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Esri Story Map – Effects of Superstorm Sandy Detailed and Analyzed in Esri Impact Map
This via Esri… The Esri Impact Map for Superstorm Sandy is available to the community. The map shows impacted counties from FEMA and includes demographic data about age, home ownership, home value, household income, and diversity for populations in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Source: Uploaded by user via Glenn on Pinterest
USGS Storm-Surge Sensors Deployed Ahead of Tropical Storm Sandy
RESTON, Va. — Storm response crews from the U.S. Geological Survey are installing more than 150 storm-tide sensors at key locations along the Atlantic Coast — from the Chesapeake Bay to Massachusetts — in advance of the arrival of Tropical Storm Sandy. Working with various partner agencies such as NOAA, FEMA, and the U.S. […]
CoreLogic releases Hurricane Sandy storm-surge estimates
CoreLogic® Analysis Shows More Than a Quarter of a Million Homes at Risk of Property Damage in Coastal Mid-Atlantic Region from Projected Hurricane Sandy Storm Surge
NOAA National Archives team up with citizen-scientists to reconstruct historical climate of Arctic
October 24, 2012 – Before there were satellites or weather data transmitters or computer databases, there were Arctic sea voyages and sailors dutifully recording weather observations in ship logs. Now a new crowdsourcing effort could soon make a wealth of weather data from these ship logs available to climate scientists worldwide. NOAA, National Archives and […]
USGS Continues to Monitor Flooding Along Isaac’s Path and Drought Conditions Elsewhere
The worst of the storm may be over, but Isaacs’s impacts on the Gulf coastline and the potential for inland flooding continue. While precipitation continues to affect states in the storm track, drought conditions persist in many other parts of the country. Over the next few days, USGS will send crews into the field […]
Earth Networks – WeatherBug Updates Hurricane Season Outlook as Hurricane Isaac Becomes Category 1
GERMANTOWN, Md.–The WeatherBug Meteorology team at Earth Networks℠ updated its 2012 Hurricane Season Outlook as Hurricane Isaac, currently a Category 1 hurricane, approaches the southern Louisiana coast for a possible landfall Tuesday evening or early Wednesday. The WeatherBug Meteorology team forecasts increased hurricane activity in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin as the season approaches its […]
Esri Releases Online Levee Impact Maps for Louisiana
Another WMS resource from esri – This map shows New Orleans levees and levee breach study sites from Hurricane Katrina overlaid on a population density layer. See the Levee Maps online This map shows New Orleans levees and levee breach study sites from Hurricane Katrina overlaid on a population density layer Source: Uploaded by user […]
Corelogic Releases Isaac Risk Estimates
CoreLogic® Analysis Shows More Than $27 Billion in Potential Exposure to Residential Property Damage Along Gulf Coast from Projected Hurricane Isaac Storm
Geocove, Inc. Helps Osceola County, Kissimmee, St. Cloud Win Major Award for Disaster Preparedness
ORLANDO, Fla. — Geocove Inc., the Orlando firm that specializes in development of sophisticated GIS systems for disaster response teams and government agencies, played an instrumental role in a major award that lauds Osceola County, Kissimmee and St. Cloud for their ability to collaborate in area disaster preparedness efforts. Those efforts—based on software applications […]