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Posted on: August 24th, 2011

Lisa LaDue: Personal and Community Resilience Through Disasters

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7
Please note this is Wednesday and not Monday d/t the holiday
6:30 pm
at Boulder REI on 28th St.

Lisa LaDue, Boulder County’s Disaster Mental Health expert and nationally known disaster family resource expert, has helped first and second responders and evacuees through traumatizing natural disasters in the U.S. and other parts of the world.  Lisa will show us the most effective and efficient ways we can help ourselves and others be more resilient before, during, and after a devastating wildfire, post-fire flood, or any other crisis. As always, Q and A and discussion to follow.

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Tomorrow night, you are invited to:

From the Ashes: Free Cello and Piano Recital
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24
7:00 pm.
1st Congregational Church @ Pine and Broadway
The following is from Roland Evans, Four Mile Canyon:

“As a mark of our gratitude to the many people who send good wishes and supported us after the fire, my son Emanuel and his girlfriend Allegra are performing a free cello and piano recital on Wednesday 24th August at the 1st Congregational Church, Pine and Broadway. Emanuel and Allegra are graduate students at New England Conservatory and Juilliard respectively, and will play Beethoven, Janacek and other pieces.

The recital is free and open to everyone (please tell your friends).  We will be accepting donations for the Four Mile Fire Department to help pay for a new fire truck. We would love to see everyone.”
Roland Evans

 

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Coming the first Monday in October

Deborah Martin: The Effects of Fire on Soils: Implications for Runoff and Erosion after the Fourmile Canyon Fire
Monday October 3
6:30 pm
REI Boulder


Monday October 3 features Deborah Martin, research hydrologist with USGS, who works with a USGS research team to study flooding and erosion after wildfire. She will discuss this summer’s post-fire debris flows, runoff, and erosion.

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Coming the first Monday in November

Mike Baker: The Role of Weather in Wildland Fire Behavior
Monday November 7
6:30 pm.
REI Boulder

Mike Baker is  the Public/Aviation/Fire Weather Forecaster and Former Incident Meteorologist, Climate Service Focal Point, with the National Weather Service in Boulder.

With Mike, we will look at the important role of weather on wildland fire behavior and examine
weather and fuel conditions that were present at the time of many of the area’s recent wildfires.

His presentation will conclude with a general outlook for the 2012 wildland fire season along the ColoradoFront Range.