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- Job post results in flood of desperate applicants (KATU Portland)
Nov 20, 2008 - When a northeast Portland business owner put an ad on Craigslist for a job opening, he said he was unprepared for the flood of responses, many from people with stellar work histories. The job? A kitchen position at Costello’s Travel Café. - City’s flood insurance rating better (The Express-Star)
Nov 20, 2008 - The City of Chickasha recently received good news that the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have increased the city’s rating in the Community Rating System to a Class 8 in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). - Seepage Stopped by Prompt Action, Overwhelming Force (Engineering News-Record)
Nov 20, 2008 - A near failure of Arthur V. Watkins Dam, a leaking U-shaped earth-fill levee structure located 10 miles northwest of Ogden, Utah, is prompting a compressed-schedule repair, squeezing two years of work into one. The dam was within a few days of failure, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials say, threatening lives and major flood damage to surrounding property. General contractor Geo-Solutions ... - Flood Concerns Rise in Tea Fire Zone (KEYT 3 Santa Barbara)
Nov 20, 2008 - Residents are filling sandbags and beginning their flood protection in the areas below the recent Tea Fire zone. - Thousands expected to flood Grey Lynn (TVNZ)
Nov 20, 2008 - This year's Grey Lynn Festival will have a greater community feel. Around 100,000 people are expected to flood Grey Lynn Park on Saturday. The annual event has exploded in size since it was launched 24 years ago. - Picacho Hills flood controls discussed (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Nov 20, 2008 - To see the Doña Ana County Flood Commission Web page, click here. LAS CRUCES — When it comes to problems with flooding, Picacho Hills residents are literally and figuratively caught between the rock and the hard place. - Flash flood watch in effect through Friday night (Honolulu Advertiser)
Nov 20, 2008 - The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch through late Friday night for all Hawaiian Islands. - Picacho Hills flood controls discussed (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Nov 20, 2008 - To see the Doña Ana County Flood Commission Web page, click here. LAS CRUCES — When it comes to problems with flooding, Picacho Hills residents are literally and figuratively caught between the rock and the hard place. - Public record for Nov. 20, 2008 (The Janesville Gazette)
Nov 20, 2008 - -- BURGLARY reported Wednesday in the 200 block of North Palm Street, Janesville. The victim reported a lawn mower valued at $410 stolen from her garage. - Flood-hit farmers face tough season (Independent Online)
Nov 20, 2008 - Farmers in the flood-ravaged Winelands are engaged in a race against time to repair key roads and bridges - without which they will face massive hardships in harvesting their crops.