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Washington state bridge collapsed when a truck’s cargo seemed to hit a support girder
An 18-wheeler carrying an oversize load struck part of the Interstate 5 bridge over Washington’s Skagit River. This hit caused to pavement to give way, causing two other vehicles to plunge into the water. Only one of the three people involved remained hospitalized Friday. That lady was in stable condition, according to Skagit Valley Hospital. [...]
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UAVs and the Moore Tornado: response to CNN blog
CNN has a nice blog post on the UAVs that weren’t used at Moore. Here are my comments: Small UAVs have been used at 11 disasters internationally. The first use of small UAVs was in the US by the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, which I direct, during Hurricane Katrina as part of the [...]
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OKC Tornado– unmanned systems not the best fit, here’s why
Our hearts go out to the victims and the responders in Oklahoma. We have been working with the FEMA Innovation Team from shortly after the devastation occurred, however aerial and ground unmanned systems are not a good fit for this situation. In terms of UAVs: There’s already aerial coverage from manned assets and it does [...]
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Washington state bridge collapsed when a truck’s cargo seemed to hit a support girder
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