Citation
(2006), "Hurricanes, floods, and severe weather", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315eag.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Hurricanes, floods, and severe weather
Hurricanes, floods, and severe weather
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.
Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
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
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.
Kansas Water Science Center
http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/floodsummary/
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has made national flood summary maps and data from 1970 to 1998 available on their Kansas Water Science Center web site, which provides a tool to compare current or possible flood conditions with past historical flood information by state and year.
Risk Management Solutions (RMS)
www.rms.com/Publications/60HUActivityRates_whitepaper.pdf
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has updated its US and Caribbean hurricane models with a five-year forward-looking view of risk for estimating potential catastrophe losses. US and Caribbean Hurricane Activity Rates: The New RMS Medium-Term Perspective and Implications for Industry Loss describes the methodology, which indicates that increases in hurricane frequencies should be expected in all Atlantic and Gulf Coast states.
Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS)
www.ibhs.org/newsroom/view.asp?id=478
The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) has released three new resources to help homeowners protect their homes from hurricanes: “`S' marks the spot,” a hurricane protection guide, “Manufactured Home Inspection Checklist,” and “Keep Wind and Water Out, a Guide to High Wind Protection.”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_posters.html
Two new hurricane posters are available for download from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). One features Hurricane Katrina and the other highlights the various components of a hurricane as observed by satellites.
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center web site provides information about the New Orleans area. Since, Hurricane Katrina, it has been providing population and housing estimates, maps, and links to hurricane impact and recovery reports to help inform recovery decisions. Also available here is Hurricane Katrina: Social Demographic Characteristics of Impacted Areas, a Congressional Research Service report.
Louisiana Speaks
Louisiana Speaks is a multifaceted planning process endorsed by the Louisiana Recovery Authority to develop a sustainable, long-term vision for south Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This web site features information on planning and a Parish Planning Recovery Tool that enables all stakeholders to access the planning process.
Hurricanes of 2005
www.utc.org/file_depot/0-10000000/0-10000/1013/conman/Hurricanesþofþ2005. pdf
Hurricanes of 2005: Performance of Gulf Coast Critical Infrastructure Communications Networks contains the findings of a survey of Gulf Coast utilities after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma conducted by the United Telecom Council.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research
www.huduser.org/publications/destech/hurricanes05.html
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research offers this list of publications and ordinances to help those involved in the Gulf Coast hurricane recovery to develop sound, affordable housing.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
www.cbpp.org/2-23-06hous.htm
Housing Needs of Many Low-Income Hurricane Evacuees Are Not Being Adequately Addressed, from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, makes recommendations for the federal government to help meet the housing needs of poor residents displaced by the 2005 hurricanes.
Oxfam America
www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/briefing_papers/ recovering_states/
Recovering States? The Gulf Coast Six Months Later from Oxfam America found that poor households are being left behind in the recovery efforts and urges officials to recommit to plans that address the region's deep and persistent poverty.
In the Eye of the Storm
www.nclr.org/content/publications/detail/36812/
In the Eye of the storm: how the government and private response to hurricane Katrina failed Latinos, a recent report from the National Council of La Raza, reports that the federal government and American Red Cross are unprepared to address the varying needs of diverse populations in a disaster and recommends ways to improve response.
Louisiana Hurricane Resources
The Louisiana Hurricane Resources web site, hosted by the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, offers information about storm preparedness and recovery as well as archived information about Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
First Response Coalition
www.firstresponsecoalition.org/docs/Hurricane-Interop-Paper.pdf
The imminent storm 2006: vulnerable emergency communications in eight hurricane prone states from the First Response Coalition is based on an evaluation of the post-Katrina status of communications interoperability in eight states.
Center for Public Integrity
www.publicintegrity.org/katrina/report.aspx?aid=484
This Center for Public Integrity web page links to 928 pages of e-mails to and from former Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown between August 26 and September 8, 2005.