Aug 13, 2020
August 13, 2020 - Emergency operations to ensure food and shelter are now in place and we are prepared to adapt as changing conditions may dictate.
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Aug 12, 2020
Aug. 12, 2020 - Poweshiek County Emergency Management Agency estimates that Saturday, Aug. 15 is the “earliest and best-case scenario” for a restoration of electrical power, and Grinnell College’s Emergency Operations Team has turned its attention to longer-term planning and support.
Aug 11, 2020
Aug. 11, 2020 - Grinnell, and much of central Iowa, was hit by a tremendous and destructive storm system on Aug. 10 known as a derecho.
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Our feeling was that if you are not connected to your place, you won’t take care of it. From this conversation emerged the idea of embracing our location and using it as a teaching and learning tool.
Helping recover that story felt urgent. The work was physically intense but meaningful.