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12:00 |
13:00 |
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13:00 |
13:15 |
Walter Chapman |
Rice University |
Welcome |
13:15 |
13:45 |
Robert Harriss |
Houston Advanced Research Center |
Keynote:
Gaming Disasters: Ready or Not? |
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I. Flood Prediction & Flood Alert
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13:45 |
14:00 |
Philip Bedient |
Rice University |
The Future of Flood Prediction in Coastal Areas |
14:00 |
14:15 |
Dave Schwertz |
NOAA |
NWS, HCFCD, HCOEM Are We Unique??? |
14:15 |
14:30 |
Jeff Lindner |
HCFCD |
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II. Advanced Technology & GIS
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14:30 |
14:45 |
Baxter Vieux |
University of Oklahoma |
Warning and Information Systems for Flood Vulnerability Evaluation and Risk Reduction |
14:45 |
15:00 |
James Thompson |
TCB |
Advanced Urban Design Techniques in Flood Damage Reduction |
15:00 |
15:15 |
Andy Yung |
Dodson & Associates Inc. |
Mapping Flooding in Real Time |
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15:15 |
15:30 |
BREAK |
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III. Land Use in the Coastal Zone
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15:30 |
15:45 |
Francisco Olivera |
Texas A&M University |
Land use change in the Whiteoak Bayou watershed from 1950 to 2000 and its effect on runoff and peak flows |
15:45 |
16:00 |
Bill Seitz |
Texas A&M-Galveston |
Tools for Coastal Community Planning |
16:00 |
16:15 |
Bill Merrell |
Texas A&M-Galveston |
Origin, Distribution and Timing of Hurricanes Hitting Texas |
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IV. Evacuation Planning in Texas
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16:15 |
16:30 |
George Qiao |
Texas Southern University |
Microscope Simulation for Optimal Evacuation Plans in the Texas Medical Center
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16:30 |
16:45 |
Sharon Boxill |
Texas Southern University |
Wireless Communication Use in Emergency Response
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16:45 |
17:00 |
Alan Clark |
Houston Galveston Area Council |
Houston-Galveston Area Planning: State/Local Government Response |
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Day Two: May 9, 2007
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| 08:00 |
08:30 |
Registration |
| 08:30 |
08:45 |
Baxter Vieux |
University of Oklahoma |
Welcome |
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V.
Evacuation Planning from Disaster
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| 08:45 |
09:05 |
Philip Bedient |
Rice University |
SSPEED Center (Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disaster) |
| 09:05 |
09:30 |
Brian Wolshon |
Louisiana State University |
Micro-scale Multimodal Transportation Modeling for Regional Hurricane Evacuation |
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VI. Impacts on the Gulf Coast
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| 09:30 |
09:50 |
John Pardue |
Louisiana State University |
Environmental Impacts of Debris and Rebuilding Post-Katrina |
| 09:50 |
10:10 |
Jill Hasling |
Weather Research Center, Inc. |
Tropical Storms and Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast: Past, Present and Future |
| 10:10 |
10:30 |
Hanadi Rifai |
University of Houston |
Environmental and Infrastructure Impacts along the Gulf Coast in Texas |
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| 10:30 |
10:45 |
BREAK |
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VII. Coastal Surge Modeling & Impacts
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| 10:45 |
11:05 |
Hassan Mashriqui |
Louisiana State University |
Hurricane Pam Simulation and Lessons Learned |
| 11:05 |
11:25 |
Randy Kolar |
University of Oklahoma |
Hurricane Storm Surge Modeling for Southern Louisiana with the ADCIRC Hydrodynamic Model |
| 11:25 |
11:45 |
Barry Keim |
Louisiana State University |
Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Tropical Storm and Hurricane Strikes from Texas to Maine |
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| 11:45 |
13:00 |
LUNCH |
| 13:00 |
13:15 |
Sallie Keller-McNulty |
Rice University |
Welcome |
| 13:15 |
13:45 |
Marc Levitan |
Louisiana State University |
Keynote: New Developments in Hurricane Sheltering and their Potential to Reduce Evacuation Demand. |
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VIII. Critical Facility Needs
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| 13:45 |
14:05 |
Jim Sindelar |
Texas Medical Center |
Allison Recovery Issues at the Texas Medical Center |
| 14:05 |
14:25 |
Charles Penland |
Walter P. Moore |
How are Flood Alert Systems beneficial? Why have a Flood Alert System? |
| 14:25 |
14:45 |
Cathlyn Newell |
SOM Foundation Fellow |
Site Amplification: Anxiously Awaiting a Storm |
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IX. Flood Inundations Zones and Floodplains
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| 14:45 |
15:05 |
Jude Benavides |
UT-Brownsville |
Floodplain Delineation and Flood Risk Assessment in South Texas |
| 15:05 |
15:25 |
Bart Standley |
Michael Baker Corporation |
Louisiana recovery and mapping effort resulting from the Katrina/Rita disasters |
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| 15:25 |
15:40 |
BREAK |
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X. Education & Societal Outreach
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| 15:40 |
16:00 |
Jim Granato |
University of Houston |
Securing a Coordinated Public Response During Emergency Evacuations |
| 16:00 |
16:20 |
Robert Stein |
Rice University |
The Human Side of Evacuations: Hurricane Rita |
| 16:20 |
16:40 |
Rick Wilson |
Rice University |
The Human Side of Evacuations: Hurricane Katrina |
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| 16:40 |
17:00 |
Philip Bedient |
Rice University |
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Short Courses : May 10, 2007
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I. Short Course
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| 08:00 |
12:00 |
Matt
Zeve |
Dodson & Associates Inc. |
Introduction to HEC-RAS: Fluid Mechanics without a Wrench |
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II. Short Course
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| 13:00 |
17:00 |
Baxter Vieux |
University of Oklahoma |
Radar rainfall and runoff monitoring for stormwater management |
