Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Dead Deer/ Federal Budget/ Coal Power



FWP Investigating Numerous White-tailed Deer Deaths in West Missoula Valley
“Over one hundred dead white-tailed deer have been reported in the west Missoula Valley, state wildlife officials say. FWP is waiting for lab results to determine the cause of death and is asking the public to report observations of dead deer to help in determining the extent of the affected area.”


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Colorado Flooding/ Poverty Rate



FEMA Disaster Reporter
“The purpose of the FEMA Disaster Reporter is to crowdsource and share disaster-related information for events occurring within the United States, allowing citizens, first responders, emergency managers, community response & recovery teams, and others to view and contribute information on a publicly accessible map.”

“The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2012, real median household income and the poverty rate were not statistically different from the previous year, while the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased.
Median household income in the United States in 2012 was $51,017, not statistically different in real terms from the 2011 median of $51,100. This followed two consecutive annual declines.
The nation's official poverty rate in 2012 was 15.0 percent, which represents 46.5 million people living at or below the poverty line. This marked the second consecutive year that neither the official poverty rate nor the number of people in poverty were statistically different from the previous year's estimates. The 2012 poverty rate was 2.5 percentage points higher than in 2007, the year before the economic downturn.”

Monday, September 16, 2013

Wildfires/ Employment/ Economy





The Financial Crisis: Five Years Later.”
“Five years ago this week, a financial crisis unlike any in generations rocked Wall Street, turning a recession that was already hammering Main Street into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In the months before President Obama took office, the economy was shrinking at a rate of over 8%. Businesses were shedding 800,000 jobs a month. Banks had stopped lending to families and small businesses. The iconic American auto industry -the heartbeat of American manufacturing– was on the brink of collapse. It was a crisis that would ultimately cost millions of Americans their jobs, their homes, and their savings –and the decades-long erosion of middle-class security was laid bare for all to see and feel.”