PBS NewsHour tries for a sports metaphor when describing sea level rise. Watch the video, »read more
Tag Archives: weather & climate
Growing Agreement that Taxpayers Shouldn’t Subsidize Risky Coastal Development
From today's New York Times:
Insurance companies got out of the business of writing flood insurance decades ago, so much of the risk from sea level rise is expected to fall on the financially troubled National Flood Insurance Program, set up by Congress, or on state insurance pools. Federal taxpayers also heavily subsidize coastal development when the, »read more
Tags: adaptation & mitigation, climate change, Insurance, planning, sea level rise, weather & climate
Why Communities Should Consider Total Cost of Ownership When Making Decisions
(From FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate):
http://vimeo.com/37815679
National Leadership Speaker Series: FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate from U.S. Green Building, »read more
Tags: hazard identification, planning, video, weather & climate
NOAA Releases New Storm Surge Brochure
NOAA's National Hurricane Center Storm Surge Unit has put together a new brochure explaining the what storm surge is and how to best measure it.
There's nothing here on how to prevent losses, but the before/after shots (on page 3) should motivate some people to think about how we need to plan for it.
Added to our Sources for Outreach Materials page., »read moreAnimated Map of Extreme Weather Events
Just an animated map showing last year's extreme weather events around the country. Amusing if you don't think about it. Very worrisome if you do.
Extreme Weather, »read moreNew Reality: Innocous High Tide Floods Street [video]
Delaware Sea Grant has released a great short video showing how a little (offshore) storm plus a high tide can affect a seemingly safe street. Take a short break and watch. Expect a lot more like this as we see more sea level rise., »read more
Tags: case study, Friday-fun, video, weather & climate
City Folds Climate Change Adaptation into Hazard Mitigation Plan
“Hazard mitigation is very important and there’s a lot of value in looking at past events, but we know with climate change that we can’t use the past to project what the future will be like. For example, the flood that a community used to experience every 100 years may now be the 20-year flood.”
Nice Coastal Services Magazine article on Lewes,, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, case study, climate change, planning, sea level rise, weather & climate
What’s the Relationship Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather?
Some scientists give us the rundown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmJfsjYfVNU
(From Climate, »read more
Tags: adaptation & mitigation, climate change, hazard identification, planning, sea level rise, video, weather & climate
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 moreTags: hazard identification, Mapping, planning, technology, training & outreach, weather & climate
New, Non-Technical Sea Level Rise Primer for Southeastern US
Finding information on sea level rise that isn't so vague as to be useless or too technical to understand can be tricky. Gary Mitchum (University of South Florida) has taken a stab at doing so in Sea Level Changes in the Southeastern United States—Past, Present, and Future. You can download a PDF of the report (which was a joint project with the Florida, »read moreTags: climate change, publications, sea level rise, weather & climate
