Monthly Archives: November 2007

USGS scientists Geoff Plumlee and Deb Martin are preparing a writeup based on preliminary results of ash samples taken from a few sites in the nearly 28 recently burned suburban and wildland areas where ash was collected. Water leachates of the the several ash samples analyzed to date produce elevated

Lucy Jones, USGS Chief Scientist, Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP), is meeting this week with the leaders of U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in Colorado. USNORTHCOM provides “command and control of Department of Defense (DoD) homeland defense efforts and to coordinate defense support of civil authorities.” Jones will be presenting our efforts

Early next week, the USGS and FEMA are expected to release jointly created flood inundation and debris flow maps detailing burned areas most prone to flooding and debris flows. These maps will show federal, state, and local emergency responders specific areas most likely to produce floods and debris flows, and