Ya know, although at times, trying to figure out what to blog about was a big pain in the butt, it wasn't all that bad. A lot of interaction for an online class, so that was very nice. And it made me actually pay attention to news and current events again. Also, getting deep into any story, linking everything you possibly could, therefore you're on 10 different sites or better before the end of the blog.
Onto the task at hand. . . as for what is going on with my crisis communication paper is that I have gathered up extra information, which I am sure is in the book or in the lectures. . . But the general manager at my job (Dakota Plains) gave me a little booklet on crisis communication. I had brought up the requirement for a crisis communication paper two weeks ago. He also gave me an outline of the company's crisis communication plan. Which had to be put into effect in 2006 when a tender truck driver rolled his truck when he tried to correct going slightly into the ditch. It was fatal roll over and he did not survive, therefore the crisis communication plan took action. Unfortunately, I cannot find any articles on it that I don't have to pay to get into.
As for Valley City's current crisis on hand, the flood and the clean up. I had talked to the mayor last week while she was waiting to pay for her gas, and I asked her how things were going and what nots and she told me that during the whole flood situation, she was working with people with whom she trusted. The day following the afternoon we were chatting, she said she had to meet with FEMA, so no more trust there, basically put on a game face situation.
But good news for Valley City, no more porta potties! And water restrictions have been, for the most part, lifted. Only problem is, is that the sanitary sewer system is partially above ground (on 2nd St NW and in the middle of the intersection of central and main). Short showers, still the whole "if its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down" motto, one wash (load of clothes) a day and basically try to run too much water into the drains. It is just a big pain in the butt still, because you still got to watch your Ps and Qs.
But it does seem like Valley City is going to pull out of this whole thing with flying colors. Like I mentioned in my prior blog post, it'll just be a while until the city is back to complete normalness (roads, houses, water system).
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You are right, Valley City will get back to normal, but it's going to take some time! Valley City had quite a fight there for awhile and according the news reports I seen, they did a tremendous job! We are so very fortunate to live in North Dakota where there are so many people willing to help others out.
ReplyDeleteI hope everyone learns something and tries to do what they can to make their city and properties safe in case something like this ever happens again.
When we came back into town after being evacuated for like 3 or 4 weeks we saw the "If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down" message. I laughed for about half an hour; I cried because I laughed so hard. I think Valley City did a great job on fighting the flood.
ReplyDelete"If its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down" This should be the new motto for the community of Valley City. This has truly been a spring that people are going to talk about forever. Valley City truly pulled together during this time and every is going to turn out for the best. This showed that we can all make change as fast as we are notified. Great job to the community of Valley City you did an amazing job fighting the flood of 2009.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that although trying to find something to blog about each week sometimes was a struggle it did bring a lot more interaction for the online course. Discussion boards are all fine and dandy, but you don't seem to have as much interaction.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the sewer sytem being back in working order...THANK GOD!! It was a rough couple of weeks including when we evacuated for awhile. Our mayor did a fabulous job during the entire flood fight; we are lucky to have her leading us.
I believe the clean up of the flood in Valley City is going to be as big of a task if not bigger than putting everything up. It is way easier to get volunteers to help put up sandbags than it is to get help to take them all down. People are more than willing to help out to save the city, but once the city is already saved, it is way harder to get help. In Fargo I heard that they are hiring people to take down sandbags and are paying them 9 dollars an hour. That isn't a bad idea since that would probably attract alot of high schoolers and college students that are around and want to make some quick money.
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