Ed Blakely says planers should be sent to jail for allowing development in areas we all know are at great risk: I advance this argument to get the attention of our planning profession, which has been complacent and diffident when we know better. We blame our political masters. But an engineer who knowingly gives bad […]
Tag Archives | hurricanes
Will 2012 be the Second Worst Disaster Year since 1980?
Posted on November 15, 2012
Climate Central breaks it down: With about six weeks remaining in the year, there have already been 11 natural disasters that have cost $1 billion or more in damage, bringing 2012 to second place on the list of top billion-dollar disaster years. The current record-holder is 2011, when there were 14 billion-dollar disasters. The widespread […]
New York Struggles to Recover Housing
Posted on November 8, 2012
“We had prepared for an emergency. The emergency we had prepared for was an act of terrorism, not this.” Water is incredibly destructive. “Future Is in Limbo for the Damaged Buildings Close to the Water’s Edge“
Overview of How Hurricane Sandy Worked [VIDEO]
Posted on November 2, 2012
Are you a weather nerd? If so, you probably want to watch this video on Hurricane Sandy:
Most Expensive Hurricanes of All Time
Posted on November 1, 2012
While we tally up the horrific costs of Sandy, here’s a list of the current leaders (with some good graphics): TopTen most damaging U.S. hurricanes of all time.
Hurricane Sandy Update
Posted on October 29, 2012
Like everybody else, I’m watching the Sesame Street hurricane show with Al Roker, and watching Twitter chatter on Hurricane Sandy (which includes a number of obviously bogus (but entertaining photos). Will be posting the best I can find over on our twitter feed. See you there. And best of luck to the East Coast.
“You could build levees 500 feet high. It doesn’t matter”
Posted on September 18, 2012
USA Today checks in on Plaquemines Parish (Louisiana) to see how recovery is going after Hurricane Isaac. [Spoiler: not so good.]
National Hurricane Center Working on New Tools for Better Showing Risk
Posted on September 18, 2012
“NHC believes that the clearest way to communicate each of the hurricane hazards is to do so directly and distinctly, and not to conflate them as the proposed integrated scales do.” –National Hurricane Center press release Climate Central has posted a good summary of some new ways the National Hurricane Center is looking at better […]
A Note on Hurricane Isaac
Posted on August 29, 2012
To all of our friends and colleagues down in the Gulf of Mexico, we hope you and your families are safe and well. Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to help (help@stormsmart.org). Because of the speed with which everything changes, we’ll keep most of our Isaac info on our twitter feed […]
National Hurricane Center Answers: Are We Getting Better at Predicting Hurricanes?
Posted on August 28, 2012
The short version? Definitely better at predicting where they’re going. Slower progress on figuring out their strength. See the graphs on the National Hurricane Center’s site.