BEECN Sites: Difference between revisions
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* Is not in the vicinity of tall trees, overhead power lines, or other utility hazards; | * Is not in the vicinity of tall trees, overhead power lines, or other utility hazards; | ||
* Is familiar to the community and following a disaster might be intuited by neighbors as a community gathering point, and is geographically central to the immediate community. | * Is familiar to the community and following a disaster might be intuited by neighbors as a community gathering point, and is geographically central to the immediate community. | ||
<br/> | Bottom line, BEECN sites are intended to leverage the comfort and familiarity of known and existing community gathering points. An article examining what places became post-disaster community gathering points after Hurricane Helene hit Asheville, North Carolina illustrates this succinctly: | ||
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== BEECN Site Restrictions == | == BEECN Site Restrictions == | ||
