Our friends at the Institute of Business Home Safety (IBHS) have released an extremely useful report for people living and working in coastal communities threatened by storms (particularly hurricanes). To research Hurricane Ike: Nature’s Force vs. Structural Strength IBHS sent a crew out to take a hard look at how various buildings did during Hurricane, Read More
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New Report on Best Building Practices
Our friends at the Institute of Business Home Safety (IBHS) have released an extremely useful report for people living and working in coastal communities threatened by storms (particularly hurricanes). To research Hurricane Ike: Nature’s Force vs. Structural Strength IBHS sent a crew out to take a hard look at how various buildings did during Hurricane, Read More
NEW BOOK: Floodplain Management, A New Approach for a New Era
From the publisher's site:
A flooding river is very hard to stop. Many residents of the United States have discovered this the hard way. Right now, over five million Americans hold flood insurance policies from the National Flood Insurance Program, which estimates that flooding causes at least six billion dollars in damages every year. Like rivers after, Read More
(MS) Training Opportunity: FEMA 550 – Residential Construction for Gulf Coast Design Professionals
FEMA will be offering its "Recommended Residential Construction for the Gulf Coast Design Professionals" course on September 15, 8:00am – 4:15pm at the Army National Guard Emergency Operations Training Auditorium in Gulfport. Details from the flier:
This 1-day course on FEMA 550, Recommended Residential Construction for the Gulf Coast, developed by FEMA, Read More
New TV Program on Coastal Watersheds Airs Tonight
If you're in or around Mississippi or Alabama, don’t miss the second television program in the series “Gambling Against Mother Nature,” which airs tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19th at 6:30pm on WKRG-TV (News Channel 5). This program is called “Water Runs Downhill” and focuses on coastal watersheds. The series episodes are:
Hurricanes, Storms and, Read More
REPORT: Interagency Study Concludes Structural Shore Protection Can’t Solve All Problems
The Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (a group organized by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina) has released a draft of a report evaluating the performance of the New Orleans hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina and to assess the risks posed to the New Orleans region by future tropical storms., Read More
National Hurricane Center Urged to Update Warning System
The Miami Herald reports that U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL) told forecasters and federal, state, local and Red Cross emergency managers on Friday that the nation's emergency warning system needs to join the wired and increasingly wireless 21st century. During a House subcommittee hearing on national and state hurricane preparedness held in Miami, he, Read More
New book: How to Maximize FEMA Funding After a Natural Disaster
While it doesn't yet appear to have appeared on bookstore shelves (Amazon has it listed as "temporarily unavailable"), the $35, 80-page How to Maximize FEMA Funding After a Natural Disaster is already gathering attention, including an article in the Times Picayune and many "reviews" on Amazon (though few, if any, of the reviewers appear to have even seen, Read More
Report Calls For Federal Assistance For Local Planning for Climate Change
Last week the National Academies released a report calling for new federal efforts to identify local officials who need assistance in planning for climate change impacts. According to a press release by the National Academies,
"The report recommends six principles that all agencies should follow in supporting decision makers who are facing the effects of, Read More
New Publication Guides Climate Change Outreach and Communications
Trying to figure out how to build support among your citizens for preparing for climate change? ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability's new "Climate Change Outreach and Communications Guide" (39 pp.) claims to be a tool to help local governments effectively communicate climate information to their constituencies. The guide contains an array of steps, Read More
FUNDING/ASSISTANCE: Smart Growth Implementation Assistance
EPA's Smart Growth Implementation Assistance 2009 program is seeking applications for technical assistance from communities that want to incorporate smart growth in their future development to meet environmental and other community goals. Eligible entities are tribal, local, regional, and state governments, and nonprofit organizations that have a, Read More
