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
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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
State Gets Grant to Fund Help Protect Homes from Hurricanes
As reported on MPBonline, the state of Mississippi has received a $23.9 million grant to help homeowners retrofit homes for hurricanes in Jackson, Harrison and Hancock Counties.
The program is being managed by a new state group called "Coastal Retrofit Mississippi." According to their website, funds will be used to help homeowners with:
Retrofitting, Read More
Free GIS Training on Coastal Inundation: June 29-30, Gautier
Familiar with GIS but not sure how to use it to project coastal inundation in your community? You're in luck: a whole bunch of organizations have banded together to offer you a free class on how to do it.
The details:
When: June 29th & 30th 2010 (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Where: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Estuarine Education Center, Read More
High Tech (and generally free) Tools for Disaster Preparation
Mashable has written a short article outlining some of the many ways that people can take advantage of the technology they already own (computers, smart-phones, etc) to help prepare themselves for natural disasters. Some of the ideas:
Using Google My Maps to create evacuation maps (see video below for an intro on how to do this)
Storing medical information, Read More
Workshop for Existing CRS Communities: March 23, Biloxi [EVENT]
A new training announcement from FEMA:
Community Rating System (CRS) Workshop for Existing CRS Communities (1 day)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Mississippi State University Coastal
Research Extension Center
1815 Popps Ferry Road
Biloxi, MS 39532
This 1 day workshop is being offered to provide essential information to existing Community, Read More
2010 Coastal Resilience Symposium: May 26, Houston [EVENT]
Just announced: the 2010 Coastal Resilience Symposium will be held at Rice University (Houston) on May 26th. From the event's new webpage:
"Hurricane Ike was not the "Big One" for the Houston area, but it gave us a much clearer picture of what we might expect should a large hurricane make landfall to our southwest.
How well would we be able to recover?, Read More
State Farm to Drop 125,000 Policies in Florida
Approximately 125,000 of State Farm's "most vulnerable customers" in Florida should brace themselves to receive some potentially bad news: their policies with State Farm Insurance are being cancelled.
MSNBC and others are reporting that State Farm Florida will be canceling policies for nearly a fifth of its clients, most of them in coastal areas. It began, Read More
FEMA Grants Conference Call—February 5
A friend just passed this announcement our way:
The DHS Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives would like to connect you to some of our colleagues in FEMA and share information on specific grant programs to strengthen your resilience against hazards. The call will provide an overview of four programs:
Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), Read More
State of the Coast Conference June 8-10, Louisiana
From the press release:
State of the Coast: Implementing a Sustainable Coast for Louisiana
June 8-10, 2010, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and many others have partnered together to host the State of the Coast (SOC), Read More
Training Opportunity: FEMA 550 – Residential Construction for Gulf Coast Design Professionals
FEMA will be offering its "Recommended Residential Construction for the Gulf Coast Design Professionals" course on September 15, 8:00am – 4:15pm at the Army National Guard Emergency Operations Training Auditorium in Gulfport. Details from the flier:
This 1-day course on FEMA 550, Recommended Residential Construction for the Gulf Coast, developed by FEMA, Read More
