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Just how bad was that storm last March?
California's Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) has just released a compelling 9-minute documentary that tells the story of this year's spring storm and flooding. The video, embedded below, shows how a persistent low pressure system parked itself over the Pacific Ocean, and spent 12 days pushing relentless bursts of heavy rains, paralyzing snow and high winds across the state. When it was all over,the resylt was more than $50 million in damages that left dozens of major roads impassable, and the town of Capitola flooded. Gov. Jerry Brown was forced to declare a state of emergency for 17 counties. The status of the federal response to California's aid request is a kicker near the end of the video.
"It's difficult for people to appreciate the sheer magnitude of this disaster because of the wide spread affects in different parts of the state," said Mike Dayton, Acting Secretary of Cal EMA. "We decided the best way to educate people about this disaster was to document the impacts on video and talk to experts who explain how unusual, and powerful, this storm system really was."
The video includes as-it-happened video footage of a major landslide on Nelson Road in Santa Cruz County, as well as home-video of flood waters raging through downtown Capitola, inundating their police department and emergency operations center. It also features interviews with an expert from the National Weather Service in Monterey; officials from Santa Cruz County, the most severely affected area in the state, and California emergency managers.
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The Climate Protection Campaign has just released a new video explaining their work and unveiling a new initiative to help achieve Sonoma County's goal of dropping emmissions levels to 25% below 1990 levels by 2015.
The Campaign is leading efforts to create a sustainable local model for energy conservation that other communities can follow. Toward that end, they’ve just announcedtheir new “Real-Time Ride Sharing Program” which pairs drivers and riders using Smart Phone technology, and provides stipends for the drivers.
The Sonoma County Transit Authority has put out an RFP to provide and customize real-time ridesharing software for the pilot program. Here’s the link for more information: http://climateprotection.org/request-for-proposals-real-time-ridesharing-software
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Denise Cadman, a biologist and educator working for the City of Santa Rosa and a long time supporter of the Laguna Foundation, is requesting your stories and art for a Laguna Bird Anthology project. If you would consider contributing or want to know more about the project please read her invitation below.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued this year’s first Spare the Air Health Alertfor tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21. There is no free transit tomorrow and there is no wood burning ban in place. Everyone is encouraged to drive less and reduce their energy use.
“Pollution in our air every day creates smog when temperatures are high,” said Jack Broadbent, executive officer of the Air District. “This alert is a reminder to us all that we must reduce the amount of pollution we generate every day to avoid unhealthy air when the weather turns hot.”
Motor vehicle exhaust, gasoline vapors, industrial emissions and household chemicals contain volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides that combine with oxygen in the presence of heat and sunlight to form ground-level ozone. Breathing ozone can cause throat irritation, congestion and chest pain. It can trigger asthma, inflame the lining of the lungs and worsen bronchitis and emphysema.
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