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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-02

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-26

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-19

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  • Napolitano Says Al-Qaeda-Style Terrorists Are in U.S. : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/3OmAdw #
  • Surviving Disaster – Shopping Mall Active Shooter : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/s4ev0 #
  • Surge In Number of Chinese Arrested At Arizona Border : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/eokD8 #
  • Milan Terrorist Had Accomplices, More Explosives : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/bPv5F #
  • Listening to @bcuban talk about digital terrorism at conference. #
  • Man On Terror Watchlist Stopped Outside Las Vegas, Then Let Go http://bit.ly/2zo4P7 #
  • Getting some much needed rest after a busy day at #bwe09 . #
  • Revolutionary Guard Commanders Killed In Suicide Bombing : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/p5DMP #
  • Militants Pose A Serious Threat To Pakistans Future : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/nXOjm #
  • Weapons Cache Found Under Church Construction Site : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/2aIvMU #
  • Oath Keepers Group Detailed In LVJ Article : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/meLoT #
  • New Features At National Terror Alert – Poll : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/3t5Mik #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-12

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  • RT @ntarc FBI Investigates Car Filled With Explosives in New Haven : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/ABxBd #
  • Recognizing 8 Signs of Terrorism Video Unveiled By DHS : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/1buuVA #
  • Emergency Preparedness Drill at McCarran Today – Las Vegas : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/Bmawp #
  • FBI Warns of Three Hoax E-mails : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/IKpTK #
  • Man Injured Handling Explosive Device, Possibly TATP : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/11z7IZ #
  • Terror In Mumbai Documentary To Premiere On HBO : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/W1gBh #
  • 2 More Questioned in Alleged New York Terror Plot : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/4lhQRH #
  • 2 Dead, Other’s Hospitalized at Sweat Lodge in Sedona Arizona : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/2KL1bM #
  • Nuclear Engineer From Cern Lab Arrested for al-Qaeda Links : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/4jg6Vd #
  • Taxi Driver Ordered To Drive Bomb To Courthouse – UK : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/3vZ8LS #
  • Explosion Leads To Evacuation of Islamic School in Syracuse : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/ivOho #
  • Concern Grows Over Threatened Terror Attack on Germany : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/pHQgQ #
  • Taliban Gunmen Take Hostages at Pakistan’s Military HQ : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/tOaEE #
  • Blasts and gunfire heard from inside Pakistan army HQ where militants are holding hostages. #
  • BBC Reports – Pakistani security forces have launched an operation to free hostages #
  • Suspected Pan Am Flight 281 Hijacker Arrested After 40 Years : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/1gnoym #
  • Could Wii Balance Board Prevent Terror Attack? : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/AHQ7f #
  • Possible Explosives Discovered Near OKC Railroad Tracks : Homeland Security News http://bit.ly/4wrB2B #
  • North Korea fires two short-range missiles: report http://tinyurl.com/yh28uqk #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-05

October 5, 2009 by national  
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-28

September 28, 2009 by national  
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New ‘Code Red’ System Alerts Local Residents of Emergency

September 17, 2009 by national  
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Great story and example of how some areas are taking the lead in community readiness and preparedness. Instead of calling 911 for an emergency, what if 911 called you? While it may sound weird, it’s based in reality. In Lawrence County, there’s a new program to alert citizens to an emergency. Called “Code Red,” it’s a program that is urging people to sign up so they’re not left out.

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Code Red will notify residents through an alert by phone, through texting, or e-mail, about the need to evacuate, shelter in place, or give them instructions to find shelter or food in case of a problem.

“The Code Red System will be able to highlight certain areas of the county, or the county as a whole,” Slone said. “This is going to truly be a step, a big step in the direction of being prepared.”

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-21

September 13, 2009 by national  
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-21

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Ready.gov Unveils New PSA – World Upside Down

September 8, 2009 by national  
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September is National Preparedness Month. To urge all Americans to be prepared for unexpected emergencies, Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago, in conjunction with its network shops in New York, Milwaukee and Phoenix, has just unveiled a new public service TV commercial called “World Upside Down” that makes its point with pointed ad copy and visuals that are both artful and quite gripping.

The voiceover copy in the 60-second version of the spot asks viewers to imagine what their world would be like if a disaster struck without warning, and their lives were suddenly turned upside down.

The public service announcement depicts a family and its furnishings suddenly being chaotically upended.

As the ad copy asks us to contemplate such a turn of events, the commercial shows a family and the furnishings in their home suddenly being chaotically upended. The chilling effect is intensified by C-K’s decision to visualize the moment in ultra slow-motion, which turns the potential horror of it all into something almost like poetry in motion.

Still, the important and sobering message is not lost. Viewers of “World Upside Down” will surely come away from it with a good reason to visit the Web site www.ready.gov, where there is factual information about preparing oneself and/or one’s family for an emergency.

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FCC Releases Report On Emergency Preparedness

September 8, 2009 by national  
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The FCC has released a report on its ability to respond in natural disasters, terrorist attacks, public health emergencies, and other events. The report, “FCC’s Preparedness for a Major Public Emergency,” was put together by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau in response to a 30-day review launched by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.

“The FCC has an important role to play in ensuring that our nation’s communications infrastructure serves our public safety needs,” Genachowski said. “The Public Safety Bureau’s thorough review concluded that the agency is ready to respond to emergencies, but there is more work to do to maximize the agency’s readiness. The public safety challenges we face are ongoing, dynamic, and growing. Today’s report outlines concrete steps the FCC can and will take to better support public safety communications and protect our nation.”

The report, while concluding that the FCC is prepared to keep essential communications open in an emergency, found that the commission could improve its planning and response in the areas of education and training, outreach and collaborations, emergency operations and alerts, and network analysis.

Recommendations include a plan for improving the Continuity of Operations and Pandemic plans, and reviews and revisions as needed for emergency procedures in the FCC’s 24/7 operations center. The EAS system is also being reviewed with other agencies to account for “next-generation technologies.”

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

September 6, 2009 by national  
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Oregon Preppers Stockpile And Prepare For Calamity

September 5, 2009 by national  
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Veterinarian Richard Kimball of Burns has noticed a disturbing trend among some of his friends. A Rockaway Beach couple has stockpiled food and assembled survival backpacks for their three adult children in Portland and Eugene. “If chaos arises, they can put the backpacks on so they can get home,” said Kimball, 72. “There is a pistol in each of the backpacks.”

Another longtime friend, a Harney County cattle rancher, recently bought an AK-47 assault rifle and 1,000 rounds of ammunition. “Does that tell you anything?” Kimball asked. “He’s scared.”

La Grande welder and gunsmith Jim Rector, meanwhile, said he has supplies and a jetboat at the ready to carry him and his wife to a secluded hideout along the Snake River.

They’re all signs that the survivalist movement, slumbering since the Y2K scare and, before that, Jimmy Carter’s bumpy presidency, has been shaken awake.

Government officials, academics, authors and others  in addition to those doing the stockpiling  say a growing number of people are independently building caches of food, weapons and precious metals such as gold.

As in earlier movements, survivalists are centered in conservative, rural areas such as eastern Oregon. Only this time, many prefer to be called “preppers for preparedness and are driven by fears, stoked by Barack Obama’s presidency, that economic catastrophe, sweeping technological failure and societal upheaval are just around the corner.

And though the movement intersects with a wave of weapon and ammunition hoarding among some who fear that Obama will clamp down on gun rights, there’s little talk of forming militias as in past survivalist movements.

“People fear change; people get angry when they don’t understand something,” said La Grande City Councilman Steve Clements, 52, who teaches finance and information systems at Eastern Oregon University. “I think there is a lot of fear associated with having the first black president.”

La Grande’s Mike Sirrine, a Vietnam veteran and retired human resources manager who has added guns to his arsenal and is stockpiling beans and rice, said it’s not that clear-cut.

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NJ Alert – A Homeland Security Preparedness Role Model

September 3, 2009 by national  
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New Jersey continues to lead the way in Homeland Security preparedness. Last month we featured a story on legislation that will mandate all public and nonpublic schools in the state to conduct monthly homeland security drills. Today, The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and the Regional Operations Intelligence Center introduced NJ Alert, the State’s new mass text and email emergency notification system.

NJ Alert is a free, voluntary and confidential emergency alerting system that allows State Emergency Management officials to send E-mail or text messages to cell phones, and other email enabled devices during an emergency event. The public can sign up for NJ Alert by logging on to: www.njalert.gov or by visiting the NJOEM website at www.ready.nj.gov and clicking on the NJ Alert icon.

“During an emergency, timely dissemination of accurate information is the cornerstone of public safety. NJ Alert enables us to deliver emergency messages to the public through the convenience of their handheld devices or PCs in addition to our traditional emergency notification systems such as the Emergency Alert System and Amber Alert,” said Colonel Rick Fuentes Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police and Director of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management.

“NJ Alert will help direct public action in the event of a large scale emergency whether we are dealing with a hurricane or act of terrorism. Our goal is to utilize latest technology to protect lives and property,” added Fuentes.

Additionally, NJ Alert can receive homeland security and crime related tips and leads via the www.njalert.gov site or via text messaging.

“Ensuring our residents have accurate and real-time information before, during and after any type of emergency is a fundamental responsibility – one that we don’t take lightly,” said New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Director Richard L. Cañas. “I encourage all residents to sign up for the NJ Alert system; because a well-informed and well-prepared citizenry is critical to the success of our state’s emergency management efforts.”

“The capacity of the NJ Alert system allows the state’s ‘all crimes – all hazards’ fusion center, the Regional Operations Intelligence Center, to communicate instantly to our private sector and critical infrastructure partners in order to provide timely situational awareness messages. This will further enhance our goal of communicating with law enforcement and homeland security organizations, other government agencies, and the private sector,” added Richard Kelly, Director of the New Jersey Regional Operations and Intelligence Center.

Another unique feature of NJ Alert is the opportunity for members to participate in the Human Emergency Grid (HEG™), a collaborative effort in which the general public can volunteer their professional expertise to assist responders, if needed, in the event of an emergency. The service can also be used as a social networking tool. For example many groups have already been created to promote a collaborative environment between the government, private sectors and general public.

“Our service is not limited to public security information, but was uniquely designed as a group communication system for anyone – government, schools, corporations and even personal users can utilize the service for disaster recovery, family preparedness or any notification needs”, said NJ Alert creator Robert Statica, PhD, Founder of United Alert, LLC, a group of volunteer homeland security, information security and development professionals dedicated to improving preparedness and emergency communication.

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