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Sato Ashida, a researcher at the University of Iowa, has developed PrepWise, an informational guide that helps Iowans - especially seniors - with planning the next steps after an emergency. While the guide will help diminish planning barriers, state officials believe that access to seniors' personal information will improve recovery, but privacy remains an issue.
The biggest natural hazard in Colorado is avalanches - it leads the nation in avalanche injuries and deaths, mostly of backcountry skiers, boarders and snowmobilers, reports Gazette Communications. Colorado's highway department (CDOT) is planning to install a new type of mountain-top avalanche prevention system...
'Although there are likely to be lessons learned from Japan that will apply to emergency preparedness, I do not think that we need to wait to implement the many enhancements that this rule will provide,' said Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko...
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