3rd Annual NCEM-ECU Hurricane Workshop
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Item Open Access 2012 North Carolina Hurricane Workshop Summary(2012-05-23) Covi, Michelle P.North Carolina Emergency Management in partnership with East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards Research and the Renaissance Computing Institute's Engagement Center at ECU held a Hurricane Workshop on May 23, 2012 at the Murphy Center in Greenville, NC. Over 150 emergency managers, meteorologists, public information officers, emergency responders and university researchers gathered to discuss the lessons learned from Hurricane Irene, improvements to weather forecasting, and discuss challenges faced by emergency and communications professionals. Highlights of the workshop:Item Open Access Lessons from Hurricane Irene(2012-05-23) Keyes, Ann; Thompson, Brad; Aschbrenner, Don; Stanton, Joe; Gibbs, Justin; Stocks, Lee; Ezzell, Robert LeeItem Open Access Keynote Speaker: Bill Read, Director of the National Hurricane Center(2012-05-23) Read, BillBill Read discussed the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project with its 10 year goals of improving weatehr prediction model forecasts and guidance. They have done well with track recently, but looking at rapid changes in intensity. Hurricane Irene was a success, but not perfect. With Irene everything was in slow motion. They want to improve track error by 50% and it is much better now than in the past.He said there is no "justa" tropical storm. The time and endurance of the wind on an object make a big difference.We need to understand that people are in denial of bad things happening to us. It is a natural human response, but we need to learn to be proactive. Hurricane season has started early.Item Open Access Communication with Maps and Graphics Panel(2012-05-23) Allen, Thomas Richard; Crawford, Thomas W.; Bandy, Richard; Blanton, BrianNorth Carolina Emergency Management in partnership with East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards Research and the Renaissance Computing Institute's Engagement Center at ECU held a Hurricane Workshop on May 23, 2012 at the Murphy Center in Greenville, NC. Over 150 emergency managers, meteorologists, public information officers, emergency responders and university researchers gathered to discuss the lessons learned from Hurricane Irene, improvements to weather forecasting, and discuss challenges faced by emergency and communications professionals. Highlights of the workshop:Item Open Access News Media and Emergency Management Community Interactions Panel(2012-05-23) Cole, John; Jarema, Julia; Johnson, Nate; Waters, SkipNorth Carolina Emergency Management in partnership with East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards Research and the Renaissance Computing Institute's Engagement Center at ECU held a Hurricane Workshop on May 23, 2012 at the Murphy Center in Greenville, NC. Over 150 emergency managers, meteorologists, public information officers, emergency responders and university researchers gathered to discuss the lessons learned from Hurricane Irene, improvements to weather forecasting, and discuss challenges faced by emergency and communications professionals. Highlights of the workshop:Item Open Access Social Media and Emergency Communications Panel Discussion(2012-05-23) Brabham, Daren; Kain, Donna; Thuman, Robeta; Lee, Warren