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Emergency Management
Authorities at all levels have planned six months in advance of April 16, when the 122nd Boston Marathon race will take place. This year commemorates the fifth anniversary of the marathon bombings that left three dead and hundreds injured, and officials say their safety methods have adapted since that devastating day.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Rising sea levels have worsened the destruction that routine tidal flooding causes in the nation’s coastal communities. On the U.S. mainland, communities in Louisiana, Florida and Maryland are most at risk. Stemming the loss of life and property is a complex problem. Elected officials can enact policies to try to lessen the damage of future flooding. Engineers can retrofit vulnerable buildings.
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Route Fifty
On Tuesday, Waymo announced they’d purchase 20,000 sporty, electric self-driving vehicles from Jaguar for the company’s forthcoming ride-hailing service.
Waymo, Google’s sister company within Alphabet, held a press conference in New York for the unveiling of the vehicle, and most of the stories revolved around the luxury SUV’s look and feel.
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Campus Safety Magazine
Since tornado warnings began in 1950 and tornado watches started in 1952, 57 students and staff members have died in severe storm events at schools. Fifteen deaths occurred in the last two incidents; eight died in Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Alabama, in 2007, and seven died in Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma in 2013. Tornadoes are deadly and unpredictable. Preparing for them requires research and work.
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By Catherine Iste
 Even after all the seemingly nonstop, massive weather events around the country this winter, spring is still fighting its way into our lives. Encourage it by using these three tips to add a little spring to your step and re-energize at work. First, embrace whatever it is that makes it spring where you are and bring it to the office. Fresh asparagus at the farmer's market? Add it to a lunch salad. Spring blooms fighting their way through frozen ground? Put a bouquet in the break room.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
More than $421 million in claims have been filed since deadly mudslides tore through the coastal community of Montecito during extremely heavy January rains, California's insurance commissioner said Monday.
Insurers have received more than 2,000 claims for residential and commercial losses, commissioner Dave Jones announced. Those include $388 million for residential personal property, $27.2 million for commercial property and $6.7 million for auto and other lines of insurance.
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NBC News
When news broke last week of a hacking attack on Baltimore’s 911 system, Chad Howard felt a rush of nightmarish memories.
Howard, the information technology manager for Henry County, Tennessee, faced a similar intrusion in June 2016, in one of the country’s first so-called ransomware attacks on a 911 call center. The hackers shut down the center’s computerized dispatch system and demanded more than $2,000 in bitcoin to turn it back on.
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Government Technology
Two public agencies in opposite regions of the United States are using the same intelligent software and devices to resolve unique transportation needs around maintenance, construction and, above all, communication.
In urban New England, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) realized the agency needed a more efficient way to keep watch over thousands of state-owned signals that might “come into flash,” or cease to function properly, and to monitor its busier highways, according to traffic engineer Jeff Gomes.
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Domestic Preparedness
People, communities, businesses, and governments around the world are already experiencing the devastating human, economic, and environmental consequences of a changing climate. Many have been impacted by “acute climate shocks” such as wildfires, hurricanes, floods, heatwaves, and severe winter storms — resulting in the loss of lives, livelihoods and infrastructure.
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