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Town of East Haven Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2012
TOWN OF EAST HAVEN HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE 2012 ADOPTED MAY 1, 2012 MMI #2731-02-1 Prepared for: TOWN OF EAST HAVEN Town Hall 200 Main Street East Haven, Connecticut 06512 (203)468–3840 http://www.townofeasthavenct.org/ Prepared by: MILONE & MACBROOM, INC. 99 Realty Drive Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 (203) 271-1773 www.miloneandmacbroom.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page CONTACT INFORMATION ....................................................................................................ES-1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................ES-2 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and Purpose ................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Hazard Mitigation Goals .................................................................................................. 1-4 1.3 Identification of Hazards and Document Overview ........................................................ 1-5 1.4 Discussion of STAPLEE Ranking Method.................................................................... 1-10 1.5 Discussion of Benefit-Cost Ratio................................................................................... 1-12 1.6 Documentation of the Planning Process ........................................................................ 1-12 1.7 Coordination with Neighboring Communities ............................................................... 1-12 2.0 COMMUNITY PROFILE 2.1 Physical Setting ............................................................................................................... -
Climatology, Variability, and Return Periods of Tropical Cyclone Strikes in the Northeastern and Central Pacific Ab Sins Nicholas S
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School March 2019 Climatology, Variability, and Return Periods of Tropical Cyclone Strikes in the Northeastern and Central Pacific aB sins Nicholas S. Grondin Louisiana State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses Part of the Climate Commons, Meteorology Commons, and the Physical and Environmental Geography Commons Recommended Citation Grondin, Nicholas S., "Climatology, Variability, and Return Periods of Tropical Cyclone Strikes in the Northeastern and Central Pacific asinB s" (2019). LSU Master's Theses. 4864. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/4864 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Master's Theses by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CLIMATOLOGY, VARIABILITY, AND RETURN PERIODS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE STRIKES IN THE NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC BASINS A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in The Department of Geography and Anthropology by Nicholas S. Grondin B.S. Meteorology, University of South Alabama, 2016 May 2019 Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my family, especially mom, Mim and Pop, for their love and encouragement every step of the way. This thesis is dedicated to my friends and fraternity brothers, especially Dillon, Sarah, Clay, and Courtney, for their friendship and support. This thesis is dedicated to all of my teachers and college professors, especially Mrs. -
Hurricane and Tropical Storm
State of New Jersey 2014 Hazard Mitigation Plan Section 5. Risk Assessment 5.8 Hurricane and Tropical Storm 2014 Plan Update Changes The 2014 Plan Update includes tropical storms, hurricanes and storm surge in this hazard profile. In the 2011 HMP, storm surge was included in the flood hazard. The hazard profile has been significantly enhanced to include a detailed hazard description, location, extent, previous occurrences, probability of future occurrence, severity, warning time and secondary impacts. New and updated data and figures from ONJSC are incorporated. New and updated figures from other federal and state agencies are incorporated. Potential change in climate and its impacts on the flood hazard are discussed. The vulnerability assessment now directly follows the hazard profile. An exposure analysis of the population, general building stock, State-owned and leased buildings, critical facilities and infrastructure was conducted using best available SLOSH and storm surge data. Environmental impacts is a new subsection. 5.8.1 Profile Hazard Description A tropical cyclone is a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or sub-tropical waters and has a closed low-level circulation. Tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes are all considered tropical cyclones. These storms rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere around the center and are accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] 2013a). Almost all tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic basin (which includes the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea) form between June 1 and November 30 (hurricane season). August and September are peak months for hurricane development. -
Country Travel Risk Summaries
COUNTRY RISK SUMMARIES Powered by FocusPoint International, Inc. Report for Week Ending September 19, 2021 Latest Updates: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, India, Israel, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine and Yemen. ▪ Afghanistan: On September 14, thousands held a protest in Kandahar during afternoon hours local time to denounce a Taliban decision to evict residents in Firqa area. No further details were immediately available. ▪ Burkina Faso: On September 13, at least four people were killed and several others ijured after suspected Islamist militants ambushed a gendarme patrol escorting mining workers between Sakoani and Matiacoali in Est Region. Several gendarmes were missing following the attack. ▪ Cameroon: On September 14, at least seven soldiers were killed in clashes with separatist fighters in kikaikelaki, Northwest region. Another two soldiers were killed in an ambush in Chounghi on September 11. ▪ India: On September 16, at least six people were killed, including one each in Kendrapara and Subarnapur districts, and around 20,522 others evacuated, while 7,500 houses were damaged across Odisha state over the last three days, due to floods triggered by heavy rainfall. Disaster teams were sent to Balasore, Bhadrak and Kendrapara districts. Further floods were expected along the Mahanadi River and its tributaries. ▪ Israel: On September 13, at least two people were injured after being stabbed near Jerusalem Central Bus Station during afternoon hours local time. No further details were immediately available, but the assailant was shot dead by security forces. ▪ Mali: On September 13, at least five government soldiers and three Islamist militants were killed in clashes near Manidje in Kolongo commune, Macina cercle, Segou region, during morning hours local time. -
A Brief History of the Charlotte Fire Department
A Brief History of the Charlotte Fire Department The Volunteers Early in the nineteenth century Charlotte was a bustling village with all the commercial and manufacturing establishments necessary to sustain an agrarian economy. The census of 1850, the first to enumerate the residents of Charlotte separately from Mecklenburg County, showed the population to be 1,065. Charlotte covered an area of 1.68 square miles and was certainly large enough that bucket brigades were inadequate for fire protection. The first mention of fire services in City records occurs in 1845, when the Board of Aldermen approved payment for repair of a fire engine. That engine was hand drawn, hand pumped, and manned by “Fire Masters” who were paid on an on-call basis. The fire bell hung on the Square at Trade and Tryon. When a fire broke out, the discoverer would run to the Square and ring the bell. Alerted by the ringing bell, the volunteers would assemble at the Square to find out where the fire was, and then run to its location while others would to go the station, located at North Church and West Fifth, to get the apparatus and pull it to the fire. With the nearby railroad, train engineers often spotted fires and used a special signal with steam whistles to alert the community. They were credited with saving many lives and much property. The original volunteers called themselves the Hornets and all their equipment was hand drawn. The Hornet Company purchased a hand pumper in 1866 built by William Jeffers & Company of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. -
2021 Wakefield High School Suggested Summer Reading List
1 2021 Wakefield High School Suggested Summer Reading List We have divided the Suggested Summer Reading list into categories of reading. Each category has easier or more accessible titles for those who desire them under the heading: Easier Reads. The books marked with an asterisk (*) are for more mature readers. These books are more challenging to comprehend, and they might involve mature topics such as violence, sex, drugs, and/or alcohol. Please ask Karen Stern (Readers’ Advisory & Reference Librarian—Main Floor Reference), Casey Chwiecko (Young Adult Librarian—Lower Level Youth Room), or the other librarians at the Beebe Library, if you have questions. They are more than happy to help in the process of selecting summer reading books. Librarians will also suggest titles based on what you enjoy reading if you cannot find something you would like to read on the Suggested Summer Reading List. Table of Contents: Fiction: Pages 1-9 Romance: Page 9-10 Suspense: Pages 10-12 Fantasy: Pages 12-15 Science Fiction: Pages 16-17 Nonfiction: Pages 17-22 Sports: 22-24 Graphic Novels: 24-25 FICTION: Easier Reads Albertalli, Becky. Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda. Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed. Almond, David. A Song for Ella Grey. Claire witnesses a love so dramatic it is as if her best friend Ella Grey has been captured and taken from her. However, the loss of her best friend to the arms of Orpheus is nothing compared to the loss she feels when Ella is taken from the world in his modern take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Northern England. -
Print This Teacher's Guide (PDF, 10 Pages)
Original broadcast: September 5, 2006 BEFORE WATCHING Building on Ground Zero 1 Make a list on the board of your school’s safety features. Have students create a data sheet for each floor (or wing) of your PROGRAM OVERVIEW building, including the number and NOVA takes a look at what can be learned location of exits, emergency exits, handicapped-accessible exits, from the World Trade Center disaster. stairwells, windows, telephones, and sprinklers. Have students The program: consider where they would exit if • reviews the structure of the Alfred A. any of the emergency exits were Murrah building in Oklahoma City blocked. Is one part of the building and details how the building suffered more vulnerable than another? Ask a progressive collapse when bombed students to brainstorm solutions to any problems they find. in 1995. • notes that the American Society of Civil 2 Organize students into five groups Engineers found that the World Trade and assign each group one of the #7 World Trade Center following topics to track as group Center (WTC) towers performed well members watch the program: when attacked and that there was no tradeoff of safety for economy reasons for the Alfred A. Murrah in construction. building’s collapse, reasons for the • reviews findings from the National Institute of Standards and World Trade Center (WTC) towers’ collapse, recommendations for Technology (NIST) detailing how and why the WTC towers collapsed. improving safety standards in U.S. • reports on NIST conclusions that the WTC had no structural flaws building codes, safety features in that could account for its collapse—the towers fell due to the China’s new World Financial interplay between the impact damage and fire. -
NPRC) VIP List, 2009
Description of document: National Archives National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) VIP list, 2009 Requested date: December 2007 Released date: March 2008 Posted date: 04-January-2010 Source of document: National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records 9700 Page Avenue St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 Note: NPRC staff has compiled a list of prominent persons whose military records files they hold. They call this their VIP Listing. You can ask for a copy of any of these files simply by submitting a Freedom of Information Act request to the address above. The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals have made every effort to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible, however, there may be mistakes and omissions, both typographical and in content. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information provided on the governmentattic.org web site or in this file. The public records published on the site were obtained from government agencies using proper legal channels. Each document is identified as to the source. Any concerns about the contents of the site should be directed to the agency originating the document in question. GovernmentAttic.org is not responsible for the contents of documents published on the website. -
COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT February 2020
Eugene Springfield Fire Eugene/Springfield, Oregon COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT February 2020 Community Risk Assessment Eugene Springfield Fire TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents............................................................................................................................... i Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................ iv Methodology .................................................................................................................................... v The Cities of Eugene & Springfield ..................................................................................................... 2 Weather & Climate .................................................................................................................................... 2 Regional Demographics ............................................................................................................................ 3 Population................................................................................................................................................. 3 Economic and Jobs Information ................................................................................................................ 5 Select Demographics ............................................................................................................................... -
P3.4 the Distribution of Precipitation Over the Northeast Accompanying Landfalling and Transitioning Tropical Cyclones
20th Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting Seattle, WA, 11–15 January 2004 P3.4 The Distribution of Precipitation over the Northeast Accompanying Landfalling and Transitioning Tropical Cyclones David P. DeLuca*, Lance F. Bosart, Daniel Keyser University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York and David R. Vallee National Weather Service Forecast Office, Taunton, Massachusetts 1. INTRODUCTION United States. Approximately 3500 surface stations were analyzed for each storm period (currently: 1950– Landfalling and transitioning tropical cyclones 1991) by Ron Horwood of NWS WFO Taunton, MA. pose a significant heavy precipitation forecast challenge Obvious erroneous data were removed to obtain the most over the northeastern United States. The forecast accurate analyses possible. challenge is heightened because the heavy rainfall distribution associated with these tropical cyclones can A subset of eight storms (Fig. 1) where the be modulated significantly when the poleward-moving precipitation distribution is possibly influenced by storms interact with mobile midlatitude upper-level coastal frontogenesis was chosen from well–documented troughs and coastal fronts over regions of complex or famous cases. Detailed analyses were conducted terrain. The purpose of this paper is to document the using the four times daily (0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 large spatial and temporal variability of heavy UTC) NCEP/NCAR reanalysis dataset (Kalnay et al. precipitation that accompanies landfalling and 1996; Kistler et al. 2001) and archived DIFAX surface transitioning tropical cyclones, and to determine the charts in an attempt to elucidate both synoptic and physical basis for the observed rainfall distribution. mesoscale processes. 2. METHODOLOGY 3. RESULTS A 38-storm dataset (Fig. -
The 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season Is the Most Active on Record
dr WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION RA IV HURRICANE COMMITTEE THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION CANCUN, MEXICO (7 to 10 April 2014) FINAL REPORT 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION At the kind invitation of the Government of Republic of Mexico, the thirty-sixth session of the Regional Association (RA) IV Hurricane Committee was held in Cancun, Mexico from 7 to 10 April 2014. The inauguration ceremony for the Meeting took place early Monday afternoon 7 April, and it included the following participants: 1. Lic. Roberto Borge Angulo. Gobernador Constitucional del estado de Quinta Roo 2. Dr. David Korenfeld Federman. Director General de la Comisión Nacional del Agua 3. M. en C. Juan Manuel Caballero González. Coordinador General del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de la Comisión Nacional del Agua 4. Dr. Richard Knabb. Chairman of the RA-IV Hurricane Committee 5. Sr. Taoyong Peng. Jefe del Departamento de Ciclones Tropicalesde la Organización Meteorológica Mundial 6. Almirante C.G. DEM Juan Ramón Alcalá Pignol. Comandante de la Quinta Región Naval. 7. Lic. Paul Carrillo de Cáceres. Presidente Municipal Benito Juárez 8. C. P. Roberto Pinzón Álvarez. Director General del Organismo de Cuenca Península de Yucatán 9. QFB José Luis Blanco Pajón. Director Local en Quintana Roo de la Comisión Nacional del Agua 10. Lic. Luis Carlos Rodríguez Hoy. Director General de Protección Civil en el Estado de Quintana Roo . 1.1 Opening of the session 1.1.1 Mr Juan Manuel Caballero Gonzalez, Coordinating Director of the Mexican Meteorological Services of CONAGUA and Permanent Representative of Mexico with WMO made welcome remarks. He reviewed the unusual number of hurricanes that hit Mexico last year, which resulted in severe damages to the country. -
Virginia HURRICANES by Barbara Mcnaught Watson
Virginia HURRICANES By Barbara McNaught Watson A hurricane is a large tropical complex of thunderstorms forming spiral bands around an intense low pressure center (the eye). Sustained winds must be at least 75 mph, but may reach over 200 mph in the strongest of these storms. The strong winds drive the ocean's surface, building waves 40 feet high on the open water. As the storm moves into shallower waters, the waves lessen, but water levels rise, bulging up on the storm's front right quadrant in what is called the "storm surge." This is the deadliest part of a hurricane. The storm surge and wind driven waves can devastate a coastline and bring ocean water miles inland. Inland, the hurricane's band of thunderstorms produce torrential rains and sometimes tornadoes. A foot or more of rain may fall in less than a day causing flash floods and mudslides. The rain eventually drains into the large rivers which may still be flooding for days after the storm has passed. The storm's driving winds can topple trees, utility poles, and damage buildings. Communication and electricity is lost for days and roads are impassable due to fallen trees and debris. A tropical storm has winds of 39 to 74 mph. It may or may not develop into a hurricane, or may be a hurricane in its dissipating stage. While a tropical storm does not produce a high storm surge, its thunderstorms can still pack a dangerous and deadly punch. Agnes was only a tropical storm when it dropped torrential rains that lead to devastating floods in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.