS BAYOU;
WHITE OAK CREEK
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
Not updated since FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2000 - 1000 MST
=> USA Earthquake Report
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
GOLDEN, COLORADO
LISTS OF U.S. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LAST 30 HOURS
Prepared by USGS/NEIC 2000 NOV 29 at 00:15 UTC
NO EVENTS
AN EARTHQUAKE, PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 5.9, OCCURRED AT
0136 AST ON NOV 29, OR 0236 PST ON NOV 29, OR 1036 UTC ON NOV 29.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAS LOCATED 100 MILES SW OF FAIRBANKS, AK.
OR 40 MILES NW OF DENALI PARK, AK.
AT 63.9N, 150.2W, 6 MILES DEEP.
00/11/29 10:25:14.70
NEAR COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE
Epicenter: -24.535 -70.664
MW 6.4
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
No reports received
Hail Reports
No reports received
Wind Reports
No reports received
Fields marked UNK are unknown
All Times UTC
Wind Gusts in MPH
Hail Sizes in 1/100 of an Inch (75 = 0.75")
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=> RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIESGoverning Board meeting
special edition FEDERATION NEWS 06/00 29 November 2000
Headlines in the document
-Governing Board meeting special edition
-Members adopt bold approach to implement
Strategy 2010
-National Societies urged to support efforts over emblem issue
-Advocacy positions receive backing
-Meeting welcomes senior appointments
-President reaffirms commitment on volunteers
This special edition of Federation News brings you the main decisions
and discussion topics from the second session of the Governing Board
in Geneva, between November 10 and 12. The weekend-long discussions
were described by the Secretary General, Didier Cherpitel, as positive
and focussed on the key issues. "There was a real sense of enthusiasm
for grappling with the challenges ahead," he said.
Members adopt bold approach to implement Strategy 2010
The upbeat mood of the Board meeting was reflected in a series of
decisions on implementation of Strategy 2010 (S2010). Members made
clear their willingness to ensure that Federation programmes better
address the needs of the most vulnerable. In order to achieve this,
programming needs to be more effectively planned, targeted and
co-ordinated at all levels.
A key component of the implementation is the establishment of a joint
Board/Secretariat task force to develop a `report card' which will
monitor progress in the three strategic directions set out in S2010:
responsive and focused National Society programmes; well-functioning
National Societies; and working together effectively. Effectiveness in
each of these areas will be measured against the 10 expected results
which are also detailed in the strategy.
The task force will be chaired by Federation vice-president Janet
Davidson and will also comprise vice-president V. Ramalingam from the
Indian Red Cross, Freddy Pedersen from the Danish Red Cross and
Shimelis Adugna from the Ethiopian Red Cross, with three members from
the Secretariat. The Governing Board also agreed to shaping the
General Assembly agenda in line with the S2010 directions.
National Societies urged to support efforts over emblem issue
The Board called on all National Societies to actively and publicly
support the work underway to resolve the emblem issue through the
adoption of the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions.
It considered that the draft circulated to member states on 12 October
was a sound basis for the future work. The meeting noted the value of
the additional emblem for protective purposes and regretted that it
had not yet been possible to hold the Diplomatic Conference.
Members agreed that the emblem question should be resolved as soon as
possible and requested that the Secretary General use all appropriate
means to ensure the adoption of the Protocol and the consequent
amendments to the Statutes of the Movement.
Advocacy positions receive backing
The Board adopted three Federation advocacy positions for the areas
of disaster preparedness, humanitarian impact of sanctions, and
international public health, particularly HIV/AIDS.
In terms of disaster preparedness, the key messages that the
Federation will seek to pursue include that Governments should also
take the lead in establishing and updating preparedness plans
involving Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies at national and local level
and the need for a set of coherent legal regulations (International
Disaster Response Law) so that assistance can be more efficient and
effective.
In the area of humanitarian impact of sanctions, the Board agreed that
such economic measures, whatever their intent, often affect the most
vulnerable disproportionately. Members supported the proposed
Federation position that the United Nations should take account of
this and specifically provide mechanisms to exempt humanitarian
assistance from sanctions.
On the issue of international public health, and particularly
HIV/AIDS, it was agreed that the advocacy strategy should include a
focus on the community level where the fight against preventable
disease would be won or lost. The Board said programmes must include
capacity building of the local health system involving volunteer-based
organizations and that provision of supplies and materials alone is
not enough.
It was also decided that all sectors, including the Red Cross/Red
Crescent and governments, should take the lead in breaking the silence
over discussion of sex and HIV/AIDS as well as preventing
discrimination and avoiding stigmatisation.
Meeting welcomes senior appointments
The Board approved the Secretary General's choice of three division
directors (the post of "director" has replaced that of
"Under-Secretary General") who will be key figures in the
Secretariat's new six-division structure.
Ernst Ligteringen will head Programme Co-ordination after finishing up
in his current post as executive director of Oxfam International. He
previously worked with Oxfam GB, and the Canadian NGO CUSO, and has
extensive experience in developmental programming throughout the
world. Ernst, who is Dutch, will take up his position on February 15,
2001.
John Burke will be the new director of Corporate Services. He has vast
experience at senior levels in the private sector, particularly in
communications, human resources and marketing. He was also director of
communications and corporate relations at the World Conservation
Union. John, who is Irish, has lived with his family in Switzerland
for some time.
Jean Ayoub is an economist from Lebanon with long experience in the
Movement who has been appointed as the director of Disaster Management
and Co-ordination. He was Director of Operations with the Lebanese
Red Cross from 1982 to 1987. He worked as a consultant with ICRC
before joining the Federation in 1990 as Head of Delegation in Haiti
and then Head of Delegation for Former Yugoslavia. He has most
recently been acting USG for Operations.
President reaffirms commitment on volunteers
International Federation President Dr. Astrid Heiberg reaffirmed the
organization's commitment to volunteers, during her closing remarks to
the meeting. She said that the Board was determined to take a
leadership role in the International Year of Volunteers 2001
(IYV2001). Earlier, the session approved three key dates for the
Federation's celebration of IYV2001: International Volunteer Day,
December 5, 2000 (the start of IYV2001); World Red Cross/Red Crescent
Day, May 8, 2001; and International Volunteer Day, December 5, 2001
(the closing of IYV2001).
Members also agreed to launch the Governing Board's own Volunteering
Initiative next May and urged National Societies to forge ahead with
their own such projects during the year.
More news about International Federation and National Society
activities is available on our web site at: www.ifrc.org/news/
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=>USFS Fire News -- Rattlesnake Fire: Six Months Later
NOVEMBER 28 -- TUCSON, AZ: A smoke plume that looked like a volcanic
eruption billowed
over Tucson last June. Flames near Rattlesnake Peak were visible at night to
residents of this
southern Arizona city. Though it seemed at the time that the Rattlesnake
Fire was "destroying" the
saguaro-spiked desert terrain, biologists and fire managers say the 838-acre
blaze was good
medicine for desert habitat in need of a "housecleaning."
Steve Romero, a Forest Service biologist, told the Arizona Star that fire is
a part of the natural
system. "People looked up at that fire and called it devastation," he said.
"But the end result wasn't
really devastating." Romero, who recently hiked into the burn area to assess
the affects of the fire,
explained that it recycled nutrients into the soil and opened habitat for
wildlife. "Once in a while we
do some housecleaning," said Romero. "This is nature's way of doing the same
thing."
Fighting the fire required about 400 firefighters, four airtankers, six
helicopters, and $1 million in
suppression costs. The fire burned to within a mile of the Tucson
wildland/urban interface before
being controlled on June 12. Rocky Tow, assistant district fire management
officer with the Forest
Service, said there was a concern that the fire could head upslope toward
the mountain community
of Summerhaven.
Now though, nearly six months later, the area is greening up with new
grasses. "The ground cover
and undercover seem to be rejuvenating pretty well," said Romero. "Some of
these areas were black
after the fire, but all the moisture we've had in the last couple of months
is helping it green up again."
Some vegetation, though, will take years - even decades - to come back. Some
mature oaks, for
example, were merely singed, but others were consumed by the flames. Their
shade and
slope-stabilizing root systems will be lost until new seedlings take hold.
Romero explained that the
fire will indirectly nourish the new vegetation. "Fires provide new
nutrients in the soil," he said,
explaining that burned vegetation acts as a soil booster, rich in organic
ingredients.
Many Tucson residents were worried about wildlife as they watched the
Rattlesnake Fire ravage the
slopes. But Romero said that wildlife fare better in the face of fire than
people might expect. He said
most birds and mammals simply move out of the fire's path. Wildlife in the
area include whitetail
deer, cougar, bobcats, javelina, bears and bighorn sheep - remnants of a
herd that once flourished in
the Catalinas.
"A fire like this can be a very good habitat improvement for bighorn sheep,"
Romero said. "It
removes dense vegetation and provides visual corridors." Any boon to bighorn
survival is critical in
the Catalinas, where a once-thriving herd of more than 100 sheep has
dwindled to 10 or fewer
animals.
The story and video footage of the fire area are online from the Arizona
Star; the Coronado National
Forest is also online and has more fire information available.
=> USFS Fire News -- Fire Safety Study Ordered at National Labs
NOVEMBER 27 -- LIVERMORE, CA: A group of fire experts will examine the
safety of U.S.
Department of Energy sites nationwide, including three East Bay labs -
Lawrence Berkeley,
Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia/California - according to a report in the
Contra Costa Times. The
two-year study of fire risk at DOE sites will be conducted by a national
panel of fire experts,
including Andrea Tuttle, director of the California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection. The
study follows up on the nation's most damaging fire season in decades, which
included fires at three
western DOE sites; fires threatened the Hanford site in Washington state and
the Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. The most damaging fire was at the
Los Alamos lab in
New Mexico, which is operated by the University of California. The Cerro
Grande Fire there
destroyed hundreds of homes and caused $300 million in damage at the lab
itself.
According to the Albuquerque Journal, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson
chartered the blue-ribbon
panel of fire experts to help plan for fires that threaten DOE facilities.
The panel will devise strategies
to prevent similar damage from future fires.
"Because the risk is so great and the stakes are so high - no less than life
and death - we have to
do more to prevent and prepare for fires," Richardson said. The 16-member
commission, which
includes engineers, firefighters, attorneys, and other professionals, will
assess DOE's existing
fire-safety programs and recommend improvements. The commission is chartered
for two years, but
Richardson said he hopes some of their work will be complete in time to help
the DOE prepare for
next summer's fire season. The commission also will review the DOE's
fire-prevention equipment
and technology and make sure it is adequate.
"If you look at the excessive amount of fires this summer, who knows, it
could happen again," said
Richardson. "After all, we are talking about nuclear weapons facilities."
DOE sites often house expensive scientific equipment and nuclear materials
such as plutonium and
uranium. But the DOE is also the nation's fifth largest land owner,
Richardson said, so the panel's
recommendations could affect the way fires are handled on a regional basis.
Lawrence Livermore and Sandia/California, served by the Livermore lab's
40-person fire
department, isn't faced with the wildland/urban interface problem common to
many of this year's
fires. Fire Chief John Sharry said that Lawrence Livermore's main site is
nearly completely built out,
and, across the street, Sandia/California manages its 400 acres of open
space with mowing and
tilling. The greatest fire danger is at Lawrence Livermore's Site 300, in
the hills between Livermore
and Tracy where the lab conducts high-explosives experiments. For 40 years,
the lab has used
prescribed burning around buildings and along the 7000-acre perimeter to
prevent fires on lab land
from spreading and to keep fires that originate on surrounding ranch land
from damaging lab
property.
After the Berkeley and Oakland hills fires in 1991, Lawrence Berkeley lab
assessed their wildfire
threat and cleaned up brush in the area. They used a computer model to
determine where the fire
threat was highest, according to Don Bell, manager of security and emergency
services. Their fire
department began working closely with local fire agencies, both in
developing preventive measures
and responding to emergency calls.
Richardson said the DOE intends to make the best possible use of federal
resources - both people
and equipment. "We have to do our best to prevent fires and to take
aggressive action to fight fires
when and if they occur," he said. The commission will place a special
emphasis on planning for
coordination of firefighting agencies in the event of a catastrophic fire.
It also will devise new
strategies for battling fires in the wildland/urban interface such as the
areas at Los Alamos, where
thick forests abut heavily developed areas. The stories are online from the
Contra Costa Times and
the Albuquerque Journal.
=> FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program Fund Distribution Announced
FY2001 Funding Allocations - Word Document, 277 Kb
http://www.fema.gov/nwz00/allocations19.doc
Adobe PDF Document, 116 Kb
http://www.fema.gov/nwz00/allocations19.pdf
Washington, November 29, 2000 -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) today
announced $140 million will be distributed via the Emergency Food and
Shelter Program (EFSP)
National Board. The funds will go to thousands of non-profit and local
government agencies across
the nation to help feed the hungry, shelter the homeless and prevent hunger
and homelessness from
occurring during fiscal year 2001 (Oct. 1, 2000 through Sept. 30, 2001).
"The Emergency Food And Shelter Program's supplemental funds continue to
assist thousands of
people facing non-disaster emergencies," said FEMA Director James Lee Witt.
"Over the past 18
years, Congress has appropriated more than $2 billion for this program."
The basic operating principles since the program's inception in 1983 are
fast response, allocations to
neediest areas of the country, public/private sector cooperation, minimum
but accountable reporting
and local decision making.
"The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program is an outstanding
model of
public/private partnership and this year's record setting appropriation is
attributed to the stewardship
by the National Board and the administration by the local agencies," said
EFSP National Board
Chairperson Kay Goss, who is FEMA's Associate Director for Preparedness,
Training and
Exercises. "Each year, the National Board develops a formula based on
national unemployment and
poverty rates to determine funding distribution." The EFSP National Board
has representatives from
the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, Council of
Jewish Federations,
The United Way, and The National Council of Churches.
The public/private partnership carries through to the grassroots level as
local boards determine how
to use EFSP funds in their communities. Each jurisdiction (county/city)
receiving EFSP funds
establishes a local board whose composition mirrors the National Board.
Local boards advertise the
availability of funds, establish local priorities, select the nonprofit and
government agencies to receive
EFSP funding and monitor program compliance.
"We all take great pride in a program that so efficiently distributes
federal funds by relying on a
continuing partnership between FEMA and dedicated charitable organizations,"
Witt said. "With a
minimum of paperwork and bureaucracy, the Emergency Food and Shelter Program
is an example
of how the federal government can help communities help themselves."
Detailed information including a breakdown of funding allocations is
available online from the EFSP
National Board Web site at www.efsp.unitedway.org.
=> U.S. Weather Threats Assessment Valid Friday, December 1, 2000 -
Tuesday,
December 12, 2000.
Summary of Forecasts & Threats
SYNOPSIS: A series of storms will bring heavy snow, high winds and tides to
southeast Alaska
during the period. Recent precipitation has significantly eased drought in
many parts of the country,
especially the South, but serious short and long-term drought persists in
central Florida and western
North Carolina/ eastern Tennessee, with no major improvement forecast.
THREATS
A series of intense storms will affect southeast Alaska, bringing strong
winds, high waves and tides,
and heavy rain and snow.
Drought continues across the central Florida peninsula as well as western
North Carolina and
eastern Tennessee, but recent rains have significantly diminished drought in
other parts of the
country.
DETAILED SUMMARY
For Friday December 1 through Sunday November 3: No significant threats are
forecast, as blustery
weather dominates the Northeast and wet, windy weather affects the Pacific
Northwest. Cold, wet,
and windy weather dominates Alaska.
For Monday December 3 through Tuesday December 12: Intense winter storms
will batter the
coastal areas of Alaska, with particularly strong storms expected to move
from the Alaskan Gulf into
southeastern Alaska around December 4-5 and again December 6-8. Canadian
high pressure will
dominate the East through about Wednesday December 6, with milder air to
follow. Low pressure
will bring abundant precipitation to western and central parts of the
country, but no major relief is
forecast for drought areas in the central Appalachians and in central
Florida.
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