FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS. Davao City Planning and Development Office chief Engr. Ivan Cortez assures Dabawenyos the city is pouring money on infrastructure projects to mitigate flooding. In a press conference Monday (April 18, 2022), Cortez advised homeowners in flood-prone areas, such as retrofitting or redesigning their houses to become flood proof. (PNA photo by Christine Cudis) DAVAO CITY - Amid the inclement weather, an official here has advised Dabawenyos to make their homes more resilient to flooding by having them retrofitted or redesigned. For instance, owners of flood-prone houses in urban areas may consider turning their ground floors into commercial areas and relocate the main living quarters on higher floors, said Engr. Ivan Cortez, City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) officer-in-charge. "There are some residential areas that are constantly being flooded, and these residential properties are recommended to be retrofitted to add another floor, or commercialize the
FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS. Davao City Planning and Development Office chief Engr. Ivan Cortez assures Dabawenyos the city is pouring money on infrastructure projects to mitigate flooding. In a press conference Monday (April 18, 2022), Cortez advised homeowners in flood-prone areas, such as retrofitting or redesigning their houses to become flood proof. (PNA photo by Christine Cudis) DAVAO CITY - Amid the inclement weather, an official here has advised Dabawenyos to make their homes more resilient to flooding by having them retrofitted or redesigned. For instance, owners of flood-prone houses in urban areas may consider turning their ground floors into commercial areas and relocate the main living quarters on higher floors, said Engr. Ivan Cortez, City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) officer-in-charge. "There are some residential areas that are constantly being flooded, and these residential properties are recommended to be retrofitted to add another floor, or commercialize the
Print article Sheets hang over the windows to block out light at the Two Rivers home where Aliy Zirkle and Allen Moore live. Moore speaks to his wife in whispers, and Zirkle doesn’t go outside or online. Since crashing her sled and her skull on the ice last week in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Zirkle has avoided light and sound because of a head injury. Tuesday was the first day she hasn’t vomited, Moore said early in the afternoon, and she still can’t lift an arm that was dislocated when she hit the ice and was dragged by her team for an unknown distance across glare ice on the Tatina River.
As the leader of the Iditarod pack in McGrath, Seavey draws a lot of attention but his focus stays on his dogs Published March 9
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Print article McGRATH Dallas Seavey pulled off the Kuskokwim River and into the checkpoint here at exactly 4 p.m. Tuesday. For the next hour and a half, he methodically worked through an elaborate set of essential chores with the kind of focus that he’s hoping will win him a fifth Iditarod title. It began with a swab jabbed up his nose by a stranger, a mandatory COVID-19 testing precaution for every musher coming into McGrath. Even with a foreign object swirling halfway up his nasal cavity, cameras and questions hovered around him like mosquitoes in June.
Revamped Iditarod brings equipment adaptations and a fast pace as mushers cross the Alaska Range
Wait 1 second to continue. ROHN A day into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a fast trail and shortened route are making for a quicker race than normal. Mushers are adapting to this year’s pandemic-adjusted trail in a number of ways, as evidenced by their equipment. Recent rule changes and the absence of shelter options in checkpoints mean competitors are using larger sleds and hauling “tail-dragger” trailers for hauling supplies, sleeping options and dogs. “We got this fun new tent, it looks like a play kennel,” said Bethel musher Victoria Hardwick during a break Monday at Finger Lake. “You don’t have to use your fingers or anything.”