Stormproofing Water Data from Hurricane Irene
The USGS has a backup plan to ensure that emergency managers will continue to have quick access to vital water information for flood warnings and evaluation notices, even as Hurricane Irene threatens a critical communications hub at Wallops Island, Va., near Virginia Beach. Because the Wallops Island station is located near the coast and situated only about 15 feet above sea level it could be vulnerable. To ensure the reliable distribution of continuous critical data in real time, a backup communications system known as the Emergency Data Distribution Network ( EDDN ) was established in 2008 by the USGS, NOAA, and other agencies at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center ( USGS-EROS ) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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