More
than a Dozen Nuclear Plants Near Hurricane Sandy’s Path Brace for
Impact
North
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and
Connecticut
28
October, 2012
Bloomberg reports:
“Because of the size of [Hurricane Sandy], we could see an impact to coastal and inland plants,” Neil Sheehan, a spokesman based in Philadelphia for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said by phone today. “We will station inspectors at the sites if we know they could be directly impacted.”
The NRC met earlier today to discuss the necessary precautions to take for the storm, Sheehan said. Plants must begin to shut if wind speeds exceed certain limits, he said.
As of 2 p.m. New York time, Sandy had winds of 75 miles (121 kilometers) per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was about 430 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, moving north at 7 mph.
The current Hurricane Center track calls for the system to come ashore just south of Delaware Bay on Oct. 30.
South
Carolina hit with huge data breach
South
Carolina says a massive security breach exposed millions of Social
Security numbers as well thousands of valid credit card numbers of
state residents.
UPI,
27
October, 2012
The
state Department of Revenue acknowledged the massive electronic
security breach Friday, reporting a computer intrusion that led to
3.6 million Social Security numbers being stolen in a state with a
population of approximately 4.7 million.
The
department learned of the intrusion on October 10, although it has
not said how, and alerted federal and state law enforcement, CNET
reported.
USA
Today suggested the hacker may have contacted the state demanding a
ransom
"We
are taking immediate steps to protect the taxpayers of South
Carolina, including providing one year of credit monitoring and
identity protection to those affected," Gov. Nikki Haley said in
a statement....
Seattle
police plan to deploy spy drones
RT,
27
October, 2012
The
rainy skies of Seattle are likely to soon be a whole lot drearier.
The FAA has approved the local police department to start using
surveillance drones for law enforcement, but protesters are making it
clear that they're willing to put up a fight.
The
Seattle Police Department displayed a small unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) on Thursday that they intend on using soon to monitor criminal
activity across the city, but opponents of drone use came out in
droves to protest the proposed plans.
The
SPD is one of only law enforcement agencies given the go-ahead by the
Federal Administration Agency to show officers the ins-and-outs of
UAVs, and the department hopes that soon they will be able to save
lives and make the city more secure by actually deploying drones
across town.
So
far the department has already outlined an operations manual that
they hope they’ll have a chance to adhere to soon, describing in
detail how they hope to install an unmanned aerial system across the
city to help photograph crime scenes, conduct search and rescue
missions, monitor traffic accidents and even aid with natural
disaster responses. Putting an extra set of police eyes —
remote-controlled ones, at that — has put a fair share of Seattle
residents ill at ease, though.
Obama
Cancels Campaign Events As Hurricane Sandy Looms
27
October, 2012
As
Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, President Obama is
shuffling his schedule as he attempts to simultaneously manage the
storm's impact and campaign for a second term. The White House put
out the following statement to reporters on Saturday night:...
Mitt
Romney is also juggling his calendar. He announced that he would
cancel two events in Virginia on Sunday, choosing instead to campaign
in the key battleground state of Ohio.
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