The Bloomsburg Daily
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Alpha Phi Omega Helps Bloom Flood Victims
Read more: Alpha Phi Omega Helps Bloom Flood VictimsMolly Stout of Cherry Hill, NJ, and Janine Brunner of Slatington, PA, both members of the Bloomsburg University chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, spent the afternoon of October 7th canning along Lightstreet Road in Bloomsburg. Molly and Janine, along with other members of Alpha Phi Omega, have spent the last few weeks soliciting donations for the benefit of flood victims, as well as volunteering their time clearing trash, debris and mud from the homes of local residents.
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How Well Do We Predict Floods?
Read more: How Well Do We Predict Floods?By Melissa Beattie-Moss Research/Penn State There was no Ark involved and it didn’t last 40 days — but when the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped more rain on the already saturated Northeast, the result was the Susquehanna River’s worst flooding in nearly 40 years. Thousands were evacuated, a number of lives were lost, and damage to homes and businesses is said to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Given that floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, could we be doing more to predict them and safeguard flood-prone communities? “We are continuing to…
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Deadline Nears to Apply for Disaster Assistance
Read more: Deadline Nears to Apply for Disaster AssistanceThe deadline is nearing for residents and business owners who had damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee to apply for disaster assistance. The registration deadline is November 14, 2011. The deadline to submit a disaster loan application to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for disaster-related losses is also November 14, 2011. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) urge anyone who has not applied for assistance to call FEMA if they suffered damage from the storms and live, work or own a business in one of the following counties…
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Fantastic Run of Weather Ends with Rainstorm Next Week
Read more: Fantastic Run of Weather Ends with Rainstorm Next WeekIt goes without saying that everyone in Pennsylvania, especially flood-ravaged Columbia County, is sick of rain. Fortunately, Bloomsburg is in the midst of the longest run of rain-free weather since July. Along with the dry weather, there’s also going to be warmer-than-average temperatures. Highs through early next week are going to be in the upper 70s to around 80, which is 10-15 degrees warmer than the average highs. That includes Bloomsburg University and Bloomsburg High School’s Homecoming. During a normal weather year, this would be fantastic enough, but this year, it feels like a blessing. With so many people still…
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Bloom Hospital Staff Saved ER from Flooding
Read more: Bloom Hospital Staff Saved ER from FloodingAs Tropical Storm Lee rained on Bloomsburg, people worried about water rising from Fishing Creek and the Susquehanna. What would happen to the low lying areas of the community? No one gave a thought to the higher ground. Four employees of The Bloomsburg Hospital: Chuck Andreas, Scott Tanner, Brad Lurowitz, and Rick Millheim discovered that water from above is just as threatening as water from below. Their efforts in the early hours of Tuesday morning prevented the water running off the the hills above The Bloomsburg Hospital and into the Emergency Room. Andreas, Director of Security for the hospital, recalled,…
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The Moose Exchange Donation Center: Q&A with Rachel Troychock
Read more: The Moose Exchange Donation Center: Q&A with Rachel TroychockFocused on children’s clothing and supplies, the AGAPE donation center at the Moose Exchange has been up and running since mid-September, thanks to the work of a tireless volunteer named Rachel Troychock. Rachel took some time recently to answer a few questions for us. Q. What do you do for a living? I am a Manager of Technology Learning Services at KPMG (geeky computer stuff). I work remotely and the rest of my team is in Montvale, NJ and Washington, DC. Q. How did you become involved in the Moose Exchange donation center? I volunteered through AGAPE to prepare meals…