The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently released the Best Practices Manual for Development in Coastal Louisiana website.
What's novel about this site is that it provides strategies for creating sustainable and resilient coastal communities based on "geotypes" (pick from chenier, Read More
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Best Practices for Coastal Louisiana Manual not just for Louisiana
The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently released the Best Practices Manual for Development in Coastal Louisiana website.
What's novel about this site is that it provides strategies for creating sustainable and resilient coastal communities based on "geotypes" (pick from chenier, Read More
Florida Takes Hard Look at its Future Climate
The State University System of Florida has released Climate Scenarios: A Florida-Centric View, a serious look at what future climate conditions might mean for the sunshine state. From the intro:
The purpose of this document is to provide an informed opinion on future climate scenarios relevant to Florida. It offers a primer on Florida’s , Read More
Mississippi to be Dropped from the National Flood Insurance Program?
A troubling article from the Bolivar Commercial spells out why Mississippi may be removed from the National Flood Insurance Program as early as this spring.
The issue is over a state law prohibiting counties and cities from enforcing building codes, including local floodplain management ordinances, against qualified hunting and fishing camps. The NFIP, Read More
Check out the New and Improved Coastal Community Resilience Index
We at StormSmart are big fans of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium's Coastal Community Resilience Index. For those not familiar with it, the Coastal Community Resilience Index (CRI) is a simple tool that provides a snapshot of a community’s resilience, and can help identify opportunities to improve.
Designed to take as little as two hours to, Read More
Will the Next Hurricane Put You Underwater? New Site Shows How Deep
Have a look at the new Miami-Dade County Storm Surge Simulator which lets you click on a map to show where you live and then select the severity of the storm before it shows you just how deep that water will be when that next hurricane hits. You can even select whether you want to see the depth shown on a person, a home, or a villa (I did mention this was, Read More
No Budget? No Problem. Group Makes Hurricane Safety PSAs on a Shoestring Budget
With no funding (and a little help from the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium), Mississippi's C-HOST (Coastal Hazard Outreach Strategy Team) group has created some great quick public service announcements.
Below is one example, see the C-HOST videos page for more. (Does your group or community want its own StormSmart.org site? Let us, Read More
EPA Announces $3 Million in Grants to Improve Health of Gulf
A new Gulf-Based funding announcement in from the EPA:
Gulf of Mexico Regional Partnerships Request for Proposals (RFP) 2011
On, August 16, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the release of the Gulf of Mexico Regional Partnerships RFP 2011. The RFP is posted on the Gulf of Mexico Program's website at: http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/, and, Read More
US Army Corps of Engineers Uses Facebook for 2011 Mississippi River Flood Updates
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division and its
districts have launched a new Facebook page to provide accurate, timely
information on the 2011 flood.
The page provides updates on the Corps of Engineers’ flood-fighting
activities, to include videos, photos and tweets; links to local
emergency management resources and federal, Read More
Easiest Wind Speed Maps in the Gulf
So you've figured out your flood risk with the LSU Ag Center's flood map tool, but now you need an estimate of your wind risk. Why not check out their Wind Speed and Elevation Map? It just doesn't get any easier. (Nice work, LSU).
(Added to our Finding and Using Additional Hazard Information, Read More
The Easiest Way to Find Louisiana Flood Maps
Click on your parish and get an interactive flood map. Wish all states had this resource. Have a look on the LSU Flood Maps site.
(Added to the Interpreting FIRMs and FIS Reports, Read More
