Leave it to the Dutch to come up with a huge plan for dealing with flooding and to implement it AND to make a pretty flashy video about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGzkCMyR0g&eurl You can read about the project in English on the Dutch Room for the River Programme’s site.
Author Archive | Wesley Shaw
Recording of Legal Webinar on Regulatory Takings and Climate Change Now Available for Streaming
Posted on September 28, 2011
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant and partners have kindly shared a link to a video recording of their latest webinar “Legal Implications of Climate Change – Regulatory Takings.” You can watch the whole presentation (vide and audio) here. Among other things, Stephanie Showalter Otts provides a good overview of the case history that guides decisions today, and […]
Social Media as a Two-Way Street
Posted on September 26, 2011
It’s interesting watching savvy municipal employees of all stripes shift from viewing social media as another means of talking to the public, to viewing it as a new way to communicate with the public (two-way communication vs one-way bullhorn). The change is forcing professionals to view themselves as a node in the network of information, […]
New Bedford Hurricane Barrier Maintenance to Start Next Month
Posted on September 19, 2011
The hurricane barrier protecting New Bedford will be pulled off-line for routine maintenance from October 24 to November 21 and then again next spring from April 30 to July 2. SouthCoastToday.com has the details. Image: City of New Bedford.
Check out the New and Improved Coastal Community Resilience Index
Posted on September 14, 2011
We at StormSmart are big fans of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium’s Coastal Community Resilience Index. For those not familiar with it, the Coastal Community Resilience Index (CRI) is a simple tool that provides a snapshot of a community’s resilience, and can help identify opportunities to improve. Designed to take as little as two hours […]
Webinar: New England Coastal Hazards Resilience: Documenting Storm Damages
Posted on September 14, 2011
A new webinar for those of you in New England. For this one, we’ll be introducing a new tool we at StormSmart have been working on with the good folks at the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NROC and NOAA. Hope you can join us. What: New England Coastal Hazards Resilience Webinar: Documenting Coastal […]
Funding Opportunity: New England Municipal Coastal Resilience Initiative
Posted on September 7, 2011
This just in from Adrianne Harrison and Julia Knisel: New England Municipal Coastal Resilience Initiative The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment (GOMC) and the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) will provide up to $150,000 to coastal municipalities located in New England to advance their efforts to adapt land use, infrastructure, policies, and […]
No Budget? No Problem. Mississippi Group Makes Hurricane Safety PSAs on a Shoestring
Posted on September 6, 2011
With no funding (and a little help from the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium), Mississippi’s C-HOST (Coastal Hazard Outreach Strategy Team) group has created some great quick public service announcements. Below is one example, see the C-HOST videos page for more. (Does your group or community want its own StormSmart.org site? Let us know.)
Irene Heads Up the Atlantic Coast [Video]
Posted on August 27, 2011
Watching this in New York City, as of now 385 miles away. A little intimidated. A little excited.
Irene Heading North. Will it be New England’s First Major Hurricane in 20 Years?
Posted on August 25, 2011
While the models never exactly agree (have a look at the National Hurricane Center’s page on Irene for an overview), there seems to be general agreement that Irene is going to get at least awfully close to North Carolina, and then continue up the coast. Some are predicting that it’s going to bash right into […]