THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DECLARED MARCH 18 THROUGH MARCH 22, 2013, AS FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN\u00a0\u00a0GRAND FORKS WILL FEATURE A DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL TOPIC EACH DAY\u00a0 DURING THE AWARENESS WEEK.\u00a0
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\nTURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.
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\n\u00a0TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN… TADD FOR SHORT… IS A NOAA NATIONAL\u00a0 WEATHER SERVICE CAMPAIGN USED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE HAZARDS OF \u00a0WALKING… OR DRIVING A VEHICLE… THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.
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\n\u00a0IT FLOODS SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS TERRITORIES NEARLY EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.\u00a0 FLOODING CAUSES MORE DAMAGE IN THE UNITED STATES THAN ANY OTHER WEATHER RELATED EVENT… WITH AN AVERAGE OF EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN THE PAST THIRTY YEARS.\u00a0 AND FLOODING\u00a0IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER-RELATED DEATHS IN THE U.S. CLAIMING ON AVERAGE NEARLY ONE HUNDRED LIVES A YEAR.\u00a0 MOST OF THESE DEATHS OCCUR IN MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
\n\u00a0ROADWAYS.\u00a0 MANY OTHER LIVES ARE LOST WHEN PEOPLE WALK INTO OR NEAR\u00a0FLOOD WATERS.\u00a0 THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THE FORCE\u00a0 AND POWER OF WATER… ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS MOVING.\u00a0 THE GOOD NEWS
\n\u00a0IS THESE TYPES OF DEATHS AND RELATED INJURIES ARE PREVENTABLE WITH\u00a0THE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE.
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\n\u00a0JUST SIX INCHES OF FAST-MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK OVER AN ADULT.\u00a0 AND IT ONLY TAKES TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN INCHES OF FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING LARGE SUVS.\u00a0 IF YOU COME TO AN AREA THAT IS COVERED WITH WATER… YOU WILL LIKELY NOT KNOW THE DEPTH OF THE WATER OR THE CONDITION OF THE GROUND UNDER THE WATER.\u00a0 THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE AT NIGHT WHEN YOUR VISION IS MORE LIMITED.\u00a0 PLAY IT SMART… PLAY IT SAFE.\u00a0 WHETHER DRIVING OR WALKING… ANY TIME YOU COME TO A FLOODED ROAD… WALKWAY… OR PATH… FOLLOW THIS SIMPLE RULE: TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.
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\n\u00a0HERE ARE A FEW MORE TIPS TO KEEP YOU SAFE DURING A FLOOD:
\n\u00a0ALWAYS PLAN AHEAD AND KNOW THE RISKS BEFORE FLOODING HAPPENS.\u00a0
\n\u00a0MONITOR NOAA\/S ALL-HAZARDS RADIO… OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE… FOR VITAL WEATHER-RELATED INFORMATION BEFORE… DURING… AND AFTER ANY DISASTER INCLUDING FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING… GET TO HIGHER GROUND FAST! LEAVE TYPICAL FLOOD AREAS SUCH AS CANYONS… DITCHES… RAVINES…. DIPS… OR LOW SPOTS.<\/p>\n
\u00a0AVOID AREAS ALREADY FLOODED… ESPECIALLY IF THE WATER IS FLOWING FAST.\u00a0 DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING STREAMS.\u00a0 TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN! NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.\u00a0 ROAD BEDS MAY BE WASHED OUT UNDER MURKY FLOOD WATERS.\u00a0 TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN! DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS AND WASHES… PARTICULARLY DURING THREATENING CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DECLARED MARCH 18 THROUGH MARCH 22, 2013, AS FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN\u00a0\u00a0GRAND FORKS WILL FEATURE A DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL TOPIC EACH DAY\u00a0 DURING THE AWARENESS WEEK.\u00a0 \u00a0 TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN. \u00a0 \u00a0TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN… TADD FOR SHORT… IS A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","category-weathernews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15144,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15141\/revisions\/15144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00a0AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. NEVER CROSS ANY BARRIERS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.\u00a0 NOT ONLY\u00a0IS THIS DANGEROUS… BUT MANY STATES AND COMMUNITIES HAVE LAWS AGAINST IT AND LEVY STEEP FINES AND POINTS AGAINST DRIVING RECORDS
\n\u00a0FOR PEOPLE THAT IGNORE BARRICADES OR OTHER ROAD CLOSURE INDICATORS.
\n\u00a0ALWAYS PLAY IT SAFE… TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN!
\n\u00a0JOIN US TOMORROW FOR INFORMATION ON FLOOD RISK AND FLOOD INSURANCE.
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\n\u00a0IMPORTANT FLOOD WEBSITES
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\n\u00a0NWS AHPS: HTTP:\/\/WATER.WEATHER.GOV\/AHPS\/<\/a>
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\n\u00a0FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS: HTTP:\/\/WWW.FLOODSAFETY.WEATHER.GOV<\/a>
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\n\u00a0TADD: HTTP:\/\/WWW.NWS.WEATHER.GOV\/FLOODSAFETY\/TADD.SHTML<\/a>
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\n\u00a0NWS: HTTP:\/\/WWW.WEATHER.GOV<\/a>
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\n\u00a0BE A FORCE OF NATURE:
\n\u00a0HTTP:\/\/WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV\/COM\/WEATHERREADYNATION\/FORCE.HTML<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"