Any of us who have worked in more than one coastal community know this simple truth: there's no one-size-fits-all activity to make communities safer from storms and flooding. Geography and geology vary. Community goals and political climates vary. Organizational structures within communities vary (Do you have a mayor? A town manager? A Board of, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, legal, planning, regulations
The towns of Plymouth, Kingston and Duxbury and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management’s StormSmart Coasts program are hosting a free workshop on building in the coastal floodplain on November 17th at Plymouth Town Hall. Members of the construction industry and local officials are invited to participate.
The agenda is as follows:
8:30 (AM), »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, events, training & outreach
The Institute for Business and Home Safety built a proper hurricane making machine, then constructed two homes in front of it. One was built to standard building codes, the other to their "Fortified for Safer Living" code. They turned the hurricane on and, well, you can see the results.
Wow. Show this the next time your community (or state) is reviewing, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, regulations, research, technology, training & outreach, video
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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
After Hurricane Ike bashed a hole in their roof and left their first floor uninhabitable, FEMA experts recommended that Galveston (TX) 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, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, case study, funding & assistance, planning
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, Texas 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, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, case study, infrastructure, planning, regulations
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, case study, funding & assistance, infrastructure, technology
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
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