Via the always useful CZMA Climate Change and Coastal Hazards E-News Update newsletter:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) “Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program Guidance” (176 pp.) represents the unification of all five of the agency’s hazard mitigation grant programs into one guidance document. These programs, which provide, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, funding & assistance, hazard identification, infrastructure
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 threats, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, emergency services, funding & assistance, infrastructure, Insurance, training & outreach
After Hurricane Ike bashed a hole in their roof and left their first floor uninhabitable, FEMA experts recommended that Galveston residents Matt and Lauren Johnson elevate their home 3' above the minimum requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.
The Johnsons went for 12' instead.
“Even if it costs us more now, whatever costs us less in the, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, case study, funding & assistance, planning
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 even an, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, case study, emergency services, hazard identification, infrastructure, Insurance, planning, publications, regulations, Texas, weather & climate
A new Houston Chronicle article argues that building the so-called "Ike Dike" will put more, not less people and property at great risk, and that the best way to protect property from hazards is to keep them out of hazardous areas.
In "Forget the Ike Dike, let’s improve building methods" Texas A&M professor John Jacob says that while the current, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, editorial, infrastructure, Insurance, planning, regulations
The City Council of Galveston recently approved new beach-front construction regulations. The new rules push new development 75 feet back from the north toe of dunes, or 350 feet from the mean high-water line, whichever line is farther landward. They are seen locally as a compromise with some wanting stricter regulations while others did not want to, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, infrastructure, planning, regulations, story
Good case study on a county using FEMA Public Assistance (PA) 406 Mitigation funds to pay for post-storm recovery using a relatively innovative technique:
When technical advice from a Public Assistance Specialist recommended using a geo-textile to stabilize the embankment and make the road more resilient once repairs were completed, Lafayette County’s, »read moreTags: Building, funding & assistance, infrastructure, story, technology
The Galveston County Daily News is reporting that the city will use $107 million in federal disaster aid to rebuild its main wastewater treatment plant and repair other infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Ike. The rebuild will include a retrofit to elevate the treatment facility 13 feet in an attempt to avoid future storm surge damages.
Officials are, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, funding & assistance, infrastructure
The Resilient Home Program has just announced a new (free) webinar series on resilient homes.
The first two webinars are co‐sponsored by FEMA and will be:
Home Evaluation after Storms and Floods
March 9, 2010 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Eastern) Presented by Bill Coulbourne, Director of Wind and Flood Mitigation Applied Technology Council (ATC) Technical, »read moreTags: Building, regulations, training & outreach
"The best disaster response and recovery policy is advance planning, land use, and building codes to prevent a disaster from happening in the first place. Society has the experience and tools at its disposal to prevent many of the devastating impacts disasters have on humans."
In this month's Natural Hazards Observer (PDF), Edward A. Thomas and Sarah Bowen, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, NAI, planning, publications
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