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Firms Demonstrate Casualty Evacuation with Unmanned Helicopter
2015-05-28 15:08:47| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
In late March, three defense firms worked together to conduct the first casualty evacuation using a KMAX unmanned cargo helicopter, according to Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Marine Corps relied on the unmanned KMAX from 2011 to 2014 to conduct resupply operations, delivering more than 4.5 million pounds of cargo during more than 1,900 combat missions.
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The Latest on flooding: Evacuation order in effect near dam
2015-05-25 01:46:47| Energy - Topix.net
Meteorologists say they have no reports of major damage from Sunday's storms, although 51 of Louisiana's 64 parishes and 30 of Mississippi's 82 counties are under a tornado watch. Entergy Mississippi is reporting more than 2,000 outages in Warren County, where Vicksburg is located, and 960 in neighboring Hinds County, which includes Jackson.
Alberta forest fire forces evacuation of oilsands facilities
2015-05-24 03:32:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources Limited have evacuated their facilities within the Cold Lake Air Weapons range, close to Alberta's eastern border, due to an out-of-control forest fire in the area. "Yesterday, CNRL evacuated their plant facilities in the Primrose area and then, last night at 11 o'clock, we advised Cenovus in Foster Creek that it would be a good precautionary move to evacuate their personnel as well," said Leslie Lozinski, spokeswoman for the province's environmental and resource ministry.
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Alberta forest fire forces evacuation of oilsands facilities
2015-05-24 02:43:00| Energy - Topix.net
Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources Limited have evacuated their facilities within the Cold Lake Air Weapons range, close to Alberta's eastern border, due to an out-of-control forest fire in the area. "Yesterday, CNRL evacuated their plant facilities in the Primrose area and then, last night at 11 o'clock, we advised Cenovus in Foster Creek that it would be a good precautionary move to evacuate their personnel as well," said Leslie Lozinski, spokeswoman for the province's environmental and resource ministry.
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Once-parched Texas city orders evacuation due to floods
2015-05-21 18:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A North Texas city that a few months ago was in a drought so severe that it had to recycle sewage water for drinking ordered residents on Thursday to evacuate certain areas due to flooding. Wichita Falls, about 125 miles northwest of Dallas, issued a mandatory evacuation order for hundreds of residents in vulnerable neighborhoods due to rising water levels on the Wichita River. Wichita Falls and other parts of Texas that had been in an extreme drought for about a year have had their water situation...
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