TWDB's State Flood Assessment - Dr. Mindy Conyers
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The document summarizes a presentation given at the TWCA Fall Conference in October 2018 about updating the state flood assessment in Texas. It discusses assessing flood risk and roles, estimating costs of flood mitigation, and envisioning the future of flood planning. Key points included identifying stakeholders' highest priorities for financial assistance, the three pillars of flood risk management being mapping, planning, and mitigation, and estimates of anticipated mitigation costs, available local and non-local funds, and a statewide funding shortfall.
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Chapter 6: Emergency Management: Louisiana
Chapter 8: “Hurricane Pam”: Warning Flag for Katrina
Chapter 18: Communication Voids
Chapter 19: Lack of Situational Awareness
Chapter 27: Failures in National Response Plan: Unified Command
Chapter 28: FEMA Waste and Fraud
Recommendations
Your task is to read these sections of the report and prepare a presentation for the mayor of your city demonstrating the major deficiencies in the area of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery along the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Based on the report, your analysis of your state’s emergency plan in Module 2, and any additional research, make recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation (15-20 slides) for what your city needs to do to make sure it is as prepared as possible for potential threats.
Be sure to address the following:
Identify the major deficiencies in preparedness and mitigation planning that left the Gulf Coast vulnerable to a major disaster. Address how lack of effective risk assessment and hazard analysis played a role in worsening the devastation.
Identify problems with communication and operations that worsened the impact of the storm during the response phase.
Identify major problems with both short- and long-term recovery in the aftermath of the storm.
Identify the most important lessons your own city should learn from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Recommend what your city should do to address its major weakness in the areas of prep ...
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Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that the United States was unprepared to deal with a disaster of such magnitude. Even though, as indicated in the senate report, “Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared,” the government knew for many years that a devastating hurricane was quite likely to strike New Orleans, planning was insufficient and no solid strategy existed for response. Lack of strategy delayed response when time was of the essence and a lack of leadership and unsuccessful coordination efforts actually contributed to additional destruction and distress.
Multiple serious mistakes were made during first-response efforts and the recovery stage after Hurricane Katrina, which ultimately contributed to the development of new standards, procedures, and agencies. Lessons learned from this catastrophe had a significant impact on preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts at every level of government. The mistakes of Katrina and the resulting recommendations for improving practices within the United States are documented in
“Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared.”
The report is lengthy; however, the following sections provide a comprehensive overview of deficiencies in the areas of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Executive Summary
Chapter 2: Hurricane Katrina: Indicators of Impact
Chapter 5: Hurricane Katrina: Timeline of Key Events
Chapter 6: Emergency Management: Louisiana
Chapter 8: “Hurricane Pam”: Warning Flag for Katrina
Chapter 18: Communication Voids
Chapter 19: Lack of Situational Awareness
Chapter 27: Failures in National Response Plan: Unified Command
Chapter 28: FEMA Waste and Fraud
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Your task is to read these sections of the report and prepare a presentation for the mayor of your city demonstrating the major deficiencies in the area of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery along the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Based on the report, your analysis of your state’s emergency plan in Module 2, and any additional research, make recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation (15-20 slides) for what your city needs to do to make sure it is as prepared as possible for potential threats.
Be sure to address the following:
Identify the major deficiencies in preparedness and mitigation planning that left the Gulf Coast vulnerable to a major disaster. Address how lack of effective risk assessment and hazard analysis played a role in worsening the devastation.
Identify problems with communication and operations that worsened the impact of the storm during the response phase.
Identify major problems with both short- and long-term recovery in the aftermath of the storm.
Identify the most important lessons your own city should learn from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Recommend what your city should do to address its major weakness in the areas of pre ...
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Peatland Management in Indonesia, Science to Policy and Knowledge Education
Peatland Management in Indonesia, Science to Policy and Knowledge EducationGlobal Landscapes Forum (GLF)
Presented by Feri Johana at GLF Peatlands 2024 - 360 Degree Approach to Improving Capacity of Multiple Stakeholders to Manage Peatland SustainablyEvolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Peatlands of Latin America and the Caribbean
Presented by The Global Peatlands Assessment: Mapping, Policy, and Action at GLF Peatlands 2024 - The Global Peatlands Assessment: Mapping, Policy, and Action
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as t...
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as the Directive 2002/95/EC. It includes the restrictions for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS is a WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Global Peatlands Map and Hotspot Explanation Atlas
Presented by Alexandra Barthelmes at GLF Peatlands 2024 - The Global Peatlands Assessment: Mapping, Policy, and Action
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本公司拥有海外各大学样板无数，能完美还原。
1:1完美还原海外各大学毕业材料上的工艺：水印，阴影底纹，钢印LOGO烫金烫银，LOGO烫金烫银复合重叠。文字图案浮雕、激光镭射、紫外荧光、温感、复印防伪等防伪工艺。材料咨询办理、认证咨询办理请加学历顾问Q/微741003700
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三.真实教育部学历学位认证（教育部存档！教育部留服网站永久可查）
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◇在校期间，因各种原因未能顺利毕业……拿不到官方毕业证【q/微741003700】
◇面对父母的压力，希望尽快拿到；
◇不清楚认证流程以及材料该如何准备；
◇回国时间很长，忘记办理；
◇回国马上就要找工作，办给用人单位看；
◇企事业单位必须要求办理的
◇需要报考公务员、购买免税车、落转户口
◇申请留学生创业基金
留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
7:个人信誉贷款加10分
8:在国家人才网主办的国家网络招聘大会中纳入资料，供国家高端企业选择人才
Improving the Management of Peatlands and the Capacities of Stakeholders in I...
Improving the Management of Peatlands and the Capacities of Stakeholders in I...Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)
Presented by Sonya Dewi at GLF Peatlands 2024 - 360 Degree Approach to Improving Capacity of Multiple Stakeholders to Manage Peatland SustainablyWildlife-AnIntroduction.pdf so that you know more about our environment
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Promoting Multilateral Cooperation for Sustainable Peatland management
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TWDB's State Flood Assessment - Dr. Mindy Conyers
- 1. Update on the State Flood Assessment Carla G. Guthrie, PhD & Mindy Conyers, PhD TWCA Fall Conference October 2018 Unless specifically noted, this presentation does not necessarily reflect official board positions or decisions.
- 2. 1. Assess risk and roles 2. Estimate flood mitigation costs 3. Envision the future of flood planning in Texas
- 4. Risk
- 5. Risk
- 6. Roles
- 7. What would most benefit your community?
- 8. Financial assistance to implement flood mitigation activities Improved flood risk mapping and modeling Financial assistance for flood mitigation planning 1 2 3
- 9. Mapping Planning Three Pillars of Flood Risk Management Mitigation
- 10. Mapping
- 11. Mapping
- 13. Planning
- 15. Mitigation
- 16. Source of local funds for flood activities?
- 17. 49% 9% 5% 31% 6% Operation & maintenance Modeling & mapping Early warning systems Infrastructure Public awareness How are local funds allocated?
- 18. in billions Anticipated mitigation costs $31.5 - $36.0 Available local funds $7.1 - $8.2 Available non-local funds $2.3 - $5.3 Statewide funding shortfall $18.0 - $26.6 *Does not include disaster response or recovery costs. Mitigation Cost Estimates
- 19. Local offering Professional development Public awareness Online classes Technical assistance Free training How to address training needs?