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CALIFORNIA JFO REPORTS 20 SHELTERS OPEN WITH A POPULATION OF 2,058 AND APPROXIMATELY 156,064 EVACUEES.
There are no reported impacts to national level Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources. The primary regional and localized concerns are for temporary power and transportation disruptions. There are no threats to electrical transmission lines. As of 0100 EDT 27 October, there […]

People in The Pas, Man., are scrambling to stock up on water after the community issued a boil-water advisory Wednesday morning.
Equipment that cleans drinking water for the northern Manitoba community has malfunctioned, town officials said, resulting in the system being “unable to maintain a satisfactory disinfectant residual.”
Complete story from CBC News at http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2007/10/17/the-pas-boil.html

Today, the President of the United States issued an updated National Strategy for Homeland Security, which will serve to guide, organize, and unify homeland security efforts. This Strategy is a national strategy – not a Federal strategy – and articulates an approach to secure the Homeland over the next several years. It builds […]

THE CANADIAN PRESS
ASSINIBOIA, Sask. — A boil water advisory has been issued for Assiniboia in Saskatchewan.
A bacteria was detected in a recent water sample.
The problem has been fixed but there still could be contaminated water in the system.
People are advised to boil drinking water for a minute before using it, including […]