What Threats & Risks? 4 Great Sites to Help Keep You Informed & Aware

All four of these sites update regularly and are a great way to keep on top of all kinds of Man-made and Natural Crises. From severe weather, earthquakes, plane crashes, terrorism, Amber Alerts, hazard spills, oak blight, space weather to zombie attacks.  Some even have cell phone, email or text messaging to alert you as well.

Threat Matrix (global) Open Source Intelligence Dashboard Control / Fast Jump Menu Maps (http://www.globalincidentmap.com/threatmatrix.php) - Maps, Graphs, Charts, Predictions, Lists of Recent Incidents, and other items are all updated automatically as new data is added to their databases from which it draws.

Nature's Fury (http://naturesfury.net/) - Real Time Activity/Alerts for Preparedness and research.

Earth Observatory NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/) - For Risks on: Aerosol Optical Depth; Chlorophyll; Cloud Fraction; Land Surface Temperature; Net Radiation; Sea Surface Temperature; Snow Cover; Total Rainfall; Vegetation, etc.

The Disaster Center (http://www.disastercenter.com/) -  Follow for links to:  NOAA -- Warnings - Advisories; Current Warning; NWS Active/Special Warnings; Surface Analysis Loop; Graphical Forecasts; National Forecast; National Radar; National Satellite; Satellite Environment Plot; Real Time Water Data; NWS Offices and Centers.

For more detailed and specific information see U.S. Hazard - Risk Map Links  (updated August 2011) @ http://www.scribd.com/doc/62202540/US-Hazard-Risk-Map-Links-August-2011

“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.”
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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