http://projectdisaster.com Disasters, Terrorism, Preparedness, Emerging Infections, Response, Mitigation Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/nyregion/09safety.html?th&emc=th NYT February 8, 2010 The Venting of Gas From Pipes Has Been Fatal in the Past By RUSS BUETTNER In 1999, workers taking a boiler out of service at a power plant in Dearborn, Mich., mistakenly blew natural gas from the surrounding pipes into the boiler, where it built up, met with something ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22509 Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/nyregion/09victims.html?th&emc=th NYT February 8, 2010 Blast Victims Served Their Communities By MICHAEL WILSON and KAREN ZRAICK MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Their obituaries will call them pipe fitters, and they will not be wrong, but they certainly will not be exactly right. The work these men did went far beyond threading and brazing, welding and rigging ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22506 Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/earth/09climate.html?th&emc=th NYT February 9, 2010 U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Just over two years ago, Rajendra K. Pachauri seemed destined for a scientist’s version of sainthood: A vegetarian economist-engineer who leads the United Nations’ climate change panel, he accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22503 BBC, 2/9/10:  "The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says....The report said ice had probably formed within the fuel system from water that occurred naturally in the fuel...." Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/england/london/8504734.stm http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22500 Feb 8, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – "Egypt's health ministry has announced two new human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, both in women who had exposure to sick birds, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. One of the patients is a 40-year-old woman from Banha district in Daquahliya governorate, northeast of ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22497 Date: 13 Jan 2010 Source: Examiner.com [edited] <http://www.examiner.com/x-7707-Infectious-Disease-Examiner~y2010m1d13-Another-cougar-dies-of-plague-in-Yellowstone-area> The 5th cougar [actually the 6th. - Mod.MHJ] to succumb to the plague in recent years was found at the southern end of Grand Teton National Park in recent days. The female cat was known in the area of Jackson, Wyoming for wandering around the region. The 6-year-old cat ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22495 During the storm that brought record snow fall to the mid-Atlantic states, impassable roadways, and power outages to thousands, Washington Hospital Center was also dealing with a fire.According to WTOP.com, a local radio news Web site, fire originated after a nearby snow plow truck caught fire. The vehicle was ablaze ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22492 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/08/AR2010020803750.html Limited bus and rail service tests Metro and its users By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 9, 2010; A05 Metrorail service will be extended Tuesday to some aboveground stations, although the time between trains will continue to be 30 minutes, Metro said Monday night. Rail and a modified bus ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22491 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100209/NEWS06/2090310/1322/Granholm-Carp-battle-is-urgent&template=fullarticle Posted: Feb. 9, 2010 Granholm: Carp battle is urgent BY TINA LAM and TODD SPANGLER Everything short of shutting Chicago-area locks falls short, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said after an hour-long White House summit Monday on Asian carp. "We strongly urged them to close the locks," Granholm said, saying her views were echoed in ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22490 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630404575054112619147510.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines Man Pulled From Rubble in Haiti Nearly 4 Weeks After Earthquake By JOEL MILLMAN and DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A 28-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a market in Port-au-Prince on Monday and has been admitted to the University of Miami's field hospital in the capital, adjacent to the ... http://projectdisaster.com/?p=22489