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Chasing The Chatter - VOST - Crowdsourcing - Social Monitoring

Fri, 2019-07-19 19:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Photograph - Getty Images - nfpa.org - by Jesse Roman - July 1, 2019

Around the world, an army of volunteers equipped with little more than laptops monitors social media activity during all manner of emergencies. That work is contributing to a fundamental change in how safety agencies interact with the public during large-scale disasters.

. . . a virtual operations support team, or VOST community remains primarily a loosely affiliated network of do-gooder volunteers . . .

. . . Because the work is conducted online, VOST members can be located anywhere in the world . . .

. . . The general term for this work is social monitoring, a concept that has grown steadily since about 2010. Many forward-thinking disaster managers now see this digital sleuthing as critical to their on-the-ground efforts, regardless of the type of disaster they are facing.

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Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Communication
Disaster Response
Emergency Management
Technology
Visualization
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Floods - 2019

Sat, 2019-07-13 17:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR THE 2019 FLOODS . . .

CLICK HERE - FEMA - Midwest - Local Resources - Severe Storms and Flooding

CLICK HERE - FEMA - Disaster Declarations by Year - 2019

CLICK HERE - Red Cross Shelters

CLICK HERE - City braces after levee along Arkansas River fails; mandatory evacuation issued in Jefferson County - May 31, 2019

CLICK HERE - Large areas of the central US are under water -- and the threat isn't going away - May 30, 2019

CLICK HERE - Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana face flood of 'historic magnitude' - May 29, 2019

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Climate
Disaster Response
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Flood
Rivers
Vulnerability
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Tropical Weather - Invest 92L - Barry - 2019

Thu, 2019-07-11 19:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR INVEST 92L - BARRY . . .

CLICK HERE - National Weather Service - Barry Information

CLICK HERE - Levee system credited for protecting Terrebonne Parish from Barry - July 15, 2019

CLICK HERE - Levees overtopped in areas of Plaquemines Parish - July 13, 2019

CLICK HERE - All flights out of Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans canceled due to Barry - July 13, 2019

CLICK HERE - Coast Guard rescues 12 trapped in Terrebonne Parish - July 13, 2019

Country / Region Tags: 
US - Gulf Coast
General Topic Tags: 
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

'Everyone Would Have Left': Putting Lessons From Hurricane Michael To Work

Sat, 2019-06-08 01:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

A boat moved by Hurricane Michael rests near a canal in May in Mexico Beach, Fla. Seven months after the hurricane made landfall, the town is still littered with heavily damaged or destroyed homes and businesses.  Scott Olson/Getty Images

npr.org - by Greg Allen - June 7, 2019

As another hurricane season begins, emergency managers and other officials throughout the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast are applying lessons they learned last year during Hurricane Michael. Those lessons include how they conduct evacuations . . .

 . . . we're going to start seeing a lot of things change . . . 

 . . . Among those likely changes: how people prepare for storms, how many evacuate and how strong new construction on Florida's Panhandle will need to be to survive hurricanes like Michael.

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Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Communication
Disaster Response
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Rethinking Disaster Recovery After A California Town Is Leveled By Wildfire

Wed, 2019-05-29 18:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Buildings near a Safeway supermarket were destroyed in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8 as seen in footage taken on May 22. The Camp Fire destroyed nearly 19,000 structures and claimed 85 lives.  Ellie McCutcheon for NPR

npr.org - by Kirk Siegler - May 29, 2019

. . . Current federal aid is emblematic of a bigger problem in the way we respond to natural disasters: Disaster strikes, emergency help is deployed, checks are cut, communities are rebuilt — even in high-risk places.  Many say that reactive response has to change.  Staying the current course will bankrupt the federal Treasury.  Communities need to build — and rebuild — smarter.  "Communities need to be aware of those risks when doing community planning and not build in very high hazard areas" . . .

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CLICK HERE - FEMA - Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 Transforms Field of Emergency Management

 

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Climate
Disaster Response
Economics
Emergency Management
Recovery
Resilience
Vulnerability
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Residents Near Fire Raging at Texas Chemical Plant Raise Health Concerns

Wed, 2019-03-20 06:36 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Fire in Texas raging at chemical plant, nearby residents concerned for health - CBS News

cbsnews.com - by Janet Shamlian - March 19, 2019

A chemical plant near Houston has been burning since Sunday morning . . .

. . . The plant owner, Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC), said while the fire looks ominous, no one is in danger. ITC spokesman David Wascome said they continue to monitor air quality . . .

. . . Jorge Guerra, who lives three miles away, doesn't believe it.

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Country / Region Tags: 
US - South
General Topic Tags: 
Emergency Management
Environment
Health
Petrochemical
Pollution
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

‘Unacceptable’: Lawmakers Question Decision Not To Monitor Harvey Pollution With NASA Jet

Fri, 2019-03-08 22:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

After Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast in August 2017, the storm stalled over Houston and dumped as much as 60 inches of rain on some parts of the region.  Katie Hayes Luke for NPR

Lawmakers called the decision “deeply troubling.”

houstonpublicmedia.org - by Davis Land - March 7, 2019

Lawmakers on the U.S. House science committee have questions for federal and Texas officials about a decision not to fly a NASA jet that would have provided more comprehensive data on air pollution after Hurricane Harvey.

Committee members Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) have requested documents relating to the decision from the Environmental Protection Agency, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and NASA.

The request comes after an L.A. Times article revealed NASA officials offered up a high-tech air-sampling jet to help with pollution monitoring after Hurricane Harvey. The EPA and TCEQ reportedly pushed back on the offer, saying data from the state-of-the-art airplane would not be helpful. Their response informed NASA officials’ decision not to fly.

Country / Region Tags: 
US - South
General Topic Tags: 
Communication
Cooperation
Disaster Response
Emergency Management
Environment
Extreme Weather
Flood
Health
Petrochemical
Pollution
Vulnerability
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Record-Breaking Cold Clobbers Two-Thirds of the U.S.

Tue, 2019-01-29 07:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

75% of the US population will suffer below-freezing temps this week - cnn

reuters.com - by Rich McKay - January 29, 2019

Two-thirds of the continental United States will be a frozen ice box Tuesday, as the so-called polar vortex of frigid arctic air spins across the U.S. Midwest, clips the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley and pushes on into New England.

And the sub-zero cold and bitter winds will stick around for a couple of days, possibly bringing dozens of record lows with a life-threatening freeze before dissipating by the weekend, the National Weather Service reported (NWS).

The polar vortex is a mass of freezing air that normally spins around the North Pole, but has slipped southward and swirled into the United States, forecasters said.

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLES WITHIN THE LINKS BELOW . . .

CLICK HERE - Extreme Cold Hits Midwest, Northeast: 10 Dead, Thousands of Flights Canceled - January 31, 2019

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Climate
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Tropical Weather - Michael - News and Information Resources

Sun, 2019-01-13 00:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES RELATED TO TROPICAL WEATHER - MICHAEL . . .

CLICK HERE - WJHG - Hurricane Michael Recovery Information - by County

CLICK HERE - Air Force Personnel Center - HURRICANE MICHAEL RECOVERY EFFORTS

CLICK HERE - Need help after Hurricane Michael? Want to help? Here's a list

CLICK HERE - Free legal assistance available for Florida Hurricane Michael survivors

CLICK HERE - FEMA - Debris Removal Guidelines

CLICK HERE - Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) - News Archive - 2018

CLICK HERE - Without power and living in tents: Florida Panhandle struggles after Michael - October 26, 2018

Country / Region Tags: 
US - SouthEast
General Topic Tags: 
Climate
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

How Flood Control Officials Plan To Fix Area Floodplain Maps

Tue, 2018-11-27 18:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Graphic of Texas shows the updated rainfall values in inches that define certain extreme events, such as the 100-year storm. Courtesy of NOAA

CLICK HERE - ENLARGED TEXAS MAP (1 page .PDF file)

New topographic and predictive rainfall data means more people in Harris County will be mapped in floodplains.

houstonpublicmedia.org - by Davis Land - November 26, 2018

When Hurricane Harvey left so much of Houston underwater, it highlighted a problem that’s been getting worse for years: Harris County’s existing floodplain maps just don’t work.

In the year since the historic storm, flood control officials have promised to change that, and they already had plans to redo the maps, but new data on the geography of the area and the amount of rainfall forecasters expect in the future means the new maps could look drastically different.

It’s crucial the maps are done right, as people are using the maps, meant to set flood insurance premiums, for more than they are intended . . . 

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Climate
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Flood
Map
Visualization
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

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