SOUTH CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Flooding disasters don't just affect people - they also affect pets, and pets depend on people for their safety. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) advise that the best protection for your pet is to plan ahead.

Plan for how you will evacuate your pet:

Take your pet with you, if possible. Contact your local emergency management office for information on shelters that welcome pets.

Find "pet friendly" hotels at www.petswelcome.com.

Ask friends or relatives who live outside the disaster area to care for your pet.

Leave early-don't wait for a mandatory evacuation order. An unnecessary trip is far better than waiting too long to leave safely with your pet. If you must be evacuated by emergency officials, you may be told to leave your pet behind.

Make sure your pet has an identification tag that includes your address, phone number and the phone number of a friend or relative living outside the disaster area.

Put together a pet emergency kit containing:

Water, pet food, can opener and treats;

Cat litter and litter box;

Pet medications, medical records and your veterinarian's name and telephone number;

Sturdy leashes, harnesses, and/or carriers so you can move your pets safely and securely;

Current photos of your pet.

Plan for your pet's safe transportation:

Condition your pet to being in a carrier.

Move birds, snakes, lizards, and "pocket pets" like hamsters and gerbils in a secure travel cage or carrier. If the weather is cold, wrap a blanket over the carrier. During warm weather, carry a water mister to mist your bird's feathers from time to time. Certain snakes may need a water bowl large enough for soaking as well as a heating pad.

Source: FEMA

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WASHINGTON - On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon landing, NASA is seeking ideas from the public, academia, and industry about how to analyze and catalog notes from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system.

Von Braun was the first director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and a key figure in the development of the Saturn V rocket and NASA's Apollo program. NASA has a full collection of "Weekly Notes" von Braun wrote during the 1960s and 1970s. These notes were used to track programmatic and institutional issues at Marshall, and are considered by many historians to be a valuable source of data.

NASA has issued a request for information and is looking for concepts that will provide an innovative resource for agency engineers and scientists, as well as researchers in academia and industry.

For additional information and to view the request for information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/home

For more a complete biography of von Braun, visit: http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/bio.html

NASA is planning several activities and events for the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20. The events will celebrate the Apollo Program, its accomplishments, and the benefits to our lives today.

For more information about NASA's Apollo 40th Anniversary activities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/apollo40th

Source: NASA

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How is the expansion of the internet and, more specifically, web 2.0 social media affecting communication and the media in today's conflicts? A short conference at NATO Headquarters on 6 July, organized by the NATO Library and the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), will address this question.

Marc Hecker - Research Fellow at IFRI and co-author (with Thomas Rid) of the book "War 2.0: Irregular Warfare in the Information Age" - argues that today's conflicts, taking place among populations, have a "social" dimension. The US army even goes as far as using the term "armed social work" for part of its actions in Afghanistan and Irak. The media have also become more social, as each and every citizen, insurgent, or soldier can now open their own blog and provide information worldwide. How are military and insurgency communication networks affected by this transformation?

The conference starts at 2pm and will be chaired by Dominique David, Executive Vice-President, IFRI. Afterwards, Marc Hecker will sign copies of his book in the NATO Library from 3pm. To register or for more information, please contact Isabel Fernandez: fernandez.isabel@hq.nato.int, tel. +32 (0)2 707 50 22

(The views and opinions of the speakers do not necessarily state or reflect those of NATO or IFRI.)

Source: NATO News

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