Download or read book Hurricane Evacuation written by Susan Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2019-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a storm is upgraded to a hurricane, Mateo must evacuate to a shelter with his sister Lucia. But his dog Izzy is missing-how can he leave without her?
Download or read book Federal Evacuation Policy written by Bruce R. Lindsay and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When government officials become aware of an impending disaster, they may take steps to protect citizens before the incident occurs. Evacuation of the geographic area that may be affected is one option to ensure public safety. If implemented properly, evacuation can be an effective strategy for saving lives. Decisions to evacuate may require officials to balance potentially costly, hazardous, or unnecessary evacuations against the possibility of loss of life due to a delayed order to evacuate. Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Examples of Fed. Evacuation Policy; (3) Evacuations: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; (4) Congressional Issues; (5) Pending Legislation in the 111th Congress. Appendix: Statutory Authority for Evacuations. Illus.
Download or read book Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public health officials have the traditional responsibilities of protecting the food supply, safeguarding against communicable disease, and ensuring safe and healthful conditions for the population. Beyond this, public health today is challenged in a way that it has never been before. Starting with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, public health officers have had to spend significant amounts of time addressing the threat of terrorism to human health. Hurricane Katrina was an unprecedented disaster for the United States. During the first weeks, the enormity of the event and the sheer response needs for public health became apparent. The tragic loss of human life overshadowed the ongoing social and economic disruption in a region that was already economically depressed. Hurricane Katrina reemphasized to the public and to policy makers the importance of addressing long-term needs after a disaster. On October 20, 2005, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop which convened members of the scientific community to highlight the status of the recovery effort, consider the ongoing challenges in the midst of a disaster, and facilitate scientific dialogue about the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on people's health. Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina is the summary of this workshop. This report will inform the public health, first responder, and scientific communities on how the affected community can be helped in both the midterm and the near future. In addition, the report can provide guidance on how to use the information gathered about environmental health during a disaster to prepare for future events.
Download or read book Pilot study on the experiences of hurricane shelter evacuees written by Laura DiGrande and published by RTI Press. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community members who evacuate to shelters may represent the most socially and economically vulnerable group within a hurricane’s affected geographic area. Disaster research has established associations between socioeconomic conditions and adverse effects, but data are overwhelmingly collected retrospectively on large populations and lack further explication. As Hurricane Florence approached North Carolina in September 2018, RTI International developed a pilot survey for American Red Cross evacuation shelter clients. Two instruments, an interviewer-led paper questionnaire and a short message service (SMS text) questionnaire, were tested. A total of 200 evacuees completed the paper survey, but only 34 participated in the SMS text portion of the study. Data confirmed that the sample represented very marginalized coastline residents: 60 percent were unemployed, 70 percent had no family or friends to stay with during evacuation, 65 percent could not afford to evacuate to another location, 36 percent needed medicine/medical care, and 11 percent were homeless. Although 19 percent of participants had a history of evacuating for prior hurricanes/disasters and 14 percent had previously utilized shelters, we observed few associations between previous experiences and current evacuation resources, behaviors, or opinions about safety. This study demonstrates that, for vulnerable populations exposed to storms of increasing intensity and frequency, traditional survey research methods are best employed to learn about their experiences and needs.
Download or read book Eastern Pleasure Island Hurricane Evacuation Route Lower Baldwin County Evacuation Route Baldwin County written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management of Federal Assistance to States and Communities for Hurricane Evacuation Preparedness written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Governor s Hurricane Evacuation Task Force Report written by Florida. Governor's Hurricane Evacuation Task Force and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large Scale Evacuation written by Michael K. Lindell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-Scale Evacuation introduces the reader to the steps involved in evacuation modelling for towns and cities, from understanding the hazards that can require large-scale evacuations, through understanding how local officials decide to issue evacuation advisories and households decide whether to comply, to transportation simulation and traffic management strategies. The author team has been recognized internationally for their research and consulting experience in the field of evacuations. Collectively, they have 125 years of experience in evacuation, including more than 140 projects for federal and state agencies. The text explains how to model evacuations that use the road transportation network by combining perspectives from social scientists and transportation engineers, fields that have commonly approached evacuation modelling from distinctly different perspectives. In doing so, it offers a step-by-step guide through the key questions needed to model an evacuation and its impacts to the evacuation route system as well as evacuation management strategies for influencing demand and expanding capacity. The authors also demonstrate how to simulate the resulting traffic and evacuation management strategies that can be used to facilitate evacuee movement and reduce unnecessary demand. Case studies, which identify key points to analyze in an evacuation plan, discuss evacuation termination and re-entry, and highlight challenges that someone developing an evacuation plan or model should expect, are also included. This textbook will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and advanced students.
Download or read book Lower Southeast Florida Hurricane Evacuation Study written by Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: the lower southeast Florida region, comprised of Monroe, Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, has been identified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as one of the most hurricane vulnerable areas of the United States. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, recognizing the need to identify and measure time components critical to the hurricane evacuation process, provided funding through its Flood Plain Management Services Program and leadership to accomplish this study. Funding assistance was also provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Detailed technical study results are provided through this Technical Data Report. Implementation Reports will be developed subsequently by county civil defense officials with the assistance of the Jacksonville District, Corps of Engineers to provide a decision making guide for local county officials. Public information materials will then be developed by the South Florida and Treasure Coast Regional Planning Councils. Major technical work tasks were performed by Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc. under contract to and under the guidance of, the Jacksonville District, Corps of Engineers.
Download or read book A Community Destroyed written by Kenneth Ajan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The morning of August 27 was like most mornings in August: very hot and humid. The residents of Saint Bernard Parish were taking care of their everyday business. The streets of our small community were filled with cars and trucks. However, on this day, there was a new concern in the minds of the people. As with every summer, it was the height of hurricane season; the months of August and September were usually very active. The local news channels had posted a hurricane warning for Louisiana and the neighboring states. I was working offshore on an oil production platform for BP. They were monitoring the situation also. I called home and asked my wife to fill the SUV with gas. This was part of our action plan when a storm was in the gulf. My wife told me she had to wait one hour before she was able to fuel up because of the long line at the pump. The Saint Bernard local government had begun their evacuation plans for the parish. BP also decided to evacuate all personnel from there platforms in the affected areas. There were many things that had to be done to prepare a production platform for an evacuation. The field I was working in had over twenty-five platforms. They quickly sent all the operators out to the platforms to tie down loose objects, close all block valves to shut down the production of the wells, and isolate any piece of production equipment that could be a threat to the environment. After a long day, it was finally time to board the boat for home. I had about a two in a half-hour drive to reach my home in Chalmette. However, there was a lot of traffic as people were beginning to evacuate their homes. The local news channel said that it was about thirty-six hours before Katrina would make landfall. The New Orleans officials were going to begin contraflow to ease the traffic during the evacuation process. What this involved was reversing the direction of lanes on several main roadways, making all the lanes flow out of the city. They were going to begin contraflow at 4 p.m. that evening. I still had an hours drive time before reaching the parish. The possibility of getting caught up in gridlock was beginning to cross my mind. This would be a serious problem because I had many things to do to prepare for the storm. In any case, I finally made it home. I looked at the news that afternoon. Katrinas winds were about 118 miles per hour. The city parishes had issued a mandatory evacuation for all low-lying areas. Many people had begun to exit the city. I began to be complacent about evacuating. This was because the winds did not seem to be that bad, and for the past two summers, I evacuated for storms only to find everything as I left it when I returned. So the end result was I had gone on this long and tiring drive for nothing. On into the night of August 27, the more I thought about leaving, the more I just wanted to stay home. That afternoon, I had my son bring me to home depot to pick up some tin to cover my windows. By this time, it was getting late, so my wife and I turned in for the night.
Download or read book Hurricane Evacuation written by Vinayak V. Dixit and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Homeowner s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards written by Dennis Hwang and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Call Sign Dustoff written by Darrel D. Whitcomb and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the conceptualization of the initial attempts to use aircraft for evacuation, reviews its development and maturity through conflicts, and focuses on the history of the MEDEVAC post-Vietnam through Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Hurricane Evacuation Traffic Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Evacuation Policy written by Bruce R. Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evacuation Risks written by Joseph M. Hans and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hurricane Evacuation Traffic Analysis and Operational Measures written by Douglas P. Zaragoza and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
