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Sat, 2013-04-13 11:45 — mdmcdonald
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Flood - Louisiana - Gulf Coast - Information and Resources

Fri, 2016-09-23 10:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Photograph of Port Vincent and the Amite River on Sunday, taken during a NOAA Remote Sensing Division aerial photography mission. (NOAA Remote Sensing Division)

AN EXPANDING LIST OF INFORMATION ON THE FLOOD EVENT ALONG THE GULF COAST (CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW)

CLICK HERE - MAP - LA Flood Rescue Efforts - South Louisiana Stranded - Addresses for those in need of rescue in South Louisiana

CLICK HERE - LA Flood Rescue Efforts - Submit your rescue status update

CLICK HERE - Louisiana Department of Health - Emergency Preparedness - Zika Information and Resources

CLICK HERE - Louisiana - Office of the Governor - Registration Details Released for Shelter at Home Program

CLICK HERE - FEMA - Disaster Assistance (1 page .PDF file)

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

Texas - Catastrophic and Historic Flooding

Mon, 2015-06-15 18:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                            Wimberley, Texas                                                    San Marcos, Texas

       

                          Austin, Texas                                                                Houston, Texas

       

AN EXPANDING LIST OF FLOOD-RELATED INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE RESOURCES (CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW)

CLICK HERE -President Declares Disaster for Texas

CLICK HERE - Federal Aid Programs for State of Texas Declaration

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of Public Safety - Emergency Management - Situation Reports

Country / Region Tags: 
US - South
General Topic Tags: 
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Flood
Housing / Shelter
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

'Possibly Catastrophic': Texas Braces for Even More Flooding

Mon, 2015-06-15 18:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

People canoe through floodwaters in Houston on Saturday, May 30.  Torrential rains have given Texas the wettest month on record, according to Texas A&M climatologists.  In all, 37.3 trillion gallons of water have fallen over the state in May, the National Weather Service said.

cnn.com - by Kevin Conlon - June 14, 2015

(CNN) For portions of rain-battered Texas, the warnings issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday must have seemed like a cruel joke: a tropical storm that is potentially forming in the Gulf of Mexico is headed straight for them.

"Through Wednesday, widespread rainfall totals could easily average 6 to 8 inches with some amounts exceeding 10 inches," read the ominous forecast issued by the weather service office in Houston. "This will obviously lead to a dangerous flood situation."

Local officials sounded even more alarmed, calling the event "possibly catastrophic."

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

Some Orange County Residents Evacuated Due to Gas Leak

Thu, 2014-06-26 14:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

12newsnow.com - KBMT - June 25, 2014

. . . Around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday the Sheriff’s Office received a call from an oil well company representative in reference to a natural gas leak at a well site at the end of Gulf Road off FM 408 in the Orangefield area of Orange County.

. . . As the leak continued for several hours, the gas was not dissipating rapidly due to the weather conditions.  The oil well company could not control the leak and it was necessary for a special response team from Houston, Texas to be contacted.  Once the team arrived, it was recommended that homes in the vicinity of the well site be evacuated.

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CLICK HERE - KBMT-12 - video and audio of gas leak

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

Innovative Projects Seek Emergency Housing Alternative to FEMA’s Trailers

Fri, 2014-06-20 19:02 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

      

FEMA looks for trailer alternative // Source: fema.gov

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - June 24, 2014

Brownsville, Texas may soon become a model for other hurricane-ravaged cities as community groups institute new emergency housing measures in the wake of inexcusable hold-ups on the part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

As theMonitor reports, groups like the Community Development Corporation (CDCB) in the city are assessing new ways to provide emergency housing for families in the wake of disasters, following FEMA’s slow response in providing reconstruction support to the South Texas coast after $1.35 billion in damage from Hurricane Dolly in 2008.

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Emergency Management
Housing / Shelter
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH)

Fri, 2014-03-21 20:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nhc.noaa.gov

SLOSH Model - Introduction

The Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model is a computerized numerical model developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) to estimate storm surge heights resulting from historical, hypothetical, or predicted hurricanes by taking into account the atmospheric pressure, size, forward speed, and track data. These parameters are used to create a model of the wind field which drives the storm surge.

The SLOSH model consists of a set of physics equations which are applied to a specific locale's shoreline, incorporating the unique bay and river configurations, water depths, bridges, roads, levees and other physical features.

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Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Emergency Management
Extreme Weather
Flood
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Other

City Council Approves Pre-Disaster Agreements

Tue, 2014-01-28 22:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

orangeleader.com - by Erik Onstott - May 8, 2007 - Orange, Texas

. . . Disaster agreements were among the items discussed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Orange City Council.

Discussed and approved was a motion to extend pre-disaster agreements the city had entered into with Grubbs Emergency Services, LLC, Garner Environmental Services and Old Orange Cafe and Catering Company. Grubbs Emergency Services helped to open the roads after Hurricane Rita, while Garner provided temporary housing, generators and food stocks and the Old Orange Cafe provided boxed lunches for workers.

“This is one of the lessons we learned from Hurricane Rita,” Mayor Brown Claybar said. . .

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Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Emergency Management
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions

Dallas-Based Danger Data Program for First Responders Struggles to Survive After West Explosion

Wed, 2013-08-21 22:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Firefighters and trucks gathered in a staging area recently in West before a procession to Waco's Ferrell Center for a memorial honoring victims of the deadly fertilizer explosion.  Michael Ainsworth/Staff Photographer

CLICK HERE - E-Plan - Delivering Vital Hazmat Information to First Responders

dallasnews.com - by Randy Lee Loftis - August 10, 2013

As federal agencies scramble to meet President Barack Obama’s Aug. 1 order to fix a broken chemical emergency system after the West Fertilizer Co. disaster, a small program with the potential to save the lives of firefighters and the public is struggling to survive.

For more than a decade, workers in a controlled-access office at the University of Texas at Dallas have run the nation’s farthest-reaching network offering first responders facility-specific information on chemical risks when they arrive at an industrial fire or leak.

Country / Region Tags: 
US - South
General Topic Tags: 
Disaster Response
Disaster Risk Reduction
Economics
Vulnerability
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem

Predicting What Could Happen if Hurricane Hits

Mon, 2013-07-29 22:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                             

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - July 19, 2013

A Sandia National Laboratories team is gearing up for hurricane season, readying analyses to help people in the eye of a storm. The team has two jobs: conducting annual “hurricane swath” analyses of probable impacts on the Gulf Coast and East Coast, and providing quick analyses of crisis response in the face of an imminent hurricane threat to the United States. A swath analysis looks at how a hurricane might interrupt critical services and at impacts to infrastructure specific to an area, such as petroleum and petrochemical industries in Houston or financial services in New York City. It also looks at such things as the economic impact of the storm or how it could upset food deliveries.

12 Things You Should Have at Home in Case of a Hurricane

Tue, 2013-07-16 21:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

             

inhabitat.com - by Yuka Yoneda - July 12, 2013

It's already hurricane season - would you be ready if another Superstorm Sandy hit today? If you hesitated for a moment, you might be one of the many who meant to prepare for the next big storm but then just got sucked into the daily grind and forgot. The good news is that there's still time to gather up the essentials so that you'll be ahead of the game for the next hurricane instead of having to fight some lady for the last pack of batteries at Duane Reade. Read on for the 12 important items you should have at home in case of an emergency situation like a serious storm or other natural disaster. . .

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