From the National Institutes of Health: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (archived site).
Some Health Resources
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Flooding Expected in NYC Due to Climate Change
This is not the first, but just the latest on this topic. See: Flooding in NYC Due to Climate Change. Even locals who believe climate change is real have a hard time grasping that their city will almost certainly be flooded beyond recognition.
Here is another article on the same topic: By 2050, storms like Hurricane Sandy could flood nearly a quarter of New York City
More Lessons Learned Since 911
Personal Effects of Climate Change
Climate Change Isn’t Just Making Us Hot: We’re Angrier and More Violent. More crime, more death—even more bad math grades. And economies will continue to slow.
It doesn’t take a PhD to see that climate affects our lives. Anyone who lives far enough from the equator can tell just by opening the closet.
It takes a lot of scientists, however, to reveal how climate affects us—particularly as our climate changes. Sure, there’s prolonged heat and drought in some places, persistent floods and storms in others—all the ways we’ve learned to see global warming (though some still reject the science). But an exhaustive review of almost 200 different studies reveals not only the extent of those predictable changes but also how we humans are reacting to climatic wallops. The results are troubling.
GAO Report on Post-Katrina Communications
New from the GAO, this 54 page report titled Effectiveness of the Post-Katrina Coordination Group Could be Enhanced.
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
Digital Resources Featured in this Blog
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If you want to use digital resources in lieu of or to supplement textbooks, this index will get you off to a great start. This Roundup of Recent Resources in Emergency Management (2010-2015) is an excellent resource for consultants, academics, and students. Where else could you get this many digital resources in one place ? This index can be yours immediately, if you donate $25. dollars or more to the blog. New: special rate of $10. for students.
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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
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