MEMBER UPDATE February 11, 2015
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Note from NHMA President Ed Thomas, Esq.:
Congratulations to Barry and others on the formation of the APA Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Planning Interest Group. Read more about it here.
Things of Interest…
Interactive map illustrates worst-case storm surge and inundation scenarios on the American Gulf and Atlantic coasts, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It combines data layers from FEMA 100 and 500 year flood maps as well as NOAA’s Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) and National Hurricane Center’s coastal county hurricane strike maps.
FEMA seeks to hire hazard-mitigation engineer/architect
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is accepting applications for a hazard mitigation (HM) engineering and architectural specialist position through Tuesday for its Queens, New York, office.
Obama to raise federal projects 2 feet under new flood standard
Federal projects will be built at least 2 feet higher in the future to protect them against worsening floods that stem in part from climate chang
The Climate Science Behind New England’s Historic Blizzard
Regardless if climate change causes extreme weather events, all weather events are affected by climate change because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be
Short emergency messages not as effective in alerting people about imminent threats, study finds
Short 90- and 140-character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are “substantially less effective” than much longer messages to spur people to take action in case of a hazard, a recent study concluded
World Bank 2014 report: Understanding Risk
Proceedings from conference in 2014
Articles & Editorials…
Preparing for Climate Change: President’s Budget Misses Opportunity
This writer doesn’t see disaster related budget increases as change enough
FEMA head: Rebuild wisely after disasters
FEMA head calls for change as communities rebuild post-disaster
Fugate: FEMA mission compromised by fight over budget
A congressional standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security is making it difficult for the department’s small agencies to operate, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said Friday
Note to our members:
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