Saturday, 1 June 2013

National Dam Safety Awareness Day commemorates Johnstown disaster Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

As Elias Unger awoke on the morning of May 31, 1889, he noticed that a record overnight downpour had caused Lake Conemaugh to almost crest the South Fork Dam, located down the hill from his farmhouse in central Pennsylvania.
Unger, president of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, rallied...(ASDSO), (FEMA), America's Infrastructure, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Johnstown disaster, National Dam Safety Awareness Day

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