Hand-me-down pressure canners safety and upkeep
Hand me down pressure canners require all parts and accurate dial gauge for safe use. Canners pre 1970s are heavier and may lack replaceable parts, so test gauge yearly at Extension offices and follow evidence based recipes from Ball USDA and Cooperative Extension to prevent botulism risk.
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Ball Canning
USDA
Sudan famine risk nears 755000 amid Sudan conflict
Experts warn 755,000 people face famine in the coming months as fighting between generals worsens in Sudan. IPC figures show 8.5 million in extreme food shortage and 25.6 million in crisis or worse, with Khartoum, Darfur, Kordofan, Jazira and Blue Nile provinces most affected.
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Sudan
Cairo
Darfur
United Nations
Somalia
U.N
Khartoum
Jazira
John Makoni
World Vision
Abdel-Fattah Burhan
Rapid Support Forces
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
Kordofan
Blue Nile
IPC
RSF
Tiada D’oyen McKenna
Mercy Corps
McKenna
QU Dongyu
U.n.’S Food and Agriculture Organization
Texas counties lack hazard plans threaten disaster funding
More than 100 of Texas 254 counties have not secured FEMA approved hazard mitigation plans, leaving 3.5 million residents in rural areas without access to federal disaster preparation funds. Midland and Ector counties are pursuing plans amid big flooding and aging infrastructure. Local officials cite funding and staffing limits as major obstacles to completing and updating the plans.
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Lufkin
Texas
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Texas Tribune
Panhandle
West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Midland
Ector
Permian
the Tribune
Midland County
Ector County
James Wes Carta
Carla
Kristin Smith
Headwaters Economics
Polk County
Sydney
Murphy
Polk
East Texas
Trinity County
Courtney Comstock
U.S
Jennifer Horney
University of Delaware
Texas A&m
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National Center For Home Preservation
Cooperative Extension Service
Horn of Africa
Cindy McCain
World Food Program
Unicef
Catherine Russell
Russell
Patricia Simon
MSF
Metche
Chad