The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation
The final version of this Transportation Research Board special report is now available online. The report committee’s findings, first released in July 2008, indicate not enough is being done to involve transit providers in emergency evacuation plans. Recommendations for partnering with transit organizations in emergency planning and an addendum detailing transit’s role in 33 urban-area plans are included.
Hurricane Ike Impact Report
This report is the “first-ever attempt to comprehensively compile the damage assessment and impact information…for use in the long-term recovery process,” according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A “snapshot” of social, built, economic, and natural environments is included.
The NOAA Weather Ranger
When heroic efforts to promote child safety in extreme weather are called for, the National Weather Service Southeast River Forecast Center flies in with the NOAA Weather Ranger. The site features bookmarks, coloring books, videos, and posters devoted to the super weatherman and his safety exploits.
Disaster Risk Management in an Age of Climate Change: A Summary of the April 3, 2008 Workshop of the Disasters Roundtable
This National Academies publication details the results of the most recent Disasters Roundtable discussion of disaster risk management challenges in the context of climate change. Global and U.S. vulnerabilities, as well as urban planning, insurance, and floodplain adaptation are included.
DisasterAssistance.gov
Disasterassistance.gov is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new, one-stop site that consolidates all types of assistance information in one place. Individuals can register and track assistance applications on line, link up with other assistance sites, and access other federal accounts, such as social security and student loans.