WaPo’s op-ed columnist, Eugene Robinson penned an excellent piece on the Corp of Engineers failure to protect the city of New Orleans from Katrina’s deadly storm surge. You can check it out here. It’s a good story that needs to…
Archives for May, 2006
UC Santa Barbara Class to Study Gulf Coast Disaster
Beginning this fall, a new seminar class at UCSB will use an interdisciplinary approach to analyze the Katrina disaster. The course is being offered through the Black Studies Department. According to Daily Nexus, the university’s online newspaper, the course will…
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New Space Observations Poised to Save Lives From Floods, Landslides
Using NASA’s advanced Earth-observing satellites, scientists have discovered a new opportunity to build early detection systems that might protect thousands from floods and landslides. This potential breakthrough in disaster monitoring and warning links satellite observations of soil type, vegetation and…
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Climate Change Forums
In 2006 the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum will present a series of public forums throughout the metropolitan Chicago area on a variety of topics related to global climate change. The public forums will bring together scientists and interested members…
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HUD approval of LA housing plan breathes new life into recovery; Governor says Road Home on next leg of race
New Orleans-Standing with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson at a news conference, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco smiled and thanked him for delivering a message of hope to the people of Louisiana. “It’s coming folks! The promised Community Development…
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Hurricane Humor for May 30, 2006
click the image for a larger view of today’s cartoon. Tags: [Hurricane Humor], [Political Cartoons]
category: 2006 Hurricane Season
Part III – Symbols of Hope, Recovery & Renewal
Over at The New Gulf Coast, a blog about rebuilding in the aftermath of the hurricanes, we’ve been exploring symbols in a series, “Symbols of Hope, Recovery & Renewal”. Today’s Post – Part 3 of the series – explores an…
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Ready for what to do after a catastrophe? A new tool is here to help prepare for disasters in the 21st century.
Virginia Beach, VA May 29, 2006 – Just in time for hurricane season, a new Internet based service is available to help with recovering from disasters and property loss. Getting into the right frame of mind to deal with the…
category: 2006 Hurricane Season
Shoe IDs Can Help During Hurricanes
I just read where a company, “Who’s Shoes ID”, has donated 6500 shoe id’s to Galveston, Texas schools as a measure for tracking children who are separated from their families during a hurricane. The id’s also have applications for tracking…
category: 2006 Hurricane Season
More hurricanes? No, thanks, and please bring tab
It’s a season of dread. People may not talk about it much. They don’t usually talk much about a hurricane when it enters the Gulf, either. But they know where it is, down to the 10th of a decimal degree.(Bill…
category: 2006 Hurricane Season
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