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Summary Report: Hurricane Floyd Symposium
(2009-09-18)
On the morning of Thursday, September 16, 1999, Hurricane Floyd made landfall at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Rains associated with Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene resulted in extensive flooding over a two-month ...
Communication with Maps and Graphics Panel
(2012-05-23)
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, ...
Property Values and Flood Risk: What Happens to Premiums over Time?
(2009-09-18)
After Hurricane Floyd, property values in Pitt County were reduced when the properties were determined to be located in the flood plain. Bin and Landry used GIS data to look at the difference between homes sold in the flood ...
Lessons from Hurricane Irene
(2012-05-23)
First Annual Hurricane Workshop Summary
(2010-05-26)
During the week that coastal communities turned their attention to hurricane preparedness, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management in partnership with the East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards ...
News Media and Emergency Management Community Interactions Panel
(2012-05-23)
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, ...
Trauma Written in Plywood and Flesh: Hurricane Graffiti, Post-Katrina Tattoos, and the Value of Narratives to Hazards Research
(2009-09-18)
Dr. Alderman explained that narratives are an important way to understand how people were impacted by a hurricane. Graffiti and tattoos are visually evocative narratives written on plywood and flesh as opposed to paper. ...
NCEM Workshop Keynote Speaker
(2013-05-22)
Keynote speaker Linda Sturgis described the impact that Hurricane Sandy had on the coast of New
York and Northern New Jersey, an area in which she was responsible for safety, transportation and
navigation. The ...
Keynote Speaker: Bill Read, Director of the National Hurricane Center
(2012-05-23)
Bill 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 ...
The 1999 Flood of the Century: Extraordinary Hydrometeorological Event or Human-Induced Catastrophe?
(2009-09-18)
In 1999 the effects of Floyd, Dennis, and Irene caused unprecedented flooding, but was this a natural event or a human disaster? The researchers examined photographs of the effects of Hurricane Floyd and some other floods ...