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o OBJECTIVE 1: Participants will be familiar with sources of climate information relevant to project design and how to access these sources of information.
o OBJECTIVE 2: Participants will structure a climate change narrative that can be used in a project document.
• Part 2: What is Climate Change Adaptation: Describes adaptation and various ways to adapt. This section instructs participants how to make a compelling case that the adaptation project is necessary. Also focuses on how to embed the project into broader development strategies.
o OBJECTIVE 1: Participants will describe climate change impacts and justify why adaptation is necessary, and what may happen if adaptation does not happen.
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Where to Start With Climate Change - GSMSummit 2014, Liz HertzGrowSmart Maine
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react?
When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure.
This is the dollars and sense of smart growth.
Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change.
After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood
And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so.
The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
Session 3 focuses the types of data and information that are generally used to support climate change adaptation project proposals. The session also addresses the distinction between traditional development projects and climate change adaptation projects so that participants can make a compelling case in the proposal that the project is indeed an adaptation project and therefore eligible for “new and additional” financing.
• Part 1: Introduction to Climate Change and its Impacts: Describes the types of climate information generally used in adaptation projects, where to find the information, and how to use it. Also addresses uncertainty and how to address uncertainty in the project. Describes impacts as a combination of physical processes and socio-economic and political conditions.
o OBJECTIVE 1: Participants will be familiar with sources of climate information relevant to project design and how to access these sources of information.
o OBJECTIVE 2: Participants will structure a climate change narrative that can be used in a project document.
• Part 2: What is Climate Change Adaptation: Describes adaptation and various ways to adapt. This section instructs participants how to make a compelling case that the adaptation project is necessary. Also focuses on how to embed the project into broader development strategies.
o OBJECTIVE 1: Participants will describe climate change impacts and justify why adaptation is necessary, and what may happen if adaptation does not happen.
The objective of this Post Storm Survey (PSS) is to gain insight into decision-making related to hazardous winter weather, as well as providing a critical tool in bridging the gap between the weather community and users. This information will be vital for the weather forecasting community to improve communicating the threat of hazardous winter weather.
Blackboard Connect Webinar: Preparing for Inclement WeatherBlackboard
Learn about best practices for preparing for severe storms and bad weather. View how two district experts from NC and LA help to prepare their district when the weather turns bad and remain in touch throughout the storms.
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Valparaiso, Indiana (population 31,000), part of the Chicago metropolitan area. One hour from downtown Chicago by bus or train, 15 minutes south of Lake Michigan.
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105, Business Point Building,
Behind Nissan Showroom, Deira
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Tel: + 971 4 2942460/ 3
Email: dubai@intelligentgulf.com
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4. ACUTA/ATIS Hurricane
Preparedness Project
Formed Committee May 2007
Reviewed and Modified ATIS document
Published ACUTA Hurricane Checklist Oct 2007
5. Hurricane Preparedness
Checklist
Hurricane Katrina, August 2005, Terra MODIS True Color
Image
Courtesy of Louisiana State University
ACUTA ‐ The Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in
Higher Education
Developed in cooperation with
ATIS – The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
http://www.acuta.org/?2026
6. Committee
Amy Phillips, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Frank O'Quinn, Louisiana State University
Sandra Thompson, University of West Florida
James Shea, Boston University
Jeanne Spinosa, Johnson & Wales University
Garret Yoshimi, University of Hawaii
George Denbow, University of Texas at Austin
Michele Narcavage, University of Pennsylvania
Steve Ellis, University of Notre Dame
Steve Conway, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Walt Magnussen, Texas A&M University ‐ Task Force Chair
Veronica Lancaster, ATIS
Brad Ruark, ATIS /AT&T
Jeri Semer, ACUTA Executive Director
Aaron Fuehrer, ACUTA Staff Liaison
13. Hurricane Ike Timeline
Lamar evacuated campus 10 Sept 2008
Hurricane Ike landfall Evening of 12‐13 Sept 2008
Low Lying Areas of Beaumont Flooded, Extensive
Flooding in Orange County, Bridge City Hardest Hit
Lamar University Campus in Beaumont Did Not
Flood
Library, Family and Consumer Sciences, and
Montaigne Center Buildings Had Roof Damage
24 Sept 2008 Essential Staff Returned to Campus
25 Sept 2008 Classes Resumed at Lamar University
14. Assessing Services During Ike
LU Lessons Learned
Storm Facts Inventory
Contact Lists Physical Assets
Emergency Sites and Lodging Power and Fuel
Administration, Network Service
Communications, and Main Computer Center and
Manpower Key Telecommunications
Safety, Security and Training Hubs
Long‐Term Preparations
Post‐Storm Activities
Damage Assessment and
Post‐Storm Activities
22. Texas State University System
http://www.tsus.edu/
TSUS Institutions (East Texas Locations in Bold)
Lamar University
Sam Houston State University
Sul Ross State University
Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College
Texas State University‐San Marcos
Lamar Institute of Technology
Lamar State College‐Orange
Lamar State College‐Port Arthur
23. Sam Houston State in Hunstville
153 mi – about 2 hours 29 mins
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
24. Stephen F. Austin State
128 mi – about 2 hours 36
NOT MEMBER OF TSUS
25. San Marcos State University
251 mi – about 4 hours 15 mins
During Ike – Approx. 16 hrs
LAMAR UNIVERSITY BC Site
30. Administration, Communications and
Manpower
ITS Hunkered Down With LUPD in Beaumont
Daily Meetings for Coordination in Beaumont on
Campus
Reporting and Notification Lead By President and
Leadership Team
Conference Bridges For Coordination With Remote
Staff Managed by Network Services
Public Coordination Handled by LU PD
Managed Through Office of VP for Finance and Amin
Supplemental Personnel
Accountability and Time Reporting
Costs
34. Onsite Data Center Lead: Srinivas “Sri” Vandaraj, Senior Security Analyst
35. Safety, Security and Training
President’s Weekly Security Meeting Initiated as
Outcome of Rita
System Access Managed By Onsite Core ITS Team
(Issues With Passwords: Need One‐Time Password
System)
Physical Re‐Entry Credentials Provided by Chief of
Police
ITS and PD Coordinated
Security Cameras Shutdown and Start‐up
Training for ConnectedED
38. Network Service
Preventative Measures:
No Redundant Routes for Network (Big Exposure)
LEARN Connectivity Initiative Q 1 of 2009
Half‐Completed VoIP Migration (Half Cisco/Half
Avaya)
Priority Areas:
Network Services Spread Between Windows Services
Group (DHCP) and Unix Group (DNS).
Failure to Standardize Led to Confusion and LAN
Service Outages During the Storm (Premature AD
Shutdown).
Failure to Document All Services Creates Risk
39. Significant Telecomm Events
GOT LUCKY ‐‐ LU OC‐3 Circuit to Houston Stayed Up
Throughout Event – NO INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
OUTAGE (Gigaman to Orange Also Stayed Up)
Onsite Team Kept Campus Services Running Until
Night of Landfall (Sept. 12‐13)
Throughout Storm VoIP access via WAN using SIP
Phones (Ordered More Broadband Cards After Storm)
Cell Service Unreliable Beaumont to Remote Sites
Residential lines out for over several weeks
Satellite Phones Proved Difficult to Use
40. Main Computer Center and Key
Telecommunications Hubs
Success Story: No Systems Shutdown Sequence in
Place For Data Centers. Planning Initiated in Gustav
Continued Into Ike Lead Up
Downside to Not Running Your Own Power:
Power Failure Exposure Due to Unmet Power
Requirements in Data Center
Concerns re: Lack of Fuel Led Local Team to Bring
Down Systems After Event
Tape Backups: Contract for Off Site Had Just Lapsed!
Can You Sing “Do the Hustle”?
Wind and High Water: Failure to Stock Pile Sandbags
41.
42. Long Term Preparations
Maintain Year‐Round
Example of Successful Planning: Replication of
Website and Content Management Service
Criticality of ERP Disaster Recovery/BC Site at San
Marcos
Hardware In Place in San Marcos
Software to Be Configured With Data Replication (Tested)
By Hurricane Season 2009
Long‐Term Plans/Prevention
Move to the Cloud: Portal and Mail Outsourcing Initiatives
Importance of Service Continuity: Redesign of Network
Services (Standardization Under Network Services Group)
54. Hurricane Ike Flooding Galveston
A house burns uncontrolled in a flooded neighborhood as Hurricane
Ike approaches the Texas coast, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in
Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)