Online OSHA Safety Training Reports on How Mississippi River Flooding is Exposing Lack of Training and Resources in Delta Region

As Mr. Harold watched first his 10’ Johnboat float on by, then came his shed and finally the entire house, and all of the 65-year’s worth of memories and contents, that the Meridian, Mississippi native and his family had collected, lost in a blink of an eye. “The water came down the hill so fast that we barely had enough time to scoop the dogs and cats up and make way for higher ground!” Mr. Harold said in a still frightened and worn down, crackling voice.

Team Orientated Safety Educators and World Travelers

One safety-training firm with a penchant for being one of the only online firms to send a team directly after a global catastrophe has befallen any given area (Japan 2011 Earthquake) was at it again and this time they sent one lone writer to cover the story. There is no doubt that this Mississippi River Flood of 2012 will go down in the history books as one of the deadliest and expensive floods of the century.

With adequate warning times and mobile US Army and US National Guard troops canvassing the stricken areas of the Mississippi Delta region, fatalities have been kept to a bare minimum. This cannot be said of the property that has been submerged by the muddy waters of the flooded Mississippi River, Missouri River, and countless other minor waterways as the billion-dollar mark was reached before the flooding escaped the Show Me State.

Ronnie Spann To The Flood Area

The reason why Online OSHA Safety Training sent Ronnie Spann to the flooded area was to see what could be done, financially and physically, for the victims of this terrible flooding. What Mr. Spann found was so much more than ruined towns and evacuated homes, what he found was a strong need for many more Hazwoper 40 Hour safety training course personnel.

Delta Region of Mississippi

To bring everyone up to speed on what this means to the Delta Region of Mississippi and Upper Louisiana and most of the Eastern coastline of Texas regions, we will turn to Mr. Spann for his late-breaking report on the 2011 Great Flood.

Mosquito Explosion

Ronnie Spann was asked what could be some of the affects of not having enough Hazwoper trained workers and volunteers on the clean-up sites, in the affected Delta Region of the Mississippi River? His answer was quite shocking; “It will be one of the worst seasons for all types of MRSA staph infections and a host of other viruses and illnesses stemming from the long standing water and debris that has not been and will not be relocated due to a lack of Material Handling Hazwoper 40 Hour course workers”. “Now is the time to invest in online and on-site OSHA and Hazwoper Training, the Delta Region as well as the entire country could use a big shot of these course offerings.” In closing, Mr. Spann said; “if you thought the mosquito population was bad before the floods came down here, wait for two weeks, one will think they are in the Sudan in July!”