Sammy Lammie
@srlammie.bsky.social
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Pittsburgh-born making my way towards the Light…🌈. Retired as a geospatial professional and two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Searching for that sustainable future for all cultures here and out there. There is always hope.
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Sammy Lammie
@srlammie.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Why we still don’t know where COVID-19 came from. And why we need to find out.
Five years after COVID-19 emerged, killing millions, costing trillions, and disrupting global life, we still don’t have a definitive answer as to the origins of the pandemic and the virus. This contin...
thebulletin.org
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Sammy Lammie
@srlammie.bsky.social
· Aug 27
She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.
www.propublica.org
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Sammy Lammie
@srlammie.bsky.social
· Aug 7
History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function
States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed why federal coordination was essential.
theconversation.com
Sammy Lammie
@srlammie.bsky.social
· Aug 7
Why the All-Black "Bicycle Corps" Rode All the Way to Lake McDonald and Yellowstone in 1896
In the cool Montana morning of August 6, 1896, an adventurous Army corps slipped its way out of Fort Missoula—not on horseback, but on two wheels—on bicycles.
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Sammy Lammie
@srlammie.bsky.social
· Aug 4
USDA proposes closing regional Forest Service offices in Portland, moving work to Colorado, Utah
The Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region Headquarters would be closed and the Pacific Northwest Research Station would be moved to Fort Collins, Colorado
www.spokanepublicradio.org
Sammy Lammie
@srlammie.bsky.social
· Aug 4
‘Outdated’ presidential fitness test fails to make the grade, some experts say
In what is being touted as a tactic to end the “childhood chronic disease epidemic and [ensure] the strength, vitality and excellence of future generations...
www.post-gazette.com
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The Guardian
@theguardian.com
· Jul 30
Tsunami updates live: first waves hit Hawaii after huge earthquake off Russia triggers tsunami alerts across Pacific, Japan and US
Hazardous waves after 8.8-magnitude earthquake are possible on the coast of Russia, Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, California and some Pacific islands
www.theguardian.com
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Ellen Enders
@ellenenders.bsky.social
· Jul 15
A deadly 1987 flood foreshadowed the Texas disaster. Survivors ask, ‘why didn’t we learn?’
The Fourth of July tragedy was described as something no one could have seen coming. But in ‘flash flood alley’, an eerily similar event 40 years ago holds important lessons
www.theguardian.com