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Web Resources for GEOL 1301 - Natural Hazards and Disasters

 

General Information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Emergency Preparedness and Response

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Be Informed - contains links to FEMA web pages

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observatory - Natural Event

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - National Centers for Environmental Information

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Natural Hazards

Community Natural Hazard Mitigation Plans - Examples

University of Colorado at Boulder - Natural Hazards Center

Current Events

ATX Floods

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

NOAA Satellite and Information Service

Relief Web

University of Wisconsin Space and Engineering Center

The British Broadcasting Network (BBC) (RSS Feed)

Earthquakes

Association of Bay Governments - Resilience Program

Earthquake Country Alliance

Earthquake Eary Warning

Exploratorium - Faultline; Science at the Epicenter

Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC)

FEMA Ready - Earthquakes

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) - Teachable Moments

Southern California Earthquake Center

University of California at Berkeley Seismological Laboratory

US Insurance Agents - Home Preparedness: What to do in an Earthquake

USGS - Earthquakes Hazard Program

Tsunamis

International Tsunami Information Center

FEMA - Ready Tsunamis

NOAA Center for Tsunami Research

NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

NOAA - Tsunami

USGS - Tsunami and Earthquake Research at the USGS

Volcanoes

FEMA - Ready Volcanoes

Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program / RSS feed

USGS Volcano Hazards Program
USGS Volcano Observatories
Oregon State University - Volcano World

Floods

City of Austin Watershed Protection Department

Dartmouth Flood Observatory

FEMA - Ready Floods

FEMA - Maps and Applications for Flood Events

The Flood Safety Project

National Weather Service (NWS) - Flood Safety

The Nature Nurture Center - Focus on Floods

USGS - Flood Information

USGS - Water Watch

Mass Wasting

The Landslide Blog

Natural Resources Canada - Landslides

USGS Landslide Hazards Program

Subsidence

Arizona Dept. of Water Resources - Land Subsidence in Arizona

Harris-Galveston Subsidence District

USGS - Landslide Subsidence

Soil Hazards

Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists - Expansive and Collapsible Soil

Colorado Geological Survey - Swelling Soils

Hazardous Weather

FEMA - Ready Hurricanes

FEMA - Maps and Applications for Hurricane Events

FEMA - Ready Tornadoes

FEMA - Maps and Applications for Tornado Events        

FEMA - Winter Storm

Hurricanes: Science and Society

The Impact of Hurricane Media Cues on Children

National Weather Service (NWS)

NWS- National Hurricane Center

NWS - Storm Prediction Center

NWS - Weather Safety

Psychological Preparation in the Face of Storm Warnings
Weather Underground - Dr. Jeff Masters Blog

Weather Underground - Extreme Weather Preparedness

Coastal Hazards

National Hurricane Center - Storm Surge Overview

Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines

Texas General Land Office - Coastal Erosion

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Western Carolina Storm Surge Viewer

Climate and Climate Change

Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center

NOAA - Climate.gov

U.S. Drought Portal - National Integrated Drought Information Center

Wildfires

FEMA - Wildfire

InciWeb - Wildfire Incident Information System

National Interagency Coordination Center                       

U.S. Geological Survey - GeoMac Wildland Fire Support

U.S. Geological Survey - Satellite Applications for Fire Science

Extraterrestrial

Impact Earth

NASA Near Earth Object Program
SpaceWeather.com

University of New Brunswick - Planetary and Space Science Centre


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