Amateur Radio Operator – the True Survivalist by David Malin If there is one thing this hobby teaches its students is personal preparedness. Amateur Radio operators, also called ham radio operators, are usually hobbyists in radio electronics that like to plan for the unexpected and naturally perform emergency drills and for power outages. Most [...]
A week of problems at the San Onofre nuclear power plant has raised new safety concerns among some activists. Officials of Southern California Edison, which operates the facility and is a majority owner, insist that the plant is perfectly safe, but others say the mishaps are one more sign of problems. The situation …
Reductions in public health budgets at the federal, state and local levels threaten to further weaken disaster response, a report says. By Carolyne Krupa, amednews staff The country has made significant strides since the 2001 terrorist attacks in the ability of physicians, hospitals, health departments and others to respond to disasters. But …
The latest investigative report on the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, released Wednesday, is an important reminder of industry’s past carelessness and a summons to vigilance in the future. It could not have been more timely, coming just as the Interior Department was concluding its first auction of …
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