Year: 2009
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Bigger and Better Things
There's a water main break in Washington, DC this morning, but apparently they're not going to do about it until tomorrow: WASA crews are currently repairing a broken 12 inch water main located on 7th Street, NW between D Street and Indiana Avenue, NW. Some customers in the area will experience a disruption in water…
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Text messaging meditations in an emergency
The media loves these kinds of “silly-thing-was-important” stories, but mass text messaging from an emergency can serve a huge purpose in recovery effort (“careful– there’s gas leaks everywhere, “there’s a pocket of air in the bulkhead”, “approach fromthe left”, etc.) OMG: Text messaging an important part of response – Yahoo News Snodgrass was one of…
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Zoning Items from the January 22, 2009 Los Angeles Zoning Commission Meeting
Here's some pretty good zoning appeals that the Los Angeles City Planning Commission are going to be looking at next month. All of these items are excerpted from this document: http://lacity.org/pln/cityplnagenda/plncityplnagenda28557748_01222009.pdf CITY PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009, 8:30 A.M. VAN NUYS CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER, 2ND FLOOR 14410 SYLVAN STREET, VAN NUYS,…
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An Explanation of the Closing of Weiner’s Circle
An Explanation of the Closing of Weiner’s Circle, originally uploaded by juggernautco. I’m not sure if it’s open yet, but I went by the Weiner’s Circle, 2622 N Clark Street, on January 4, 2009, and say they had this Reaganesque (“mistakes were made”) explanation of their closing: To All Our Loyal Customers, No problem with…
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NYT: Using Technology in Disaster Preparedness
Good roundup of links for disaster prep: The Fix – Getting Ready at Home in Case Disaster Strikes – NYTimes.com So emergency organizations are beefing up efforts to make sure that homeowners and renters are prepared if disaster strikes. As troubling as that prospect is, the programs — from information services to technological advances involving…