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New FEMA Study: Climate Change Will Greatly Increase Flood Risk, Debt
2013-06-20 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in a study finally released last week after five years in the making, predicted that areas at risk of flooding in the United States would increase 45 percent by 2100, largely because of climate change. That prediction is dire news, not just for residents of flood zones, but for all taxpayers, who fund FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). With flood risk on the rise, the program will have to insure 80 percent more properties than it does today, and...
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LED Flood Lights are DLC qualified.
2013-06-19 14:30:44| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Offered as replacements for up to 400 W metal halide and high-pressure sodium outdoor lighting fixtures in commercial/industrial environments, MaxLED® LED Flood Lights include 70, 100, and 140 W fixtures that deliver up to 9,600 lm and operate with universal integral driver on electrical systems from 120–277 V. These DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) Qualified Products List (QPL) fixtures are available in 5000K (daylight) CCT and come in NEMA 5 x 5 ft or 7 x 7 ft distributions. This story is related to the following:Display and Presentation EquipmentLED Lights | LED Lighting |
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New FEMA maps shrink highest-risk flood zones in Monmouth, Ocean
2013-06-18 10:12:09| Biotech - Topix.net
Elevation Saved Mantoloking Home: Elevating his home when it was built 30 years ago, saved Ed Wright's Mantoloking home when the ocean met the bay the the foot of the Mantoloking Bridge during Superstorm Sandy.
Russian flood barrier is a model for New York City
2013-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Ever since Hurricane Sandy's 3.3-meter sea surge drowned parts of New York City on October 29, 2012, scientists and engineers have been scrambling to devise a plan to protect the city against future storms. Two reports are due within a week, as the 2013 hurricane season gets rolling. One report, to be released this week, is from the New York City Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, created by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to figure out how the city should bolster itself against climate change....
As drought turns to flood, farmers get 'weather whiplash.'
2013-06-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment Health: As Chris Webber checked the 40 acres of muddy field he wanted to plant on a recent morning, he worried about getting more rain, even as he worried about the lack of it. "The drought is over at the moment," he says. "But in Missouri, we tend to say that in 10 days or two weeks, we can be in a drought again. That's how fast it can get back to dry." Midwestern farmers like Webber, who has a family farm in central Missouri, are suffering from "weather whiplash," according to meteorologist Jeff...
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