During the 2006 hurricane season HAZUS.org  will maintain a one page information summary of current hurricane  preparation, mitigation, response and recovery info. 

DO NOT RELY ON THIS SITE FOR TIME SENSITIVE DATA AND INFORMATION !

Hurricane Katrina regional imagery, 2005.08.29 at 1345Z. Centerpoint Latitude: 30:15:38N Longitude: 89:35:05W.
Page content revision date:   Sept 13, 2006
 


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For the latest report from the National Hurricane Center,
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Resources ...
NOAA reports that El Niņo conditions have recently developed in the tropical Pacific and are likely to continue into early 2007.  This might explain mild Atlantic hurricane season,
08/08/2006 - NOAA Issues Update to 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook,
NOAA Coastal Services Center: Linking People, Information, and Technology Storm Information for Coastal Officials, click here

Hurricanes and the U.S. Gulf Coast: Science and Sustainable Rebuilding, June 2006...click here

The Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) Final Report has been released... click here

New Mason-Dixon Poll Shows Coastal Residents Still Unprepared for Hurricane Season -

The Great Deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast - Historian David Brinkley's detailed examination of the awful events that took place surrounding Hurricane Katrina,
Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans Flood Protection Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005... the "NSF Independent Levee Investigation Team Report", click here
The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned, click here
Residential Wind Damage in Hurricane Katrina
Preliminary Estimates and Potential Loss Reduction through Improved Building Codes and Construction Practices
October 3, 2005
Prepared by LSU Hurricane Center
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A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
 Main Report
Appendices
image To view all Hurricane Katrina related files including hearings, reports, summaries and additional views from the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs, click here...
The Katrina Effect on American Preparedness:  Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have had little impact on most people's preparations for disasters, but have hurt confidence in all levels of government, according to a recent study by New York University's Center for Catastrophic Preparedness and Response. The study compared a survey conducted before the hurricanes hit to one conducted after.

The report also found a "preparedness divide" between rich and poor Americans, with poll respondents who had lower incomes and less education saying they wished they had more money and time to take precautions., click here (.pdf).
Summary and Presentations from the Congressional Hazards Caucus Alliance Briefing - Coastal Flooding: Understanding the Hazard and Protecting Communities,
2006 Hurricane Resources ... Jan Null, the Director of Meteorological Services at the Western Disaster Center and the founder of Golden Gate Weather has collected useful links related to hurricane weather, click here
WSR-88D Product Files : National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has a java Nexrad viewer/exporter available.  This java based program can convert NOAA Nexrad Level III raw data files into GIS Formats (Shapefiles, among other formats).  The data are available from the NOAA Gateway - an FTP site - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/radfiles.html
HAZUS-MH & Hurricanes:  Tom Durham / Sr. Project Manager at PBS&J has provided HAZUS.org a copy of a presentation summarizing HAZUS-MH use during Hurricane IVAN.  To view this presentation in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, click here