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Sun, 2012-11-18 09:25 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on discussions about lessons learned from current or previous experiences.

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The Grim Legacy Of Hurricane Sandy One Year Later

Mon, 2013-10-28 14:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

elitedaily.com - by Christian La Du - October 28, 2013

One year ago, the east coast was ravaged by SuperStorm Sandy, a freak occurrence combining a hurricane, Nor’easter, high tide, and a full moon, which wrought particular destruction on the tri-state area.

Although the enduring legacy of Sandy is not measured in tallies of destruction, numbers like 8.6 million homes and businesses without power, gas and water, 650,000 destroyed houses, 200,000 damaged businesses, and 286 deaths afflicted over 13 states. Approximately 50 million people felt the effects of the storm over 800 mile stretch, and an estimated $65 billion in economic damages were incurred.

The real, lasting effect of Hurricane Sandy, however, is in the radical life shifts that people forcibly underwent.

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US - East
US - NorthEast
General Topic Tags: 
Disaster Response
Disaster Risk Reduction
Extreme Weather
Flood
Sea Level
Vulnerability
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem

Ike Changed Bolivar Peninsula Forever

Tue, 2013-10-08 20:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Jimmy Wiggins of Acadian Builders works last week on a new home under construction as newly built homes can be seen in the background in Crystal Beach, as the Bolivar Peninsula is experiencing a comeback

houstonchronicle.com - by Harvey Rice - February 17, 2013

CRYSTAL BEACH - In a span of hours on Sept. 13, 2008, communities that had stood for almost 100 years on the Bolivar Peninsula were nearly wiped off the map by a furious storm named Ike.

Houses, buildings, the post office, the fire station - water and wind swept them away like pebbles pulled back to sea. The storm surge killed at least 15 people on the peninsula.

Here on Crystal Beach, almost five years later, long-time residents say Bolivar no longer resembles the home they remember from before Hurricane Ike, one of the costliest storms to ever hit the U.S.

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(ALSO READ SAME ARTICLE HERE)

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United States
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Housing / Shelter
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Other

DHS - VSMWG - Lessons Learned: Social Media and Hurricane Sandy

Thu, 2013-06-27 20:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

 

submitted by Michael Kraft

communities.firstresponder.gov

Lessons Learned: Social Media and Hurricane Sandy
(39 PAGE .pdf FILE)

(FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS - CLICK ON THE HEADLINE, OR "READ MORE")

AP-NORC poll: Friends, kin key to Sandy survival

Tue, 2013-06-25 00:09 — Gina Angiola

By MEGHAN BARR

— Jun. 24 2:20 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A silver lining frames the cloud of destruction left by Superstorm Sandy. In their hour of greatest need, families and communities — not the government — were the most helpful sources of assistance and support.

A poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that after the storm in New York and New Jersey, friends, relatives and neighbors were cited the most often as the people who helped them make it through.


FULL ARTICLE HERE

State Expropriation for New Hospital Includes Those Who Rebuilt After Katrina

Thu, 2013-03-07 17:59 — admin

nola.com : by Bill Barrow;  September 21, 2010

Like tens of thousands of New Orleanians, Barbara and Larry Dillon returned after Hurricane Katrina to find their home ravaged by water that a government-built levee system did not contain.

Many months later, the couple accepted $51,000 from the taxpayer-financed Road Home program and, combined with insurance proceeds, restored their South Tonti Street home, resettling in May 2007.

Now, less than three years later, the Dillons are about to accept a buyout -- financed by the same federal Community Development Block Grant sources as the Road Home -- to leave their home, as the state and federal governments prepare to build adjacent hospitals on 70 acres in lower Mid-City.

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New Jersey Closely Watched New Orleans Eminent Domain Deadline in 2006

Thu, 2013-03-07 17:51 — admin

njeminentdomain.com

“We have to watch the redevelopment in New Orleans for a lot of reasons, and one of them is to make sure that the shadow government of the rich and the powerful does not end up abusing eminent domain to take property that belongs to poor people in order to get them out of the city.” – U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, San Francisco Chronicle (Sept. 21, 2005)

As reported yesterday on Indybay.org, Stephen Bradberry, head organizer for ACORN New Orleans, and Jeffrey Buchanan, communications officer of Center for Human Rights, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, wrote:

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Galveston County Will Use Eminent Domain to Seize Property Near Rollover Pass

Thu, 2013-03-07 17:08 — admin

As an example of property being seized by eminent domain after Hurricane Ike in 2008, please see the details below.

kfdm.com - February 25, 2013

GILCHRIST - KFDM News has learned the Galveston county judge is moving ahead with plans to seize land and help the state close rollover pass.
 
The Judge's office says it will use eminent domain to seize the land on the Bolivar Peninsula if property owners don't sell. . .

The Galveston county judge says  once the state takes possession of the land and fills in the pass, the state plans to build a five million dollar fishing pier.

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Disaster recovery a lesson in planning

Tue, 2013-02-05 10:13 — Amanda Cole
Insurance proves to be only part of a successful battle to reopenhttp://www.telegram.com/article/20130127/NEWS/101279984/-1/NEWS06
 
By Jason Staeck SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
 
 

MONSON —  A wide swath of barren land cuts through the forested hills of Monson. It looks as if a half-mile-wide steamroller pummeled through and impressed itself on the landscape. 

Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Hurricane Floyd --- North Carolina, September--October 1999

Sun, 2013-02-03 21:42 — LuLu2012

www.cdc.gov - May 05, 2000

Submitted by Karen Becker

 

Please note: An erratum has been published for this article. To view the erratum, please click here.

On September 16, 1999, Hurricane Floyd, a storm extending 300 miles with sustained winds of 96--110 miles per hour, made landfall in North Carolina, dropping up to 20 inches of rain in eastern regions of the state. Rain from Hurricane Floyd, combined with rains from Hurricane Dennis beginning on August 30 and Hurricane Irene on October 17, caused extensive flooding along the Neuse, Tar, Roanoke, Lumbar, and Cape Fear rivers, affecting an estimated 2.1 million persons. This report presents data about injuries, illnesses, and deaths during and following Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina and identifies the leading cause of death as drowning involving occupants of motor vehicles trapped in flood waters.

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Documentary Trailer - "Storm Surge: The Film"

Sun, 2013-02-03 17:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

stormsurgefilm.com

Storm Surge is a feature documentary profiling selfless people who take extraordinary actions to help their respective communities rebuild and recover after experiencing the deadliest and most destructive disasters in American history – from super tornadoes, to the lingering impacts of hurricanes, oil spills, and the Great Recession.

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