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Also Try Disaster Preparation Evacuation Purify or Filter Water Are We Ready? Disaster Preparedness Checklist (Awesome Library) Provides a checklist of items needed and steps to take immediately before escaping to an upper floor of a building or a designated shelter in a flood threat. 9-05 Disaster Preparedness Checklist for Leaders (Awesome Library) Provides a command and control checklist to help city, county, state, and federal government leaders gain agreement on leadership for each critical issue in case of a disaster. By gaining agreement on lines of authority before a disaster, lives and property can be saved. The next steps in preparedness would be development of a "critical path" flow chart, followed by training and a simulation. 9-05 Disaster Preparedness Checklist for Shelters (Awesome Library) Provides a checklist of items needed and steps to take immediately before escaping to an upper floor of a building or a designated shelter in a flood threat. 9-05 Evacuation and Prefab Cities (Awesome Library) "Our cities do not have enough highway capacity to allow us to evacuate quickly. Yet, an earthquake, a 'dirty bomb,' tsunami, biological attack, or other type of disaster hitting a large city will still require rapid evacuation to avoid a great deal more suffering." "Major disasters to major cities are inevitable. It is a question of 'when,' not 'if.' " "What if we plan and require 'evacuation drills' for cities just like we now plan and require 'fire drills' for buildings?" We also need to ready destination sites for evacuees to stay days and up to months. "Prefab cities would become the 'storm shelters' of the future." 9-05 Materials -Pandemic or Hurricane Checklist (Awesome Library) Provides recommendations for what to assemble to prepare for avian (bird) flu or other pandemic. Includes recommendations appropriate for preparing for a hurricane also. 03-06 News -09-30-05 Bush Administration Dismantles Natural Disaster Preparedness (Washington Post) "In the days to come, as the nation and the people along the Gulf Coast work to cope with the disastrous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we will be reminded anew, how important it is to have a federal agency capable of dealing with natural catastrophes of this sort. This is an immense human tragedy, one that will work hardship on millions of people. It is beyond the capabilities of state and local government to deal with. It requires a national response." "Which makes it all the more difficult to understand why, at this moment, the country's premier agency for dealing with such events -- FEMA -- is being, in effect, systematically downgraded and all but dismantled by the Department of Homeland Security." 9-05 Hurricane Preparedness (NOAA.gov) Describes how to prepare for a hurricane. 9-05 Papers Disaster Equipment (CBS News) "Best magazine's senior editor David Gregg has some of the newest emergency gear that could aid you and your family in the event of a disaster." 9-05 Disaster Preparedness Checklist (City of Cape Girardeau.org) Provides lists of things to do before and after a natural disaster. For example, "Have check valves installed in building sewer traps to prevent flood waters from backing up in sewer drains. As a last resort, use large corks or stoppers to plug showers, tubs, or basins." 9-05 Disaster Preparedness a Top Priority for Cities (USA Today) "To reduce the effects of an earthquake, storm, or flood, more emphasis must be placed on helping cities build disaster resilience, they [city planners] argue." "Experts point to the success of programs such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Project Impact. During the 1990s, this initiative provided seed money for a range of mitigation projects, from improving earthquake resistance in structures in the Pacific Northwest to developing economical "safe rooms" for homes and offices in tornado-prone areas. The program ended shortly after President Bush took office." 9-05 Disasters - How to Prepare for a Natural Disaster (Epicenter) Describes how to plan for a disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, or tornadoes. Federal and Local Responsibilities in Disasters (Congressional Research Service) "In general, federal policy defers to the states to enact laws pertinent to evacuation, and local officials generally work with state officials to enforce those laws. For example, the National Response Plan (NRP), administered by the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), sets forth the roles and responsibilities of federal and certain non-federal entities after catastrophes overwhelm state or local governments. The NRP includes the following in a list of responsibilities of local chief executive officers:" " 'Dependent upon state and local law, [the local executive] has extraordinary powers to suspend local laws and ordinances, such as to establish a curfew, direct evacuations, and, in coordination with the local health authority, to order a quarantine.' "Federal officials facilitate evacuation procedures when the NRP is invoked, take the lead on coordinating necessary decisions, support search and rescue efforts, and provide technical assistance.4 In the event of the most catastrophic incidents (such as after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005), 'the federal government or other national entities' are expected to provide public health, medical, and mental health support at casualty evacuation points and refugee shelters.' ” 9-05 Hurricanes - Preparation (USAToday.com) "If your house is in danger of being hit by a hurricane, protecting windows and sliding glass doors is almost always the number one thing you can do to ensure you'll have a livable house if the worse happens." "But, if you wait until a hurricane watch is posted, you are almost surely too late." 9-04 Hurricanes - Preparing for a Hurricane (YatCom.com) Explains what to do at different stages of preparation. 5-03 Local Radio Stations to the Rescue - Sort of... (ABC News) "In many cases, local updates broadcast in the battered Gulf Coast came from reporters quickly sent in from outside the area and from disc jockeys pressed into service as news anchors. Many stations today do not employ reporters, so the scramble was on once the hurricane hit." "In New Orleans, WWL-AM had a local news staff and managed to stay on the air with backup generators. News director Dave Cohen said the news-talk station took dozens of calls each day from stranded people who asked how to find missing loved ones and where to go for shelter and food." 9-05 Rotterdam Storm Surge Barrier (CBS News) "The Dutch long ago learned that this is a really simple problem — if you want to keep the land and water where they are supposed to be, you have to spend whatever it takes to build a barrier to keep them apart." "With climate change, rising sea levels and more severe storms in the future, the Dutch think they'll have to close this barrier every three or four years." "In Holland they think the choice in the U.S. is inevitable." 9-05 Rotterdam Storm Surge Barrier (Encarta) Provides a picture of the movable storm barrier for a port city. 9-05 Rotterdam Storm Surge Barrier (IABSE) "Several joint ventures competed for the contract to design and construct the Rotterdam Storm Surge Barrier. After fierce competition, it was awarded to a joint venture in 1989. In nearly every sense the project was innovative in that new ways were found to design and construct the superstructure which bears a striking resemblance in size and appearance with the Eiffel Tower in Paris." 9-05 Storm Checklist (MSNBC) Provides lists of things to do to better protect your home from storms, including flood and wind damage. 9-05 Wind Proofing Your Home (MSNBC) Provides lists of things to do to better protect your home from wind damage. 9-05

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