Friday, November 2, 2012
At least one private home destroyed by the superstorm.
Arlington's preliminary estimate is that Hurricane Sandy caused at least $1.17 million in damage in the county. The amount, which is expected to increase, includes damage to county property, overtime for staff during the storm and recovery, equipment and supplies. “We’re still early in this process,” Jack Brown, director of the county’s Office of Emergency Management, said in a statement. “That estimate will go up, not down.” Arlington County ended its declaration of a local emergency Thursday just before noon — about four days after County Manager Barbara Donnellan declared it, according to a news release. Aside from public costs, county officials know of at least one private home that was destroyed by the superstorm. Seventeen more …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Black talks personal responsibility and limiting the federal government.
With less than a week to go to the presidential election, it's crunch time. "It's not really game preparation at this point. This is more like two minutes to go in the fourth quarter, and we're trying to do everything we can to win," Washington Redskins Offensive Lineman Jordan Black told Patch. "We're in two-minute offense at this point." Black was at the Virginia GOP Victory Office in Ballston, which serves as the headquarters for all of the Republican campaign operations in this state, to help formally launch the Virginia Young Americans for Romney Coalition Wednesday night. "It fires me up to see the youth in the crowd right now. That's really encouraging to see that young conservatives and young Republicans do exist," he told a room …
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
County, FEMA offer advice for residents in advance of 'Frankenstorm'
Hurricane Sandy is on track to affect Northern Virginia — and officials say there's plenty of time to prepare for the worst-case scenario. The Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends all residents develop a ready kit, including water, food and other emergency supplies. The basics, according to FEMA: At least three days worth of non-perishable food and one gallon of water per day for each person in your household for at least three days, for both drinking and sanitation. Emergency supplies FEMA recommends: Arlington County gives its own advice for supplies over the next two days: What Residents Can Do: How the County is Preparing To protect your property, FEMA also suggests: Make a Family Emergency Plan FEMA also encourages every …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
So far, county estimates storm cost about $800,000.
Arlington County is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to recover costs associated with the late-June derecho that slammed Northern Virginia. So far, the damage estimate is at about $800,000, said Jack Brown, director of the county's Office of Emergency Management. Most of that — about $600,000 — covers overtime, comp time and equipment for county departments during the week that followed the storm. The high-wind storm also caused an estimated $200,000 to the Arlington County Trades Center, a 40-acre facility next to Four Mile Run that serves as a staging area for the local government's vehicles and equipment, and to the Long Branch Nature Center at 625 S. Carlin Springs Road. The costs have not been finalized, Brown said…
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The NWS and NOAA are calling for three to five major hurricanes.
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service now say they expect more named storms, more hurricanes and higher likelihood for an "above normal" Atlantic hurricane season. This forecast has been revised from previous predictions made in May. Gerry Bell, the lead hurricane season forecaster at the National Weather Service, said the hurricane outlook is revised every year in August. Although hurricane season starts on June 1, peak months of storm activity are traditionally August, September and October. "We are now entering the peak months," Bell said during a teleconference call with reporters on Thursday. "We're expecting the activity to start picking up." The new predictions call for an 85 percent chance of an "above normal" season …
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