John Kramer responds to this week's letter in The Suffolk Times by Valerie Leonik. There's more to the story, and it all depends on where you're standing how you view the health of our waters. Read his opinion and hear the geese for yourself.
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Is there a “need for a holistic approach, with lasting and durable solutions” for the protection of the shoreline? The CAC targets waterfront property owners. Read more of John Betsch's report here.
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Facebook Pages in the NZ earthquake Our organization’s thoughts and prayers are with the victims in Christchurch, surrounding areas and with their families and friends at this time. To honor them, we will endeavor to improve our citizen input to situational awareness for emergency...
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Nervous wait continues as storms keep marching east. The Coastal Erosion Meeting by government officials hosted about 80 members of the public. The purpose of the meeting was to explore both short term and long term solutions to the coastal erosion happening on Long...
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Soft-launch of SoutholdVOICE mobile friendly website, which gives you the basic news to read on your cell phone. Why? Because nearly 20% of our readers access this site on a cell phone. So here's the good news for them. You can now switch back...
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We were invited to present our #Get SMEMsmart project (Social Media Emergency Management) to the six Board Members of the town of Southold today ( Feb 15th). It was an informal work session, round table discussion, with pen and paper, no internet connection, except...
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FEMA has included SoutholdVOICE's submission in the final round of judging their competition, "Sharing the Responsibility to Protect Communities Against the Impacts of Disasters". See our submission and compare with others.
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Due to the latest Winter Storm Watch advisory and because so many will have to travel to attend the scheduled meeting on Wednesday, please be advised that the Coastal Erosion Meeting has been postponed. New Meeting Details: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 10am, Peconic Rec...
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Why do SoutholdVOICE members and our community in general need to take Social Media Disaster Planning seriously? Supervisor Scott Russell said he sees Facebook as a way to communicate with residents on a day-to-day basis, but it will not be his emergency management team’s...
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A plea for Southold to use Social Media Emergency Management, using a case study in Social Media Emergency Management, comparing Southold to another area using a short slide show and video. SMEM explained. SMEM saves lives and preserves property. Watch the shows, get SMEM smart now!
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