Citation
(2006), "Hurricanes", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315dag.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Hurricanes
Lessons Learned between Hurricanes
www.nap.edu/catalog/11528.html
The March 8, 2005, workshop of the National Academies' Disasters Roundtable titled Lessons Learned between Hurricanes: From Hugo to Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne explored the extent that strategies for countering the challenges presented by hurricanes have changed since Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and is summarized in this report.
PBS programming
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orleans/
PBS programming explored Hurricane Katrina with Frontline's “The Storm,” which examined what can be learned from the failures in preparedness, leadership, and communication, and NOVA's “Storm that Drowned a City,” which focused on the science of the hurricane and what made New Orleans so vulnerable. Both programs can be viewed online.
Bring New Orleans Back Commission
www.fromthelaketotheriver.org/files/final_report_11.29.pdf
The mission of the Bring New Orleans Back Commission is to work with the city's mayor to create a master plan that rebuilds New Orleans culturally, socially, economically, and uniquely for every citizen. This web site contains information pertinent to the initiative, including final reports and presentations. Related reports include the From the Lake to the River Foundation's Report to Mayor Nagin's Bring New Orleans Back Commission: An Alternative Vision for Rebuilding, Redevelopment, and Reconstruction and the Urban Land Institute's A Strategy for Rebuilding New Orleans, Louisiana.
Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institute
www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/200512_KatrinaIndex.pdf
The Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institute compiled this index of economic and social indicators that measure the impact of rebuilding efforts in Orleans Parish, the New Orleans metropolitan area, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The data will be updated monthly through December 2006.
Charting the Course for Rebuilding a Great American City
www.planning.org/katrina/pdf/rebuildingreport.pdf
This report from the American Planning Association, Charting the Course for Rebuilding a Great American City, provides short – and long-term recommendations for improving New Orleans' planning functions to expedite rebuilding.
Harvard Medical School
www.hurricanekatrina.med.harvard.edu/
Over the next two years, the Harvard Medical School will regularly interview a representative sample of 2,000 people who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Digitally recorded oral histories and summaries of quarterly reports will be posted on this Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Board Web site as they become available.
National Research Council's Committee on Water System Security
www.nap.edu/catalog/11484.html
This report from the National Research Council's Committee on Water System Security examines the opportunities for water security research in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls
www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33188_20051213.pdf
This Congressional Research Service report, Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls, documents the design of the Lake Pontchartrain project with specific reference to how and by whom design decisions were made.
The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA)
The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) is the state planning and coordinating body that is implementing the governor's vision for the recovery of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. This web site provides information on the task forces and recovery teams established by the LRA and the priorities for short – and long-term recovery needs.
Mississippi Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal
The Mississippi Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal was formed shortly after Hurricane Katrina to develop a broad vision for a better Gulf Coast and South Mississippi. The commission focuses on giving local leaders access to ideas and information that will help them decide what their region will look like in the future. The web site also features the commission's report After Katrina: Building Back Better and A Pattern Book for Gulf Coast Neighborhoods.
“Task Force on Evacuation, Transportation and Logistics: Final Report to the Governor”
www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/files/EvacuationTaskForceReport.pdf
“Task Force on Evacuation, Transportation and Logistics: Final Report to the Governor” describes the work of a task force appointed by the Texas governor to document lessons learned from the Hurricane Rita evacuation and to make recommendations on how to improve evacuation plans and execution in future emergencies.
Structural Performance of the New Orleans Hurricane Protection System During Hurricane Katrina
www.nap.edu/catalog/11591.html
“Structural Performance of the New Orleans Hurricane Protection System During Hurricane Katrina: Letter Report” is the first report from the Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects, which was formed by the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council. It represents the committee's observations of the efforts of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force to provide credible and objective scientific and engineering answers regarding the performance of the New Orleans metropolitan hurricane protection system during and after Hurricane Katrina.
FEMA's Flood Hazard Map Modernization Initiative
www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33264_20060203.pdf
FEMA's Flood Hazard Map Modernization Initiative, a Congressional Research Service Report, provides background information on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) flood map modernization initiative and discusses recent related concerns, such as the recognition of flood hazard studies needed after Hurricane Katrina, the completion of timely regular updates of digital flood insurance rate maps, and the fate of the initiative under the US Department of Homeland Security.
Severe Weather Awareness Events
www.nws.noaa.gov/om/severeweather/severewxcal.shtml
This calendar from the National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services lists severe weather awareness events by state for 2006.
EuroTempest
Created by experts on (re)insurance, loss modelling, and extreme weather forecasting and tracking, EuroTempest is an interactive web-based warning service for European windstorms that offers clear, real-time, advanced forecasts on the timing, route, and localized potential wind damage for windstorms out to five days ahead.