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The signs went up just as the prediction of the Rapture, the Christian belief about humanitys final days, was all over the news. No wonder some people were disconcerted about the blue Emergency Evacuation Route signs appearing on the roads along Maines coast. Along with the end-of-the-world connection, some conspiracy-minded people even speculated that the signs were evidence of some vast government plan to herd people somewhere.
The truth is less interesting. Instead, the signs in which the words are framed in a white circle with a directional arrow are a prudent response to a public safety threat. The Maine Emergency Management Agency received a $139,000 grant from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration targeted to tsunami awareness efforts, part of which paid for the signs. The bulk of the grant went toward evacuation planning.See the full content of this document
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This Way Out
Yes, Maine could experience an tsunami, MEMA officials report. The biggest threat lies in the Puerto Ric...
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