A new press release yesterday from BP, outlining how the committed $500 million will be distributed (here in its entirety): BP and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Announce Implementation of BP’s $500 Million Independent Research Initiative HOUSTON – BP and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance today announced plans for the implementation of BP’s $500 million […]
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Five Years After Katrina: The Changing Landscape of the Lower Ninth Ward
Posted on August 27, 2010
The New York Times has created a mesmerizing and troubling (and clever) webpage that allows you to virtually drive down two streets in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward in 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010. The animation stops at various properties along the way, so you can see how certain buildings have fared (some gone, some […]
NOAA Announces New Coastal Resilience Networks Grant Program
Posted on July 20, 2010
From our friends at NOAA: CRest Grant Program – Coastal Resilience Networks Pacific Islands – Gulf of Mexico – West Coast Coastal Resilience Networks (CRest) is a new and exciting grant opportunity for the Pacific Islands, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coast regions. The program funds projects that help communities become more resilient to the […]
Panel to Discuss Long-Term Impacts of Oil Spill, this Friday (Web or Corpus Christi)
Posted on June 23, 2010
Curious about the projected effects of the oil spill on the region? The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies is hosting an event in Corpus Christi on Friday. Not in Texas (or too far from Corpus Christi)? You can also watch the event on your computer. From their press release: Scientists with the […]
New Batch of Oil Spill Photos
Posted on June 21, 2010
MSNBC has added to their already expansive photo collection covering the spill from the explosion to yesterday (day 62). While they’re not pleasant viewing, many of the photos are captivating. Don’t forget to visit the easily-missed tabs in the upper right corner that break the photos down month-by-month. “Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster” (on MSNBC)
New Survey of Southeast Louisiana Residents Shows Most Planning to Evacuate
Posted on June 7, 2010
A new survey of residents of Southeast Louisiana finds that while 57% feel at least “moderately comfortable” with the area’s levee systems, drainage pumps, and emergency warning systems, about 80% have “well developed” hurricane evacuation plans and say they are willing to evacuate in the face of a hurricane (see the graph for percentages of […]
Houston at Great Hurricane Risk
Posted on June 3, 2010
Houston is hugely underprepared for a major hurricane, a new Rice University study found. Among the findings of Learning the Lessons of Hurricane Ike: Existing dikes and levees along the Houston Ship Channel were barely adequate during Hurricane Ike and would not protect all refineries from the storm surge of a more powerful hurricane or […]
The 2010 Hurricane Season Begins with New Oil Spill Map
Posted on June 1, 2010
Today, of course, marks the start of the 2010 Hurricane Season. The good news: there don’t appear to be any storms yet. The bad news: the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to spread without an end in site. Have a look at this interactive map that shows the extent of the oil each […]
County Promotes More Precise Storm Surge Maps
Posted on May 24, 2010
A Florida county has released new storm surge maps, and they’re giving locals a more precise idea of their risks of being hit by the storm surge associated with a hurricane. Tampa Bay Online has the whole story. As the article reports, Hillsborough County has based the maps on revised models from the National Hurricane […]
New Diagram of BP's Siphon Tube
Posted on May 24, 2010
BP has released a new image of what’s going on a mile under the sea surface at the Deepwater Horizon site. Regrettably, it doesn’t appear to be working as well as they’d hoped.