A Proposed Nationwide Natural Disaster Warning System (NADWARN): Report with Background Information, Issue 21United States. Natural Disaster Warning Survey Group, United States. Environmental Science Services Administration U.S. Department of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Administration, 1965 - Disasters - 113 pages |
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Page 88 - ... collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation, the reporting of temperature and rain-fall conditions for the cotton interests, the display of frost and cold- wave signals, the distribution of meteorological information in the interests of agriculture and commerce...
Page 88 - The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States.
Page 88 - ... the taking of such meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States or as are essential for the proper execution of the foregoing duties.
Page 87 - That the functions of the bureau shall consist in the custody of the standards; the comparison of the standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, and educational institutions with the standards adopted or recognized by the Government; the construction, when necessary, of standards, their multiples and subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard measuring apparatus; the solution of problems which arise in connection with standards; the determination...
Page 87 - That, to provide charts and related information for the safe navigation of marine and air commerce, and to provide basic data for engineering and scientific purposes and for other commercial and industrial needs...
Page 96 - Saving life and property. (a) In order to render aid to distressed persons, vessels, and aircraft on the high seas and on waters over which the United States has jurisdiction and in order to render aid to persons and property imperiled by flood, the Coast Guard may...
Page 87 - Government for obtaining, analyzing, and disseminating information on the propagation of radio waves at all frequencies along the surface of the earth, in the atmosphere, and in space.
Page 37 - County, Calif. 1 1933 Long Beach, Calif. 115 1934 Kosmo, Utah 2 1935 Helena, Mont. 4 1940 Imperial Valley, Calif. 9 1946 Hawaii (tsunami from earthquake 173 in Aleutians) 1949 Puget Sound, Wash. 8 1952 Kern Coumy, Calif.
Page 87 - The Chief of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, has charge of the forecasting of weather; the issue of storm warnings; the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation; the gauging and reporting of rivers; the maintenance and operation of seacoast
Page 87 - Secretary') is authorized to undertake the following functions: "(a) The custody, maintenance, and development of the national standards of measurement, and the provision of means and methods for making measurements consistent with those standards, including the comparison of standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, and educational institutions with the standards adopted or recognized by the Government.