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  • Before the Storm
    • Identifying Hazards
      • Finding and Using Additional Hazard Information
      • Interpreting FIRMs and FIS Reports
      • Making Hazard Information Available and Accessible
      • Sharing Emergency Hazard Information
      • Understanding the Limitations of FIRMs and FIS reports
    • Planning
      • Creating a Community Master Plan
      • Creating a Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan
      • Creating a Multi-Objective Management Plan
      • Creating Risk Mitigation Strategies
    • Regulations & Standards
      • Adopt Stricter Building Code
      • Conducting Inspections of Lower-Area Enclosures
      • Considering Potential Future Conditions When Siting New Development
      • Creating Permanent No-Build Areas
      • Ensuring Local Regulations Allow Appropriate Development Techniques
      • Incorporating NFIP Requirements into Local Ordinances and Regulations
      • Keeping New Public Infrastructure Out of Hazard-Prone Areas
      • Passing Strict Zoning Ordinances and Regulations
      • Requiring Foundation/Building Certification
      • Using Freeboard to Elevate Structures above Predicted Floodwaters
    • Mitigation
      • Acquiring Existing Structures
      • Non-Structural Shore Protection
      • ONLY AS A LAST RESORT: Flood and Erosion Control Structures
      • Relocating Existing Structures
      • Retrofitting Existing Structures
    • Infrastructure
      • Improving Construction and Design of Critical Facilities
      • Insuring Public Buildings
      • Keeping Roads and Utilities Out of Damage-Prone Areas
      • Maintaining an Inventory of Hazard Risks for All Public Property
      • Protecting Critical Access Routes
      • Siting Critical Facilities Out of Harm’s Way
    • Emergency Services
      • Assessing Damage to Buildings
      • Creating a Post-Disaster Recovery Plan
      • Creating an Emergency Response Plan
      • Improving Disaster Response Coordination
      • Planning for Outside Help
    • Training & Outreach
      • General Hazard Awareness
      • Hazard Training for Local Officials
      • Sources for Outreach Materials
  • During the Storm
  • After the Storm
    • The Ten Ps of Post-Disaster Safe Recovery
  • Funding
    • DOC/EDA Investment for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities
    • DOC/EDA Planning Grants
    • DOC/EDA Revolving Loan Fund
    • DOC/EDA Technical Assistance Grants
    • DOT/ FHWA Emergency Relief Program
    • FEMA Community Disaster Loan Program
    • FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA)
    • FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA)
    • FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
    • FEMA Individuals and Households Program
    • FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program (PDM)
    • FEMA Public Assistance (PA) Grant Program
    • FEMA Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) Program
    • FEMA Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) grant program
    • HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program – Disaster Recovery Grants
    • HUD HOME Investment Partnerships Program
    • HUD Mortgage Insurance for Disaster Victims
    • HUD Property Improvement Loan Insurance
    • HUD Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance
    • IRS Casualty Loss-Special Disaster Provisions
    • National Flood Insurance Program
    • SBA Business Disaster Loan Program
    • SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
    • USDA / FSA Emergency Conservation Program
    • USDA / FSA Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
    • USDA / FSA Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
    • USDA / NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)
    • USDA / RD Business and Industrial Loans
    • USDA / RD Community Facilities Loans and Grants
    • USDA / RD Mutual Self-Help Housing Loan & Technical Assistance Program
    • USDA / RD Rural Housing Repair and Rehabilitation Loans
    • USDA / RD Rural Rental Housing Loans
    • USDA / RD Section 502 Single-Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed Loans
    • USDA / RD Section 504 Single Family Housing Repair Grants
    • USDA / RD Section 504 Single Family Housing Repair Loans
    • USDA / RD Water and Waste Grants and Loans
    • USDA / RMA Federal Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI)
    • Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD)
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  • NAI-level activities
  • Gulf of Mexico
    • NOAA Announces New Coastal Resilience Networks Grant Program
    • How to File a Claim with BP
    • Panel to Discuss Long-Term Impacts of Oil Spill, this Friday (Web or Corpus Christi)
    • New Batch of Oil Spill Photos
    • New Survey of Southeast Louisiana Residents Shows Most Planning to Evacuate
    • The 2010 Hurricane Season Begins with New Oil Spill Map
    • County Promotes More Precise Storm Surge Maps
    • Lots of Unknowns as Hurricane Season Closes in on Clean-Up Efforts
    • One Infographic to Explain the Whole Oil Spill
    • REMINDER: Coastal Resilience Symposium, May 26 Houston
    • Oil Spill: Good and Bad News (Sunday Edition)
    • Oil Spill Meter
    • The View from Down Deep: Photo of the Leak
    • BP CEO: Could be Weeks or Months Before Spill Stopped
    • Cofferdam Closes in on Leak
    • More Amazing Photos of the Pre-Spill Fire
    • Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund Announced
    • New Oil Spill Websites
    • Oil Spill Volunteer Coordination Website Up
    • Oil Slick Nears Gulf Coast
    • Feds Release "Roadmap for Restoring Ecosystem Resiliency and Sustainability in the Louisiana and Mississippi Coasts"
    • Deadline for Post-Katrina and Rita Elevation, Mitigation Funding: March 10
    • Debate Continues Over Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane-Protection System
    • State Launches Million Program to Improve Resiliency in Parishes Hit by Gustav and Ike
    • St. Bernard Parish gets 0k to Update Coastal Plan
    • Louisiana Rejects Home Insurance Rate Hike Request
    • FEMA May Forgive Some Katrina/Rita Loans
    • EVENT: Southeast Stormwater Association's Conference, October 6-8, Biloxi
    • GIS Training (Mobile, AL: January 5th)
    • Legal Seminar on Post-Katrina Insurance
    • FEMA Releases Risk MAP FY09 Flood Mapping Production Plan
    • NOAA Seeks Proposals on Impacts of SLR on Ecosystems
    • LEGAL: Liability of Government for Flood Damages Tested
    • TECHNOLOGY: Twitter for Evacuation?
  • National
    • Webinar: Climate Resilient Coastal Communities (Wednesday July 28)
    • Funding for "Climate Change Mitigation" Available
    • White House Opposes Multiple Peril Insurance Bill [UPDATE]
    • FEMA Releases Guidance for 2011 Mitigation Grant Programs
    • 3ft of Freeboard? I'll Take 12ft!
    • Free Online Hurricane Response Training
    • It's Back . . . Senate Reauthorizes National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
    • Congress Wants Your Thoughts on New NOAA Climate Service
    • Federal Flood Insurance Will Cover Flood-Related Oil Damage [FEMA Memo]
    • New NOAA PDF Answers Hurricane vs Oil Slick Questions
    • Gulf Spill Oil Coming to Atlantic?
    • Editorial Advises Better Planning and Building, NOT the Ike Dike
    • New Diagram of BP's Siphon Tube
    • One Infographic to Explain the Whole Oil Spill
    • Introducing StormSmart Connect
    • Incredible Oil Spill Photos
    • New Funding Opportunity for Habitat Restoration
    • Municipal Emergency Management Messaging Systems
    • Texas Town Tightens Development Rules
    • County Uses FEMA Funds for Innovative Infrastructure Reconstruction
    • FEMA Releases New Mobile Website
    • Illustration of the Spill Site
    • When Life Gives You Lemons: Galveston Turns Storm Damage Into Art
    • High Tech (and generally free) Tools for Disaster Preparation
    • Eight Hurricanes, Fifteen Tropical Storms for 2010 Forecasters Say
    • When Are My New Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) Going to be Ready?
    • National Flood Insurance Program Expires (Again)
    • How Does Coastal Louisiana's Risk Compare to Our Neighbors?
    • NEW: Current Louisiana Storm Outlook
    • New FIRMs Tested in Massachusetts
    • Florida is now StormSmart!
    • Region Forms Group & Plan to Address Threats to Critical Infrastructure
    • National Flood Insurance Program Expires [UPDATED]
    • Hindsight: Video of Galveston After the 1900 Hurricane
    • National Hurricane Center Announces Changes
    • With Crumbling Seawalls and Limited Resources, France Struggles with Storms
    • Disaster‐Resilient Homes Webinar Series [EVENT]
    • Top 10 Reasons to Buy Flood Insurance NOW
    • Risk Communication: Best Practices
    • Coastal Adaptation Planning Webinar: Feb 25th [EVENT]
    • NOAA Improves Forecasts for Coastal Flood Impacts
    • Sunday: Scheduled StormSmart Coasts Site Work [UPDATED]
    • Impact of Climate Issues, Feb 24, Mobile [EVENT]
    • Hurricane Center Takes Storm Surge Out of Intensity Categories
    • Building Resilience Workshop: Feb 25-27, New Orleans [EVENT]
    • EPA Releases Water Quality Scorecard
    • 2010 Coastal Resilience Symposium: May 26, Houston [EVENT]
    • Texas Appellate Court Finds No Taking in State's Open Beaches Act
    • Louisiana Rejects Home Insurance Rate Hike Request
    • Small-Town Cape Cod Also Losing Beaches
    • California Battles Disappearing Coastal Bluffs VIDEO
    • State Farm to Drop 125,000 Policies in Florida
    • Case-Study: Freeboard Pays Off for Office/Condo
    • Community Threatens to Fine Homeowners Over Renourished-Beach Access
    • Two Communities on Two Coasts Move to Adapt to New Climates
    • Louisiana to Spend 0 Million on Coastal Restoration and Levees?
    • FEMA Grants Conference Call—February 5
    • Louisiana Pumps ~ Million into Wetland Restoration
    • Hurricane Damage Prediction Tough, Even for Insurance Companies
    • National Hurricane Center to Provide Greater Lead Time in Watches and Warnings
    • New Levee Outreach
    • DHS Releases Grant Guidance for 2010
    • NEW StormSmart Coasts Network Calendar
    • FEMA's Fast-Track Dispute Resolution for Katrina Clean-Up Not Popular?
    • FEMA Clarifies Sand Replacement and Public Assistance Funding
    • Need Good Elevation Data? (Funding Opportunity)
    • FEMA Wants to Know What You REALLY Think About the NFIP
    • Preventing Human-Caused Disasters (Editorial)
    • State of the Coast Conference June 8-10, Louisiana
    • Handy Guide to Coastal Inundation Mapping
    • New Report on Best Building Practices
    • NEW BOOK: Floodplain Management, A New Approach for a New Era
    • Gulf Coast Regional Ocean Policy Task Force: New Orleans, Oct. 19
    • Summary of Changes to NFIP
    • FLOAT House Suggests New Approach to Floodplain Living
    • Corps of Engineers Mandates Consideration of Sea Level Rise
    • Town Offers Builders Permit Credit for Freeboard
    • Alabama and Texas are now StormSmart!
    • The Costs of Not Preparing for Climate Change
    • Improved Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance Released
    • Incredible Photos: One Year After Ike
    • What if Historic Storm Hit Today? New Site Shows
    • Five Things We Should Learn from Ike [EDITORIAL]
    • Smart Growth Guide for Coastal and Waterfront Communities Released
    • Training Opportunity: FEMA 550 – Residential Construction for Gulf Coast Design Professionals
    • North Carolina Amends Innovative Beach Plan
    • How it Adds Up: FEMA in Mississippi Four Years After Katrina
    • New TV Program on Coastal Watersheds Now Online [UPDATED]
    • Updated Extreme Weather Information Sheets Available
    • New TV Program on Coastal Watersheds Now Online
    • FEMA Proposes Payout Cuts for Repairs of Repetitively Damaged Facilities
    • Hurricane Resistant "Louisiana Lift House" Launched
    • Television Programs Promote Storm Resilience
    • "Planning for Climate Change" Workshop Materials Released
    • NOAA Revises Hurricane Outlook
    • US House Gives NFIP 6-month Extension
    • Wall of Wind to Blow Houses Down
    • Can Bill Gates Stop Hurricanes?
    • New Report Shows How Urban Governments are Adapting to Climate Change
    • Experimental Hurricane Wind Scale Debuts This Season
    • Disaster Preparedness for Your Community Records
    • Role Play Helps Communities Find Consensus
    • Evacuating with Your Pets
    • Study Finds Florida Home Retrofitting Program Cost Effective
    • FEMA Releases 2010 Hazard Mitigation Unified Guidance
    • Poll Reveals Coastal Residents Grossly Unprepared for 2009 Hurricane Season
    • Whitehouse Releases New Climate Change Report
    • Mid-Atlantic to See Greatest Sea Level Rise?
    • Radio Show: "'Hurricane Highway' Islands: Rebuild Or Retreat?"
    • Short Video on Building Tougher [BUILDING]
    • Slight Downgrade in Hurricane Projections [REPORT]
    • HURRICANE SEASON IS HERE (Is Your Community Ready?)
    • NOAA's New Institute Advances National Climate Service
    • President Declares National Hurricane Preparadness Week
    • PUBLICATION: New EPA Report Outlines Adaptation Options
    • FEMA Moves Towards Digital-Only FIRMs
    • DHS Releases New Compendium of Disaster Assistance Programs
    • LEGAL: Liability of Government for Flood Damages Tested
    • TECHNOLOGY: Twitter for Evacuation?
    • California Creates On-Line Climate Change Impact Maps
    • EDUCATION: FEMA Launches New School Program
    • 2009 Hurricane Season Predictions
    • Funding: NRCS Recovery Act
    • Florida to Weaken Price-Controls on Property Insurance Rates?
    • New publication: The Importance of Reducing Disaster-Related Losses for Vulnerable Populations
    • New book: Managing for Long-Term Community Recovery in the Aftermath of Disaster
    • Town gets ~ million in FEMA funds to move utilities underground
    • EPA releases new report on effects of sea level rise on Mid-Atlantic region
  • Publications, Adaptations, Building, Planning
    • NEW BOOK: Floodplain Management, A New Approach for a New Era
  • Uncategorized
    • LACPR Final Technical Report Available for Comment
    • Interagency Study Concludes Structural Protection Can't Solve All Problems [REPORT]
    • National Hurricane Center Urged to Update Warning System
    • New book: How to Maximize FEMA Funding After a Natural Disaster
    • Report Calls For Federal Assistance For Local Planning for Climate Change
    • New Publication Guides Climate Change Outreach and Communications
    • FUNDING/ASSISTANCE: Smart Growth Implementation Assistance
    • FUNDING/ASSISTANCE: NOAA Seeking "Shovel-Ready" Habitat Restoration Proposals
    • Trim Your Trees, Protect Your Utilities?
    • CICEET Convenes Living Coasts Workshop
    • CARRI releases new "Searchable Resilience Bibliography"
    • FEMA releases Hurricane Ike Impact Report
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