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DELAWARE OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY KICKS OFF NEW HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE CRASHES DURING THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING SEASON – State of Delaware News
The annual Protected Household Vacation marketing campaign seeks to forestall the vacations from “getting ugly” by serving to Delawareans keep away from harmful driver, passenger, and pedestrian behaviors.
DOVER, Del. (Nov. 17, 2022) — Beginning on Nov. 18, the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security (OHS) will start its annual vacation security marketing campaign, designed to cut back crashes, accidents, and deaths on Delaware roadways throughout a time of yr that persistently ranks as one of the crucial harmful for the touring public.
The marketing campaign will run by means of Dec. 31 using excessive visibility enforcement together with an built-in, multifaceted communications technique to achieve high-risk audiences. So as to add to the credibility of the messaging and guarantee it reaches the proper audiences in the proper locations, OHS has partnered with companies and organizations — together with bars and eating places, faith-based organizations, and vacation markets.
“Our Protected Household Vacation marketing campaign focuses on guaranteeing protected driving habits and encourages Delawareans to make accountable selections,” stated Kimberly Chesser, Director of the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security “individuals are likely to get wrapped up in celebrations and actions through the holidays and loosen up their protected driving behaviors. Drivers are reminded of poor winter climate situations, elevated vacation visitors, and extra pedestrian exercise, that means extra harmful situations that require your full consideration behind the wheel.”
The OHS Protected Household Vacation marketing campaign addresses the main causes of vacation crashes in Delaware: driving beneath the affect, dashing, distracted driving, and pedestrian security. Along with the help of enterprise and neighborhood companions, who will assist show and distribute visitors security messaging, OHS will join with Delawareans statewide by means of a mixture of paid promoting, social media, public relations, and grassroots engagements at a number of neighborhood occasions.
As an added strategy to make a right away reference to messaging and the vacation season, OHS has creatively leveraged the ubiquity of the ugly vacation sweater, urging individuals all through the state to “forestall the vacations from getting ugly” by taking all of the steps essential to keep away from a crash.
Listed here are a couple of key factors OHS would really like everybody to recollect earlier than making driving selections this season:
- When you’re planning an evening out that features ingesting, be sure you plan for a sober experience residence. Use a rideshare service, or public transportation, or name a pal or member of the family to get you residence safely.
- With worsening highway situations this time of yr, it’s extraordinarily vital to keep away from distractions whereas driving. Put down your cellphone, at all times buckle up, and give attention to the highway forward.
- You could be itching to get residence for the vacations, however so is everybody else. Decelerate and comply with posted pace limits earlier than issues get ugly.
- When you select to stroll residence from celebrations, put on vibrant or reflective clothes and/or objects to make your self as seen as potential. Moreover, motorists want to pay attention to elevated pedestrian exercise as visibility could also be impaired because of hazardous climate and shorter sunlight hours through the winter months.
Statistics
Every vacation, the OHS marketing campaign focuses on the next pillars of consciousness and behavioral change:
- Impaired driving: Final yr (Nov. 21, to Dec. 31, 2021), there have been 3 crash-related deaths because of impaired driving/DUI and 476 arrests.
- Rushing: In 2021, pace was concerned in 43 car fatalities, accounting for about 32% of all visitors fatalities.
- Pedestrian security: In 2021, 29 pedestrians have been killed in visitors crashes.
- Seat belt neglect: Whereas seat belt use is at an all-time excessive in Delaware, presently 36% of crash deaths happen when a car occupant shouldn’t be restrained — a 21% improve from 2021.
- Distracted driving: An individual who texts whereas driving is thrice extra prone to trigger a crash than a driver inebriated. Roughly 25% of Delaware’s crashes could be attributed not less than partly to distracted driving.
Group Engagements — OHS Security Snowman and Zoey Glowey Appearances
Along with the communications ways listed above, the OHS “Security Snowman” and “Zoey Glowey” will seem on the following vacation occasions in help of the marketing campaign:
- Dover Motor Speedway Present of Lights, Dover, DE. 5, from 4:30 to 9 p.m.
- Santa’s Secret Store at George Wilson Group Middle, Newark, DE. 3, from 9 a.m. to midday.
- New Fort County Hope Middle, New Fort, DE. 15, from 4 to six p.m.
- Schellville 2022 Enchanted Winter Celebration, Rehoboth Seashore, DE. 18, from 5 to 9 p.m.
In regards to the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security
The Workplace of Freeway Security (OHS) is dedicated to bettering the protection of Delaware’s motoring public by specializing in behavioral visitors questions of safety, comparable to impaired driving, seat belt use, dashing, youngster passenger security, pedestrian and bicycle security, bike security, and teenage driving points. FAQs could be discovered at ArriveAliveDE.com. Observe OHS on the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security web site, Fb, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
Media Contact: jason.coleman@delaware.gov
Associated Subjects: ArriveAliveDE, OHS
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The annual Protected Household Vacation marketing campaign seeks to forestall the vacations from “getting ugly” by serving to Delawareans keep away from harmful driver, passenger, and pedestrian behaviors.
DOVER, Del. (Nov. 17, 2022) — Beginning on Nov. 18, the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security (OHS) will start its annual vacation security marketing campaign, designed to cut back crashes, accidents, and deaths on Delaware roadways throughout a time of yr that persistently ranks as one of the crucial harmful for the touring public.
The marketing campaign will run by means of Dec. 31 using excessive visibility enforcement together with an built-in, multifaceted communications technique to achieve high-risk audiences. So as to add to the credibility of the messaging and guarantee it reaches the proper audiences in the proper locations, OHS has partnered with companies and organizations — together with bars and eating places, faith-based organizations, and vacation markets.
“Our Protected Household Vacation marketing campaign focuses on guaranteeing protected driving habits and encourages Delawareans to make accountable selections,” stated Kimberly Chesser, Director of the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security “individuals are likely to get wrapped up in celebrations and actions through the holidays and loosen up their protected driving behaviors. Drivers are reminded of poor winter climate situations, elevated vacation visitors, and extra pedestrian exercise, that means extra harmful situations that require your full consideration behind the wheel.”
The OHS Protected Household Vacation marketing campaign addresses the main causes of vacation crashes in Delaware: driving beneath the affect, dashing, distracted driving, and pedestrian security. Along with the help of enterprise and neighborhood companions, who will assist show and distribute visitors security messaging, OHS will join with Delawareans statewide by means of a mixture of paid promoting, social media, public relations, and grassroots engagements at a number of neighborhood occasions.
As an added strategy to make a right away reference to messaging and the vacation season, OHS has creatively leveraged the ubiquity of the ugly vacation sweater, urging individuals all through the state to “forestall the vacations from getting ugly” by taking all of the steps essential to keep away from a crash.
Listed here are a couple of key factors OHS would really like everybody to recollect earlier than making driving selections this season:
- When you’re planning an evening out that features ingesting, be sure you plan for a sober experience residence. Use a rideshare service, or public transportation, or name a pal or member of the family to get you residence safely.
- With worsening highway situations this time of yr, it’s extraordinarily vital to keep away from distractions whereas driving. Put down your cellphone, at all times buckle up, and give attention to the highway forward.
- You could be itching to get residence for the vacations, however so is everybody else. Decelerate and comply with posted pace limits earlier than issues get ugly.
- When you select to stroll residence from celebrations, put on vibrant or reflective clothes and/or objects to make your self as seen as potential. Moreover, motorists want to pay attention to elevated pedestrian exercise as visibility could also be impaired because of hazardous climate and shorter sunlight hours through the winter months.
Statistics
Every vacation, the OHS marketing campaign focuses on the next pillars of consciousness and behavioral change:
- Impaired driving: Final yr (Nov. 21, to Dec. 31, 2021), there have been 3 crash-related deaths because of impaired driving/DUI and 476 arrests.
- Rushing: In 2021, pace was concerned in 43 car fatalities, accounting for about 32% of all visitors fatalities.
- Pedestrian security: In 2021, 29 pedestrians have been killed in visitors crashes.
- Seat belt neglect: Whereas seat belt use is at an all-time excessive in Delaware, presently 36% of crash deaths happen when a car occupant shouldn’t be restrained — a 21% improve from 2021.
- Distracted driving: An individual who texts whereas driving is thrice extra prone to trigger a crash than a driver inebriated. Roughly 25% of Delaware’s crashes could be attributed not less than partly to distracted driving.
Group Engagements — OHS Security Snowman and Zoey Glowey Appearances
Along with the communications ways listed above, the OHS “Security Snowman” and “Zoey Glowey” will seem on the following vacation occasions in help of the marketing campaign:
- Dover Motor Speedway Present of Lights, Dover, DE. 5, from 4:30 to 9 p.m.
- Santa’s Secret Store at George Wilson Group Middle, Newark, DE. 3, from 9 a.m. to midday.
- New Fort County Hope Middle, New Fort, DE. 15, from 4 to six p.m.
- Schellville 2022 Enchanted Winter Celebration, Rehoboth Seashore, DE. 18, from 5 to 9 p.m.
In regards to the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security
The Workplace of Freeway Security (OHS) is dedicated to bettering the protection of Delaware’s motoring public by specializing in behavioral visitors questions of safety, comparable to impaired driving, seat belt use, dashing, youngster passenger security, pedestrian and bicycle security, bike security, and teenage driving points. FAQs could be discovered at ArriveAliveDE.com. Observe OHS on the Delaware Workplace of Freeway Security web site, Fb, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
Media Contact: jason.coleman@delaware.gov
Associated Subjects: ArriveAliveDE, OHS
Hold updated by receiving a every day digest e mail, round midday, of present information launch posts from state companies on information.delaware.gov.
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Aurora Borealis appears over northern US
The aurora borealis appeared in parts of the northern U.S on Thursday. Footage shows the colorful northern lights visible from Lewes, Delaware.
After filling up on turkey, stuffing and a couple of slices of pie, Mother Nature will have an aerial fireworks show for you Thursday and Friday night.
A solar storm is forecast to reach Earth and produce colorful northern lights in the Northern Hemisphere.
The phenomenon, also known as the aurora borealis, should be visible on Thanksgiving and Black Friday in parts of the northern United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The northern lights are courtesy of a coronal mass ejection hurtling toward Earth, which prompted NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center to issue a geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday and Friday. The forecast storm won’t quite have the oomph of the G4-level whopper that came along Oct. 10, but it should still unveil the auroras across the Northern Hemisphere.
Here’s what to know about the northern lights and how to see them on Thanksgiving night in the U.S.
Northern lights: Amid solar maximum, auroras should be more visible across the U.S.
Where will the auroras be visible?
The auroras are best seen around the magnetic poles of the Northern and Southern hemispheres in Europe, Asia and North America. In the U.S., Alaska is well known to have the best viewing opportunities for the northern lights.
The auroras may become visible in some northern and upper Midwest states from New York to Idaho, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center’s experimental Aurora view line. The visibility for viewing also will depend on local weather conditions and city lights.
The northern lights may also be visible low on the horizon in several cities, according to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks Geophysical Institute website, which tracks the phenomenon.
Those include:
- Boise, Idaho
- Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Indianapolis
- Annapolis, Maryland
Will the northern lights be visible in Delaware?
While the auroras will be visible as far south as Annapolis, folks in Delaware may have issues seeing anything Thursday night. The National Weather Service forecast is calling for a 100% chance of rain Thursday, mostly before noon. While the rain will move off, the forecast for Thursday night is calling for partly cloudy skies which could hinder visibility.
The best chance to see the northern lights is Friday. The forecast is calling for mostly clear skies. You will want to bring a jacket as lows are expected to drop into the upper 20s.
When is the best time to see the northern lights?
As a rule of thumb, if the weather is clear, the best aurora is usually visible within an hour or two of midnight, according to NOAA. And if it looks as if the northern lights will flare up near you, you should get away from cities and travel to dark locations free from light pollution so you can best see them.
The agency also maintains an aurora dashboard that should help skygazers track the phenomenon.
What causes the northern lights
The auroras are a natural light display in Earth’s sky. The phenomenon is caused when electrically charged particles from space enter Earth’s atmosphere and collide with molecules and gases like oxygen and nitrogen, causing the atmospheric particles to gain energy. To return to their normal state, the particles release that energy in the form of light, according to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
As auroras form, Earth’s magnetic field redirects the particles toward the poles through a process that produces a stunning display of rays, spirals and flickers that have fascinated humans for millennia.
Why northern lights activity is increasing
Now that the sun is at the height of its 11-year cycle, the increase in solar activity has more frequently fueled “space weather” that produces the right conditions for northern lights to flourish.
Regions of intense magnetic activity known as sunspots are proliferating on the solar surface and are capable of releasing intense bursts of radiation resulting in solar flares that can hurtle toward Earth at the speed of light, according to NOAA. Some of the flares can be accompanied by coronal mass ejections, or clouds of plasma and charged particles, that emerge from the sun’s outermost atmosphere, the corona.
These ejections can collide with Earth’s magnetosphere, the barrier protecting humanity from the harshest effects of space weather, to produce geomagnetic storms that unleash spectacular views of the northern lights in parts of the country where auroras are not often visible.
What’s more, because NASA expects the solar maximum to continue into 2025, aurora chasers should have plenty more opportunities to catch the northern lights.
This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region.
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An emergency dredging project to restore severe beach erosion along a popular surfing and fishing spot north of Delaware’s Indian River Inlet began this week.
The $15 million initiative aims to restore the shoreline on the north side of the Indian River Inlet Bridge.
Two separate storms earlier this year triggered dune breaches along the coastline, closing portions of the Coastal Highway.
The project is a crucial step to protect the highway, which serves as an emergency evacuation route, according to Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
The project will also prepare the area for the increasing intensity of storms caused by climate change, said the agency’s secretary, Shawn Garvin.
“[The area] is in a position where it tends to lose sand faster than other areas of the coastline, and does not naturally regenerate,” Garvin said. “It is at the foot of the bridge. It is a very popular area for fishing and surfing, and general beach use. So, we’re looking to try to get it back into a stable situation.”
Salty ocean water is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphians and millions of others, brought on by drought conditions and sea level rise, and prompting officials to tap reservoirs to push the unpotable tide back downstream. Officials say drinking water isn’t imminently at risk yet, but they’re monitoring the effects of the drought on the river and studying options for the future in case further droughts sap the area, per the AP.
- What is the salt front? The salt front, or salt line, is where salt water from the ocean and fresh water meet in the river. That boundary is typically somewhere around Wilmington, Delaware, but the recent drought has pushed it about 20 miles north.
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