The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division and its
districts have launched a new Facebook page to provide accurate, timely
information on the 2011 flood.
The page provides updates on the Corps of Engineers’ flood-fighting
activities, to include videos, photos and tweets; links to local
emergency management resources and federal, »read moreTags: floods, technology, training & outreach
Marian Hanisko has shared a bunch of new free webinars over on StormSmart Connect. They're all put on by the NOAA Coastal Services Center, so they're undoubtedly high quality. And they're free. Hope you can make some of them.
Using ENOW Data to Help Monitor Economic Health in Coastal Counties
May 26, 2011; 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (eastern)
The oceans and, »read moreTags: events, training & outreach
Like most of us, I'd like to think that getting people the best information will drive them to make the right decisions. Certainly that's been a big drive behind StormSmart Coasts.
Unfortunately, the evidence suggests that things aren't that simple. It's easy to find examples in our own lives of knowing better but still making less than logical decisions, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, climate change, research, sea level rise, training & outreach, video, weather & climate
. . . and when I say "comprehensive," I mean "comprehensive."
Ready.gov has come out with an emergency preparedness outreach plan they're calling Resolve to be Ready 2011, and it includes everything from press releases, newsletters, and links to videos to (are you ready for this?) tweets that you can cut and paste to your twitter account.
Did I mention, »read more
Louisiana State University has released a great brochure on best practices for communicating about hurricane risks. It's short, simple, and it makes sense. Here's the meat of it, broken down by audience:
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Be Proactive in Educating the Public: Gaining compliance during a hurricane requires year-round efforts. Waiting until the storms hit, »read moreTags: case study, emergency services, publications, research, training & outreach, weather & climate
They're not precise enough to use for planning purposes, but the National Hurricane Center has created a neat tool to show projections for where hurricanes are likely to drive storm surge. Using it is as easy as visiting their Storm Surge Interactive Risk Maps webpage, selecting a category of storm (1-5) you'd like to see mapped, then zooming into the area, »read moreTags: hazard identification, training & outreach, weather & climate
First, the bad news: the course is in Virginia. The good news: it sounds like a good spot to get an overview of what it means to manage a floodplain. From the organizer's description:
This training course will present the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) concepts in flood management, damage prevention terminology, and protocols from a local, »read moreTags: events, hazard identification, legal, training & outreach
Another good post from John Solomon over at In Case of Emergency, Read Blog. Here, he's looking at how emergency management professionals use the two most popular social networking tools, Facebook and Twitter. In his interviews, he discovers that the two are NOT interchangeable.
It turns out that in most cases the two services are being utilized in, »read more
The International Submerged Lands Management has announced its new conference dates. Unlike most conferences, this one takes place on your computer, so those of us with limited travel budgets can still participate.
You can find a schedule of all the conference's events on their website (and we'll add the lot to the StormSmart Coasts Calendar), but we'd, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, events, legal, planning, regulations, training & outreach, weather & climate
John Solomon, author of "In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog" has written an interesting and compelling editorial arguing that governments at all levels need to work harder to engage the business community in disaster preparedness. He says:
Government citizen preparedness campaigns over the past few years have raised awareness but not significantly enough to, »read moreTags: editorial, emergency services, technology, training & outreach
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