May 9 Deep Earth Through a Diamond Looking Glass, a lecture by Michael Walter, director of Carnegie Sciences Geophysical Laboratory, who uncovers Earths secrets from below. At the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P St. NW, 6:30 p.m. Free, registration required. carnegiescience.edu/even
Date: Apr 29, 2018
Category: Sci/Tech
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At Least One Person Killed As 'Catastrophic' Floods Inundate Houston
"We have, I would venture to say, thousands of people now who are in a situation where they have taken on water in their homes," Michael Walter, Public Information Officer for Houston's Office of Emergency Management told NPR's Weekend Edition early Sunday afternoon. "We still have reports of indivi
Date: Aug 27, 2017
Category: Top Stories
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Still recovering from May flooding, Houston braces for more
The city of Houston, for example, began to pre-stage high-water rescue teams across town in areas prone to flooding, said Michael Walter, spokesman for the city's Office of Emergency Management. City officials did not close any roads in advance of the storm, deciding to wait for overnight developmen
Date: Jun 15, 2015
Category: U.S.
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Punishing storms in Texas test government emergency response
officials say they havent yet installed a system that would allow them to alert residents with more targeted warnings. The city was still working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get that framework running, said Michael Walter, spokesman for Houstons Office of Emergency Management.
Date: May 27, 2015
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Latest on flooding: 840 to 1400 Houston homes damaged
Harris County Emergency Management spokesman Francisco Sanchez said Wednesday that there are about 1,400 homes in Houston with some degree of damage. Michael Walter, a spokesman for the city's Office of Emergency Management, put that figure at about 840 homes.
"Between 9 a.m. and about noon today the Houston police department had 51 active flood locations with flooding reports and thats all over the city in city streets, the Chronicle quoted city spokesman Michael Walter as saying.