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ROBERT MAHLBACHER
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
Disasters in Rappahannock County were the subject of last week’s historical series in The Rappahannock News. Therefore, the Rappahannock County office of Emergency and Energy Services (GEES) would like to take this opportunity to advise county residents of the current state of readiness of our emergency response services.
The technological advances of the last few decades have made life more comfortable and bountiful, but progress has caused new problems and the risk of devastating accidents. Population growth and concentration has altered the natural balance as each new highway, cleared acreage, structure, etc., disrupts the ecology and alters the landscape. These changes often cause problems to occur where none existed before. For example, newly cleared land might cause added runoff and flooding might appear in new areas. Or a tornado that previously would have touched down in a forest, now strikes a home instead.
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