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Natural Perspectives: Prepare for three days on your own in emergency
While Vic was on a pelagic trip with Sea and Sage Audubon on Saturday, I attended a three-hour disaster preparedness seminar put on by Huntington Beach. I learned so many important things that it is impossible to put them all into one column....Tags: First Aid, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Nature
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Natural Perspectives: Getting prepared for disaster takes some real effort
Preparing for emergencies is so important that Vic and I are devoting another column to the topic. After sitting in on the city's disaster preparedness seminar two weeks ago, I am more ready for emergencies. Vic and I have put many of the things that I...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Earthquakes, Telecommunication Service, Energy Resources, BPA Contamination and Investigations
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Natural Perspectives: Dire consequences if we don't curb emissions
Britain's Guardian newspaper reported recently that the construction of many new fossil fuel-burning power plants may prevent the world from keeping global temperature increases at a safe level. A manageable temperature rise is thought by many scientists...Tags: Plant Openings, Environmental Issues, Weather Reports, Politics, United Kingdom
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Bouncers going to pretrial in alleged attack
A pretrial hearing is scheduled for two former Hurricanes Bar & Grill bouncers accused of assaulting a patron. Ivan Alvarez, 23, of Garden Grove and Jakob Taylor, 22, of Costa Mesa are charged with aggravated assault. Both defendants pleaded not...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Hurricanes, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lawyers, Facebook
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Walk-off homer lifts Hurricanes to title
Jimmy Meehan hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday to give the Miami Hurricanes a 7-6 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the championship game of the Majors Division tournament at Huntington Valley Little League. Both...Tags: Brian Allen, Disasters and Accidents, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Multi-Sport Events
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Community Commentary: Tsunami awareness needed in Orange County
As the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear tragedy in Japan continues to unfold, some Orange County residents wonder what it might be like if anything like it happened here. Such a nightmare for folks along the Orange Coast would impact us all. A tidal wave of...Tags: Earthquakes, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Disasters and Accidents, University of California, Irvine, Hawaii
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Joe Surf: He's a warrior for the water
At first glance, one might see "Eco-Warrior" and think it's this summer's blockbuster with DiCaprio or Pitt or Affleck.
No, it's just little ol' James Pribram trying to save the world.
Don't think he can do it? Don't tell that to Maira Khan, whom...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Environmental Pollution, Organized Crime
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Briefly In Sports
Paddle out for Chuck Allen is Sunday A beach memorial and paddle out will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier for National Scholastic Surfing Assn. (NSSA) co-founder and United States Amateur Snowboarding Assn. (USASA)...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Hurricanes, Sports, Golf, Wars and Interventions
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Mayor, plaza host fundraiser for Japan relief effort
Huntington Beach Mayor Joe Carchio is hosting a fundraiser Sunday to benefit the victims of the Japan tsunami and earthquake. "These people are in desperate need," Carchio said. "Every time you turn on the news, it's worse and worse and worse. Your heart...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Earthquakes, Social Issues, Japan, American Red Cross
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Beaches, pier open after tsunami warning
Huntington Beach has reopened its pier and beaches after a tsunami advisory passed without major incident. Lt. Michael Baumgartner, the city's marine safety operations supervisor, said the pier reopened at 1 p.m. and the beaches at 4 p.m. Huntington...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Earthquakes, Weather, Japan, Weather Warnings
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Braving crocodiles, injuries
Tom Jones was paddling through a southeastern river this summer when he felt a sudden motion that nearly jerked him off his board. Instinctively, he hardened his stance and tightened his hands around the paddle, which, he quickly realized, a crocodile had...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Children, Environmental Issues, Trips and Vacations, Surfing
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Conservancy, county look to block trash from wetlands
A Huntington Beach environmental nonprofit has partnered with the county in an attempt to block trash from flowing into the ocean through a pair of flood control channels. The Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy, a group dedicated to restoring the...Tags: Water Pollution, Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents, Floods, Santa Ana
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