Nature & Outdoors
The National Weather Service Needs Flood Photographs
The National Weather Service in Taunton is looking for photographs to help them document and study the impacts of the recent historic floods:
Can you help us to help your community? The National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., is looking for photographs to visually document the March 2010 flood impact on rivers and streams in New England.
If you have photographs on the impacts of the floods, all you have to do is fill out the photo release and send it with your pictures to box.webmaster@noaa.gov.
For each photograph, list the date, time and location, and if the damage was related to a known river or stream.
Help us visually document the impacts of our rivers and streams to help your community be better prepared to save life and property.
If you want to mail your photos, please send the pictures, associated notes and the photo release to the following address:
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Attn: Service Hydrologist 445 Myles Standish Blvd. Taunton, MA 02780[where: 02910]
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