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Thu, 2012-11-01 13:06 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on discussions about food issues.

The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about food issues.

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New York's Looming Food Disaster

Thu, 2013-10-24 16:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Julio and Belinda Ramos, who were hit with a power outage, hold their eight-year-old son Charles as they stand in line to pick up food supplies at a grocery store after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

theatlanticcities.com - by Siddhartha Mahanta - October 21, 2013

In New York City, locating a bite to eat is rarely a difficult task. The city is a food paradise or, depending on your mood, a place of overwhelming glut.

But when Superstorm Sandy pummeled New York last fall, it revealed the terrifying potential for sudden food shortages.

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Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - NorthEast
General Topic Tags: 
Food
Limits
Scarcity
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem

Hoboken: National Guard Delivering Food and Water By Truck

Thu, 2012-11-01 15:08 — mdmcdonald

The National Guard is delivering food and water in flooded areas via large trucks that can navigate in areas with no electricity or open facilities.  

http://www.bradenton.com/2012/10/30/4260074/national-guard-comes-to-aid-of.html

Meeting / Event Tags: 
Roundtable
Country / Region Tags: 
US - NorthEast
General Topic Tags: 
Cooperation
Extreme Weather
Food
Water
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Problem
Situation Report

Hoboken and Morristown Shortages

Thu, 2012-11-01 15:02 — mdmcdonald

It appears that there are food, water and energy shortages in Hoboken and Morristown.  The problem right now is that commercial companies and thir vehicles are having difficulties operating in the flooding areas like Hoboken.  In those areas, emotions are getting stretched, where facilities and residences have no electricty or supplies.  

http://weather.aol.com/2012/10/31/tempers-flare-as-food-runs-short-in-hoboken-n-j/?ncid=webmail1

The National Guard has several vehicles that can deliver food and water neighborhood by neighborhood.  Citizen groups are also forming to assist with food and water distribution.  

Burger King has an emergency food and water distribution group.  They have been contacted.  Wegmans is fully operational in New Jersey.  Contacts have been made with New Jersey Emergency Services and with the New Jersey Food Council.  

Efforts are now underway to establish channels for using crowd-sourcing, intelligent social networks, social network analysis, and media analysis on the New Jersey food and water assessments.  Linkages are being made between DHS and the National Center for Food Protection and Defense to identify and resolve gaps in assessment processes.

Meeting / Event Tags: 
Roundtable
Country / Region Tags: 
US - NorthEast
General Topic Tags: 
Adaptation
Capacity
Cities
Climate
Communication
Community
Cooperation
Disaster Response
Disaster Risk Reduction
Food
Health
Resilience
Scarcity
Vulnerability
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Problem
Situation Report
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