The Department of Homeland Security developed the Ready.gov website as a disaster preparedness information point of presence; one member of the Federation of American Scientists initiated a challenge to improve on the Department’s work.
As if the heat wasn’t enough, strong storms hitting New Hampshire on Wednesday took out power to as many as 8,500 homes and businesses and toppled power lines and trees onto homes, mostly in the Seacoast area. Downed trees damaged about 20 mobile homes in a park in North Hampton after a lightning storm.
“I was amazed that no one was hurt,” Fire Deputy Corey Landry told the Portsmouth Herald.