PPT-Flood Control Act and Hurricane Betsy

2 MRGO Where is the MRGO Why was it built What ports are in competition with NO Why is it easier to get to them What is the advantage of Mississippi river ports Who do you think wanted it built. Dr. Scott Braun, HS3 PI Paul Newman, HS3 Deputy PI. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. IHC, Jacksonville, FL March 4, 2015. Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel. Science Goal: . To. . understand . On Sunday evening, August 17, 1969, a small, fierce hurricane skirted the mouth of the Mississippi River and, at 10 PM, thrust inland on the Mississippi Gulf Coast .. Camille, with an unusually compact eye of 5 miles diameter, was the most intense hurricane ever to enter the United States mainland. Winds exceeding 200 miles per hour, and an extremely low central pressure, combined to generate the highest tides ever recorded on the Gulf Coast. A wall of water, up to 30 feet high, surged through the populous Bay St. Louis - Pass Christian Area of Mississippi.. B. Lee Lindner, . Stephen . Duke, . Janet Johnson. College of Charleston. Frank . Alsheimer. National Weather Service, Charleston. 1. Background. CHARLESTON HAS EXPERIENCED MANY HITS OR NEAR MISSES IN THE PAST 20 YEARS . Tactile . Talk: .  . The . Tactile Communication . and Literacy . Toolkit for . iPad. Lightweight . and. . p. ortable. Ability to quickly change tactile overlays. Ability to customize. Advantages of iDevice. 21-29 August . 2011. NOAA . Service Assessment. Frank Marks and . Wes Browning. (Co-team leads). November 27, . 2012. Results. Hurricane Irene. Service Assessment. While Hurricane . Irene . tested technical. and Climate Change. AOSS 480 - 4/20/2015. Bukowski, Frey, Loeffler, Slevin. http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/79000/79553/sandy_goe_2012302_1745_lrg.jpg. Presentation Outline. Analysis of Hurricane Sandy. B. Lee Lindner, . Stephen . Duke, . Janet Johnson. College of Charleston. Frank . Alsheimer. National Weather Service, Charleston. 1. Background. CHARLESTON HAS EXPERIENCED MANY HITS OR NEAR MISSES IN THE PAST 20 YEARS . Analysis of vulnerabilities exposed by Hurricane Sandy and potential mitigation strategies in the Northeastern US . . Anthony Torres, Benjamin Lowden, . Kazuki Ito, Sabrina Shuman. Assessment of Hurricane Sandy. Isha Deo. November 21, 2017. Specific Issues during Harvey. Fluvial inundation. : flooding caused by . channels overtopping. . their banks . during/after a storm event. Pluvial inundation: . flooding . March 14, 2014. Joseph Canas, PE, LEED AP, CFM,. . Project Manager. The National Flood Insurance Program. Created in 1968 since private flood insurance was difficult to find. Modified in 1973, requiring flood insurance for all mortgages through federally insured lenders. Livia Koehler. What is a Hurricane?. A tropical cyclone with winds greater than 74 mph and that circulates counterclockwise about their centers in Northern hemisphere (clockwise in Southern hemisphere). From Hurricane Betsy to Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane ?? 2 Flood Control Act of 1928 What happened in 1927? What are the immunity provisions? Flood Control Act of 1928, 33 U. S. C. §702c -- which states that "[n]o liability of any kind shall attach to or rest upon the United States for any damage from or by floods or flood waters at any place" Tom Knutson. NOAA/GFDL. Climate Impacts and Extremes Group. GFDL/NOAA, Princeton, New Jersey. May 2017. Super Typhoon . Haiyan. , 2013. Collaborators :. . Bob . Tuleya. Joe . Sirutis. Morris Bender. Mark DeMaria. National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL. GFDL Hurricane Science Symposium. May 2, 2017. 1. Outline. 2. 1954-1975 – . Barotropic. and statistical track . forecast model era.