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ShotSpotter: Cracking down on deadly Fourth of July celebrations with audio tech
2013-07-05 12:47:48| Extremetech
Developed to fight crime, the audio sensors of ShotSpotter are equally effective at locating incidents of sometimes fatal celebratory gunfire.
Deadly Strain Poses PMWS-type Threat to British Pig Farms
2013-07-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - If the new accute strains of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus spread to Britain they will have an impact every bit as bad as PMWS — which has contributed to halving the national herd over the past ten and a half years. And there isn't an effective vaccine, writes NPA's Digby Scott.
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Storm forecasts cloud progress against deadly Arizona wildfire
2013-07-03 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters labored on Wednesday to extend their grip on a smoldering but still potentially lethal blaze in Arizona that killed 19 members of an elite "hotshots" crew in the deadliest U.S. wildfire tragedy in eight decades. Strong, erratic winds that earlier had whipped the lightning-sparked fire into a deadly frenzy abated for a second day, helping fire crews make headway in subduing the flames, officials for the firefighting command team told Reuters. By sundown on Tuesday, a force of some...
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United States: How suburban sprawl makes wildfires more deadly
2013-07-03 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last years wildfire season was one of the worst on record, and whether or not this year`s tops it (a likely outcome), its already off to a horrifically tragic start: 19 elite firefighters perished in a blaze outside Prescott, Ariz., on Sunday - the most to die fighting a single wildfire in 80 years. Even before the deadly Yarnell Hill blaze began, the usual suspects were asking: What does climate change have to do with wildfires? James West of Climate Desk addressed this maddening question a couple...
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Sites of two deadly plant explosions remain closed
2013-07-02 15:16:58| Chemicals - Topix.net
A June 13 explosion at the Williams Olefins plant in Geismar killed one person and left 91 others injured.
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