Recovery

'Owning two properties on (Balboa) Island, it would save me approximately $6,400 a year.'

The emphasis on 24-hour service — hurricane or shine — has earned the company a reputation among professional emergency managers, who make rough estimates of storm damage by looking to the local Waffle House.

Regions other than the West are now facing large wildland fires.

Lake water levels are already 19 inches higher than average, and are on track to rise another 11 inches by May 14, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

City will continue more modern communications with some added twists.

The computer screens, televisions, generators, radios and anything else needed to communicate with the outside world have been inside what is basically one giant safe room.

Think Hatfields and McCoys, Sharks and Jets — and Harris Corp. and Motorola Solutions.

Public entities in the county and select nonprofits, in some cases, are just beginning to receive what should amount to well over $3 million in public assistance funding in the county’s efforts to recover from the wildfire that swept through Gatlinburg and beyond on Nov. 28.

'I think it’s fair to say we have not had a successful storm from a communications standpoint in memory.'

Portland Public Schools is widely known for dangers such as lead-tainted water and old, risky buildings that are unlikely to withstand an earthquake.

'This is the perfect time for families, communities, schools and local businesses to review and talk about their emergency plans and how they can prepare for the upcoming severe weather season.'

This hurricane season, an array of products will alert to killer storm surge, predict arrival time of damaging winds and show storm size.

'These girls were screaming that there was a bear in their attic trying to get out. They said [the bear's] toes were sticking out from under the door.'

The exercise was part of the team’s Emergency Building Shoring Training and members were tasked with fortifying a building.

From a different building on campus, a woman called 911 to say she saw Collins evacuating rapidly, people were telling students to run fast, and someone waved to her and said to call.