Super Storm “Sandy” Forum Report

(photo credit: wunderground.com – google images) TACDA was given permission by Pat Jones (Executive Director and CEO of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Washington, DC) to share the following report: Sandy Forum Report Final (click to read the pdf report finding) The IBTTA Forum took place just months after Sandy devastated a swath of…

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Fallout Shelters

TACDA received the following email from a concerned citizen: Hello, Due to heightened world tensions I recently contacted Emergency Services here in Lane County Oregon to see if we had any public fallout shelters near my town of Florence. I was surprised to discover the public shelter program no longer exists. They didn’t even know…

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Just in Time Trucking

Just in Time Trucking (Taken from the Journal of Civil Defense Archives – www.tacda.org) Most Americans take for granted the intricate systems that make it possible for us to engage in seemingly mundane day to day tasks like filling up our gas tanks, loading up our shopping carts at the local grocery store, obtaining necessary…

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