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Deadliest Weather
Which of these severe weather events has the highest number of annual weather-related fatalities: Flood, Lightning, Tornado, Heat, Cold, Wind?
Extension recognized as StormReady Support
The Breathitt County Extension office recently was named the first in the nation to be recognized by the National Weather Service as a StormReady Supporter.
Kentucky County Extension Nation's First StormReady Supporter
The Breathitt County Extension office recently was named the first in the nation to be recognized by the National Weather Service as a StormReady Supporter.
LaHouse offers Gulf Coast Construction Seminars
The Louisiana House Resource Center (LaHouse) is bringing Joe Lstiburek to LSU December 15, 2005 to offer two hurricane recovery-related seminars. Each seminar program will include a guided tour of LaHouse.
TRAINING: Rebuilding Lives After Katrina and Rita
A distance education training is being offered via Centra Symposium web conferencing, featuring specialists working to help the hurricane victims rebuild their lives. This training is being made available via CYFERnet.
Guide for Sponsoring a Displaced Katrina Family in Your Community
The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) has developed an excellent manual on how to sponsor a displaced family in your community. For a copy of this Manual see: http://www.lirs.org/InfoRes/PDFs/SponsorshipGuideK atrina.pdf
RESOURCES for Hurricane Katrina
Are you looking for particular resources to help in the recovery process of Hurricane Katrina? Visit EDEN's Resources from Land Grant Universities and Federal Agencies continually growing Web page.
Replacing Your Vital Documents
How to replace vital documents destroyed by Hurricane Katrina .
Helping Victims of Hurricane Katrina
It is important to ensure that your donations are to a legitimate disaster relief organization with the experience and means to deliver aid.
Hurricane Katrina: Extension Helping Extension
If you are seeking resources for outside help, if you have resources you feel would be helpful, or if you have an expertise that could be utilized in the recovery phase of this hurricane, submit information.
Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Making landfall on the morning of August 29, Hurricane Katrina has left a path of destruction felt by millions
Free Computer-based Agroterrorism Awareness Courses Now Available
The University of Kentucky is now offering two new computer-based agroterrorism awareness courses that illustrate the potential for terrorist attacks on crops, livestock, and the U.S. food supply.
Avian Influenza: What is it and how does it spread?
Worldwide, there are many strains of avian influenza (AI) virus that can cause varying amounts of clinical illness in poultry.
Potential 3rd US Case of BSE Was Negative on Further Tests
Samples from a suspected 3rd case of BSE in the US were negative for BSE on further testing.
Electrical Safety Precautions During Hurricanes
The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) warns consumers to beware of the dangers hurricanes cause when water comes in contact with electricity.
London Bombings
EDEN posts information on the London Bombings that will address issues for U.S. citizens.
2005 Atlantic Hurricane Outlook
Hurricane forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are predicting another above-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic on the heels of last year's destructive and historic hurricane season.
Investigation of U.S. Traveler with Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
On May 13 a U.S. patient with XDR TB arrived in Paris and had departed on Air France flight 385 from Atlanta. The patient returned to the United States on Czech Air flight 0104 and then entered the United States by car.
North Carolina Extension Centers Serve as Hurricane Recovery Application Centers
As part of a statewide effort known as Operation Brighter Day, citizens are now coming to 50 County Extension Centers in North Carolina to apply for hurricane recovery assistance.
Penn State Contributes to USDA One-Stop Soybean Rust Web Site
"The one-stop federal resource, on the Web at http://www.usda.gov/soybeanrust provides up-to-date forecasts on the location and severity of soybean rust outbreaks in the United States, Caribbean basin and Central America."
First Detector Educator Training at NACAA
NPDN is offering its FDE training at the 2005 NACAA Meeting in Buffalo, New York, July 21, Noon - 4. Advance Registration is required.
Protecting the Food Supply - Raising Awareness
Training developed jointly by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, Food and Nutrition Service, and Agricultural Marketing Service and HHS' Food and Drug Administration.
LSU announces ODP - Approved Agrosecurity Course
LSU will deliver ODP's Preparedness and Response to Agricultural Terrorism course nationwide. For these sponsored sessions, NCBRT will provide course instructors and the equipment needed for the course at no cost to the jurisdiction requesting training.
First Annual International Symposium on Agroterroismm
May 2-6, 2005 in Kansas City, Missouri. This event will bring together key people to discuss relevant issues related to Agroterrorism, defined as livestock, crops and the food processing systems.
GAO Report to Congress on Homeland Security Now Available
The March 2005 GAO report to Congress: Homeland Security, Much Is Being Done to Protect Agriculture from a Terrorist Attack, but Important Challenges Remain, is available online.
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