The Sun Herald is reporting that State Farm will offer discounts of up to 30% to policyholders who strengthen their homes against wind damage. From that short article: Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said Tuesday that he has approved State Farm’s plan to offer the mitigation discounts. They would apply to new construction and retrofits […]
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Gambling Against Mother Nature Workshop
Posted on March 1, 2010
Based on the popular television series on WKRG‐TV, and funded by a grant from NOAA Coastal Storms Program and Mississippi‐Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, this course will feature all 3 programs, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. The event will be held on Friday, March 12 from 8:30 – 3:30 at the Five Rivers Convention […]
New Insurer Enters Southern Mississippi Wind Insurance Market
Posted on March 1, 2010
WLOX is reporting that Safeco Insurance will now be offering wind insurance in southern Mississippi. Straight from their site: There will soon be one more option for Mississippi homeowners looking for insurance coverage. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney announced Monday that Safeco Insurance plans to offer homeowners insurance, including wind coverage, right down to the […]
FEMA May Forgive Some Katrina/Rita Loans
Posted on January 22, 2010
Briefly, FEMA has announced a loan forgiveness program for government agencies that received money after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Under the new regulations, local governments that received Community Disaster Loans from FEMA can apply to have all or part of the loans erased if its revenues in the 36 months after the two major storms […]
EVENT: Southeast Stormwater Association's Conference, October 6-8, Biloxi
Posted on January 12, 2010
The folks over at the Southeast Stormwater Association have set the date and location of their annual conference: October 6-8 at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. According to the event’s webpage, the organizers aim to “bring quality training to stormwater professionals,” specifically targeting local, state and federal government administrators and regulators; developers, builders, contractors; land […]
GIS Training (Mobile, AL: January 5th)
Posted on November 23, 2009
This from the fine folks at the Coastal States Organization: “On January 5 there will be a GIS training for coastal resource professionals in Mobile, Alabama on the Habitat Priority Planner. The tool is a geographic information system (GIS)-based tool used to make decisions about land use, conservation, and restoration. Different scenarios can be quickly […]
Legal Seminar on Post-Katrina Insurance
Posted on October 19, 2009
From our friends at the Gulf of Mexico News: The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program will sponsor “Post-Katrina Insurance Developments and Other Legal Issues,” a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar for Mississippi attorneys and other interested people, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Mississippi State University Coastal Research and […]
FEMA Releases Risk MAP FY09 Flood Mapping Production Plan
Posted on August 11, 2009
New maps Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for those of you in the coastal areas of Texas, Alabama, and parts of the Florida panhandle. You can download the full map from this FEMA page (warning: it’s 8 MB).
NOAA Seeks Proposals on Impacts of SLR on Ecosystems
Posted on August 11, 2009
NOAA is soliciting research proposals for projects of 3 to 5 years in duration for development of modeling and mapping tools to better understand and predict the impacts of sea level rise on coastal ecosystems, including ecologically and economically valuable natural resources, to support proactive coastal management and mitigation decisions. The area of interest includes […]
EVENT: Ghosts of Katrina (conference) – Gulfport, June 5-6
Posted on May 18, 2009
This interdisciplinary conference sponsored by The Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI) and the Center for Policy and Resilience (CPR) will address community resilience and its applications to post-disaster communities like Gulfport. For additional information on the conference (not much now, but perhaps more to be added later) and how to register, see this page.