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A storm is rising in Rhode Island

Emergency Management Alert, April 30, 2007

As we speak (or, in this case, read) emergency officials in Rhode Island are preparing to deal with the worst hurricane to hit that state in nearly 70 years, coordinating their response with their brethren in New England and New York.

 

Of course, in May it's not a real hurricane-but it could be, and that's the point of the weeklong exercise involving the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency, and the Rhode Island National Guard. The scenario is modeled after a 1938 storm that pounded New England decades ago, reports The Providence Journal.

 

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