New from the GAO, this 54 page report titled Effectiveness of the Post-Katrina Coordination Group Could be Enhanced.
GAO Report on Post-Katrina Communications
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Nuts and Bolts of CDBG from the GAO
Community Development Block Grants:Sources of Data on Community Income Are Limited. GAO-16-734: Published: Sep 6, 2016.
Evacuation of Mobility Impaired Persons
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Graphic of East Coast Flooding During Normal Times
A Sharp Increase In ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding. Global warming and rising seas are increasing the amount of tidal flooding on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Flood levels are different from city to city, but the trends are similar
Noteworthy Review of LA Flood Studies and Issues
From the NY Times, this review of many studies of flood problems and NFIP problems in Louisiana: How Growth-Focused Politics Helped Build Vulnerability in Louisiana’s Flood Zones
Risk Assessment
Accurate tools can help vulnerable areas prepare for disasters, recover afterward
Assessments that tell policy makers how vulnerable and resilient their communities are to devastating floods and other destructive events aren’t always accurate, according to the first-ever validation of a wide range of available tools.
Alternatives Sources of Aid for LA
Louisianans spurn government and crowdsource aid in wake of floods. Cajun Army harnesses power of social media to rescue people and locals have turned to sites such as Amazon to raise necessities and distribute them.
The Diva does not think that flood victims are spurning government aid, since that is the source of big bucks, but that they are exploring new options. As noted in earlier posts, the large number of damaged structures without flood insurance must be forcing people to try new prospects. Let’s here from some of you folks working the event….
Emerging Threats
Pace of Earth’s warming “unprecedented in 1,000 years”: NASA
The warming of the planet is proceeding at a pace not experienced within the past 1,000 years, making it “very unlikely” to keep warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius – the goal agreed by nations at the Paris climate summit last December. Recent research found that continuing current levels of carbon dioxide emissions for just five more years will eliminate any chance of restraining temperatures to a 1.5C increase and avoid runaway climate change.
Problem Not Fixed in LA
Lest you get too optimistic about recovery in LA, here is an article about health and other problems still a concern 11 years after H. Katrina. See: Forgotten People of the New Orleans’s 9th Ward. Toward the end of this article is a brief explanation of the fundamental problem, which is conservative state property laws make it difficult to tear down blighted and vacant structures.
That has serious implications for the recovery in Baton Rouge.
Recovery Diva 