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 moreTags: floods, technology, training & outreach
Marian Hanisko has shared a bunch of new free webinars over on StormSmart Connect. They're all put on by the NOAA Coastal Services Center, so they're undoubtedly high quality. And they're free. Hope you can make some of them.
Using ENOW Data to Help Monitor Economic Health in Coastal Counties
May 26, 2011; 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (eastern)
The oceans and, »read moreTags: events, training & outreach
Like most of us, I'd like to think that getting people the best information will drive them to make the right decisions. Certainly that's been a big drive behind StormSmart Coasts.
Unfortunately, the evidence suggests that things aren't that simple. It's easy to find examples in our own lives of knowing better but still making less than logical decisions, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, climate change, research, sea level rise, training & outreach, video, weather & climate
. . . and when I say "comprehensive," I mean "comprehensive."
Ready.gov has come out with an emergency preparedness outreach plan they're calling Resolve to be Ready in 2011, and it includes everything from press releases, newsletters, and links to videos to (are you ready for this?) tweets that you can cut and paste to your twitter account.
Did I mention, »read more
Louisiana State University has released a great brochure on best practices for communicating about hurricane risks. It's short, simple, and it makes sense. Here's the meat of it, broken down by audience:
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Be Proactive in Educating the Public: Gaining compliance during a hurricane requires year-round efforts. Waiting until the storms hit, »read moreTags: case study, emergency services, publications, research, training & outreach, weather & climate
Tags: emergency services, Insurance, planning, training & outreach, video
The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography launched a new website this week: Hurricanes: Science and Society. The site has loads of information on the science of hurricanes, methods of observing hurricanes, and modeling and forecasting of hurricanes. In addition to in-depth science content, the website includes educational resources,, »read more
The Institute for Business and Home Safety built a proper hurricane making machine, then constructed two homes in front of it. One was built to standard building codes, the other to their "Fortified for Safer Living" code. They turned the hurricane on and, well, you can see the results.
Wow. Show this the next time your community (or state) is reviewing, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, regulations, research, technology, training & outreach, video
Just got this press release announcing that EPA will continue a promising-looking webcast series designed to help local governments adapt to climate change. While the blurb doesn't say the program is specifically targeting coastal communities, it seems likely that much if not all of what they discuss will apply to all of us abutting the ocean.
The next, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, events, hazard identification, infrastructure, planning, training & outreach, weather & climate
They're not precise enough to use for planning purposes, but the National Hurricane Center has created a neat tool to show projections for where hurricanes are likely to drive storm surge. Using it is as easy as visiting their Storm Surge Interactive Risk Maps webpage, selecting a category of storm (1-5) you'd like to see mapped, then zooming into the area, »read moreTags: hazard identification, training & outreach, weather & climate
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