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Lamar County Multi- jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Chapter Three <br />Severe Winter Storms <br />Natural <br />• Review past disasters <br />• Occur rarely — which <br />(Section 7) <br />. Review NCDC database <br />has left the area with <br />• Public Input <br />little equipment <br />• Farm Service Agency <br />• Damages to public <br />• NOAA <br />and private sector <br />• National Weather Center <br />caused by heavy <br />snows, etc <br />• Humans and property <br />are not prepared for <br />extended periods of <br />cold in this area <br />Wildfire (Section 8) <br />Natural <br />• Review past disaster <br />• Common to area <br />declarations <br />• Can occur in <br />• Fire databases <br />conjunction with <br />• Review NCDC database <br />drought and /or <br />• Public Input <br />lightning <br />• Texas Forestry <br />• Damages to public <br />• Texas Department of <br />and private sector <br />Insurance <br />• Local Media <br />• Public Input <br />Dam Failure (Section 9) <br />Technologic <br />• Review past disaster <br />• Population and <br />al <br />declarations <br />buildings below dam <br />• Public Input <br />are very vulnerable in <br />• Risk Assessment <br />event of release or <br />• Texas Commission on <br />dam failure <br />Environmental Quality <br />• US Army Corp <br />• National Inventory of Dams <br />(NID) <br />• Local Media <br />Earthquake (Section 10) <br />Natural <br />• USGS Database <br />• Earthquakes with <br />• Earthquake databases <br />epicenters within this <br />• Review NCDC database <br />region are rare and <br />• Public Input <br />small <br />• HAZUS <br />• According to USGS <br />• Local Media <br />several earthquakes <br />with a magnitude of <br />3 to 4.5 will probably <br />occur each century. <br />Expansive Soils (Section 11) <br />Natural <br />• Review past disaster <br />• Common to area <br />declarations <br />0 Affect utilities by <br />• Soil databases <br />breaking <br />• Utility data - recollections <br />underground lines <br />• Input from County <br />• Cause foundation <br />