The New York Times has created a mesmerizing and troubling (and clever) webpage that allows you to virtually drive down two streets in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward in 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010. The animation stops at various properties along the way, so you can see how certain buildings have fared (some gone, some repaired, some still sitting much as, »read moreTags: case study, funding & assistance, Insurance
The Model Forest Policy Program is offering an interesting-sounding new funding and technical assistance opportunity for rural communities looking for help with their land-use planning. Here's how they're describing the program on their website:
The Model Forest Policy Program (MFPP) is now accepting applications for 2011 Climate Solutions University:, »read moreTags: funding & assistance, planning
New funding opportunity. From their press release:
EDA Offers Grants through Climate Change Mitigation Fund
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) advances economic growth by assisting communities experiencing chronic high unemployment and low per capita income to create an environment that fosters innovation,, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, emergency services, funding & assistance, infrastructure
The White House released a statement today saying that it would not support the expansion of the National Flood Insurance Program to cover wind damage. Such a move would likely do no good, the statement explains, because the government's rates would be comparable to current market prices.
The whole statement:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF, »read moreTags: funding & assistance, Insurance
Via the always useful CZMA Climate Change and Coastal Hazards E-News Update newsletter:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) “Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program Guidance” (176 pp.) represents the unification of all five of the agency’s hazard mitigation grant programs into one guidance document. These programs, which provide, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, funding & assistance, hazard identification, infrastructure
From our friends at NOAA:
CRest Grant Program – Coastal Resilience Networks Pacific Islands – Gulf of Mexico – West Coast
Coastal Resilience Networks (CRest) is a new and exciting grant opportunity for the Pacific Islands, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coast regions. The program funds projects that help communities become more resilient to the threats, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, emergency services, funding & assistance, infrastructure, Insurance, training & outreach
After Hurricane Ike bashed a hole in their roof and left their first floor uninhabitable, FEMA experts recommended that Galveston (TX) residents Matt and Lauren Johnson elevate their home 3' above the minimum requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.
The Johnsons went for 12' instead.
“Even if it costs us more now, whatever costs us less in, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, case study, funding & assistance, planning
From the bright and informed folks over at the Association of State Floodplain Managers:
As part of a unanimous consent agreement last night, the Senate cleared a measure (HR 5569) that would extend the authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program until September 30, 2010. It was previously passed by the House, so it will become effective as soon, »read moreTags: funding & assistance, Insurance, regulations
FEMA has released a memo clarifying that in the event of a declared flood disaster, National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) coverage will apply even if oil is mixed with flood waters.
The brief memo suggest that the NFIP will bill the party that caused the oil damage (in this case, British Petroleum) for the damages. And while this bit is somewhat less, »read moreTags: funding & assistance, Insurance, legal, oil spill, regulations
WLOX.com aired a story about the Oil Spill Community Forum that the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium hosted yesterday in Biloxi. Sounds like it was a success.
"Coast residents learn more about the giant oil spill",, »read moreTags: events, funding & assistance, oil spill, training & outreach, video
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