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The 2010 Hurricane Season Begins with New Oil Spill Map
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 […]
Editorial Advises Better Planning and Building, NOT the Ike Dike
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 […]
County Promotes More Precise Storm Surge Maps
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 […]
South Shore Searches for Seawall Repair Funds
The Patriot Ledger is reporting that South Shore communities are struggling to find money to repair aging seawalls in the absence of steady maintenance funding. After the catastrophic failure of the seawall in Marshfield’s Fieldston neighborhood this week, local officials are working to patch together resources from many sources for repairs not just there, but […]
Introducing StormSmart Connect
After months of testing, we’re extremely excited to announce the release of the newest part of the StormSmart Coasts Network: StormSmart Connect. We built StormSmart Connect to help make it easier for coastal decision makers work together. On StormSmart Connect, you can: Find other people in your profession from around the country (at last count […]
Incredible Oil Spill Photos
There’s an amazing series of high-quality photos of the oil spill on the Boston Globe’s “The Big Picture”.
New Funding Opportunity for Habitat Restoration
Via the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management’s always useful CZ-Mail: The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in partnership with NOAA’s Community-Based Restoration Program, is seeking proposals for projects at TNC priority sites throughout the United States and its territories to restore or enhance estuarine, marine, and anadromous species and their habitats. For details, see the NOAA/TNC […]
Municipal Emergency Management Messaging Systems
Emergency Management has published an interesting story on using so-called “Messaging Systems” as a means of quickly reaching residents during emergency events. These messaging systems can contact people through various means including phone or email depending on how they’re set up. While these are generally proprietary systems and aren’t free, the community profiled in this […]
The View from Down Deep: Photo of the Leak
Photo: BP via the Houston Chronicle. Thanks, Natural Hazards Center.