#usgs

Hey y'all, there was just an 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia, and basically everywhere in the northern half of the Pacific is at risk of tsunami.

USGS (US Geological Survey) has an interactive map as well as other info, and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has issues tsunami warnings, advisories, and watches here:

Tag list:

#mx gov speaks: me just talking, feel free to filter this tag if you just want the polls

#actual polls: just the polls minus round 1a because I didn’t implement this until after I posted those polls

#tumblr polls: talking about polls and the polls

#government agencies: talking about the agencies

#brackets: people’s personal brackets and the polls

Below we have the set up for round one:

Round One A: ENDED ON FEBRUARY 22nd AT 9:30 AM EST

Nasa vs ICE winner: NASA

USPS vs MSHS winner: USPS

DEA vs NARA winner: NARA

DHS vs FDA winner: FDA

USGS vs DOC winner: USGS

Air Force vs USDA winner: USDA

NPS vs Navy winner: NPS

AMTRAK vs DOJ winner: Amtrak

DOL vs DOT winner: DOT

VA vs Coast Guard winner: VA

OSHA vs DOI winner: OSHA

FBI vs CIA winner: FBI

Army vs ED winner: ED

NIH vs IRS winner: NIH

DOE vs BIA winner: DOE

DOS vs CDC winner: CDC

Round One B: ENDS ON FEBRUARY 24th AT 7:00 PM EST

USARMIID vs GPO winner: GPO

DODEA vs EPA winner: EPA

EEOC vs Smithsonian winner: Smithsonian

GSA vs FAA winner: FAA

The Fed vs NOAA winner: NOAA

USCPSC vs HUD winner: USCPSC

DARPA vs FTC winner: FTC

SSA vs FEC winner: SSA

Marines vs CSB winner: CSB

ODWC vs LACounty winner: ODWC

NSF vs Mitre winner: NSF

BLS vs NLRB winner: NLRB

CFPB vs PHS winner: PHS

Census vs Secret Service winner: Census

WPA vs NIST winner: NIST

NPR vs Draft winner: NPR

Today's PSA about resources from the federal government that you might not know about: virtually all of the USGS's maps are in the public domain and free to download. More than a century's worth of them. They even have a nice map-based browser so you can search by location and filter by date, scale, etc. You can also generate your own topo map using the best available data for whatever area you define (within the US) using the topoBuilder application.

You can ALSO get printed versions for quite a low price - I just got one for my office for $9 plus shipping, which came to ~$15 total, I think.

SO if for INSTANCE you wanted a cool old map for your wall and you went to Etsy and found some schmuck selling reprints of old USGS maps for +$50 bucks - THEY'RE SCAMMING YOUUUUUUU they are depriving you of your American right to life, liberty and the pursuit of topographic data

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