• On August 29 and September 24, 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, respectively, made landfall along the Gulf Coast. (cdc.gov)
  • The duration of flooding, the extent of flooding, and the number of structures flooded in New Orleans as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September 2005 made the likelihood of massive mold contamination a certainty. (cdc.gov)
  • Recent parallels to the kind of flooding observed in New Orleans as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita occurred in 1997 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and in 1999 in North Carolina after Hurricane Floyd ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • During his tenure in that position, in 2005 he was designated principal federal official for the U.S. government's response and recovery operations in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita throughout the Gulf Coast region. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Soon it will be one year since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, causing devastating flooding. (ecmag.com)
  • And recently, on August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura lashed Louisiana with 150-mile-per-hour winds, killing six people and registering as one of the most powerful storms on record to strike the United States. (americanprogress.org)
  • 1 Hurricane Sally rapidly intensified shortly before making landfall on September 16, 2020, as a slow-moving Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds, dumping 20 to 30 inches of rainfall along hard-hit communities in western Florida and coastal Alabama. (americanprogress.org)
  • 2 All in all, as of September 23, 2020, the Atlantic hurricane season has produced 23 named storms-nearly double the season's long-term average and exhausting, for only the second time in history, the National Hurricane Center's list of 21 names. (americanprogress.org)
  • 3 Yet the 2020 hurricane season represents uncharted territory, as storms are expected to continue making landfall in communities that are still struggling to contain COVID-19 outbreaks, maintain social distancing, and weather the historic pandemic-induced economic downturn-all amid a national reckoning with racial oppression and resource disparities in Black communities and other communities of color. (americanprogress.org)
  • Despite the deadly consequences of both delaying the federal response to the pandemic at its outset and urging states to reopen their economies before it was safe to do so, President Donald Trump has boasted about the federal government's response to COVID-19 and the nation's preparedness for the 2020 hurricane season. (americanprogress.org)
  • In August 2020, Hurricane Laura made landfall in the Gulf Coast, with the eye of the storm positioned directly over Lake Charles, Louisiana. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • After Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, the average number of COVID-19 hospitalizations increased, compared to before the storm, and was significantly higher in counties most affected by the storm. (globalchange.gov)
  • Now, in the thick of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season - which has already seen nine named storms - Lagarde's home still sits on the same parcel of land, at roughly seven feet above sea level. (southerlymag.org)
  • The total expected damage over a 30-year period to homes with federally backed mortgages rises from $190 billion (in present-value terms) in the 2020 period to $258 billion in the 2050 period. (cbo.gov)
  • Hurricane Delta made landfall and caused further damages the following October. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • I just returned from Texas, where I was assessing the relief progress of our partners six months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall. (columbia.edu)
  • Landfall of Hurricane Katrina occurred at the beginning of CDC week 35, and news reports estimated that the final evacuation of persons from the New Orleans area occurred the following Sunday, September 4 ( 4 ), the beginning of CDC week 36. (cdc.gov)
  • Countless communities across the United States have felt firsthand the often deadly and devastating impacts of hurricanes, from Hurricane Katrina, which left 1,833 people dead after slamming into the Gulf Coast in 2005, to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017-some of the most costly tropical storms on record-along with many others. (americanprogress.org)
  • Hurricane Harvey was not kind to family physician Jim LaRose, DO. (texmed.org)
  • Those are the groups hardest hit by Harvey, according to a December 2017 survey of 24 affected Gulf Coast counties conducted by the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (texmed.org)
  • Meanwhile, research done in the six months post-Harvey shows a long road to recovery in these areas. (texmed.org)
  • Given the enormity of Hurricane Harvey, we didn't have enough epidemiologists, we didn't have enough environmental sanitarians, and we didn't have enough nurses and clinicians," Dr. Shah said. (texmed.org)
  • The health problems that creates become more severe when a disaster like Hurricane Harvey strikes. (texmed.org)
  • Episcopal Relief & Development currently partners with dioceses in California, Texas, Puerto Rico, Louisiana, Kentucky, New York and North Carolina to address long-term recovery needs after recent major disasters like hurricanes Ida, Harvey, Maria, Florence and Laura, wildfires and tornadoes. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • Extensive water damage after major hurricanes and floods increases the likelihood of mold contamination in buildings. (cdc.gov)
  • In developing countries, diarrhea is a seasonal scourge usually worsened by natural phenomena, as evidenced by monsoon floods in Bangladesh in 1998, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, or the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. (medscape.com)
  • Scientists agree that hurricanes, floods, and fires are now turbo-charged by climate change, which the president and many top Republican leaders still refuse to acknowledge. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • The oil spill, and our ensuing response, has created a darker and deadlier aftermath that will persist for decades. (linode.com)
  • Like the first stage of cancer, which often goes long-undetected, this aftermath is a slow, deadly creep. (linode.com)
  • As the United States struggles to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state, and local governments must prepare communities for an extremely active hurricane season fueled by climate change, as well as support resilient and equitable rebuilding in the wake of disasters. (americanprogress.org)
  • and the onset of an unusually active hurricane season-caused by warmer ocean temperatures that are fueled by climate change-that continues to break storm formation records. (americanprogress.org)
  • To protect at-risk communities from additional hardship as cash-strapped state and local governments focus their resources on providing critical services during the pandemic, the federal government must invest in immediate disaster preparedness and mitigation efforts as well as commit to longer-term investments in strong, healthy, and climate change-ready communities, infrastructure, and coastal areas. (americanprogress.org)
  • As part of the long-term recovery process, leaders are working to create a more interconnected Californian Episcopal response to future fires caused by an ongoing drought and climate change in addition to other disasters that may span over diocesan lines. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • Climate change also amplifies the risk of infection among people at the front lines of exposure, especially those with fewer resources. (globalchange.gov)
  • No doubt, some readers will take issue with the logic of this post, in that they will see making investments to reduce exposure to the effects of climate change as a distraction from the more important task of getting greenhouse gas levels down. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • With the coronavirus pandemic hurting local economies, and climate change effects like extreme weather and flooding more common, experts and residents are uncertain how long this process can keep up - especially as state and local governments that rely on tax revenue struggle to stretch funding gaps. (southerlymag.org)
  • NOAA found that during the past decade, we experienced more than twice the number of billion-dollar disasters compared to the previous decade (119 versus 59) and that the "increase in exposure and vulnerability, as well as climate change…" are responsible. (ucsusa.org)
  • With so much going on in the news these days regarding the pandemic, extreme weather events including the 'dual' Hurricanes Laura and Marco, massive and numerous wildfires in California, hurricane-force derecho in Iowa and other parts of Midwest and the social justice unrest, you may not have noticed some of the President's recent executive orders. (ucsusa.org)
  • The Health consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are health effects related to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2010, President Barack Obama selected Mr. Allen to serve as the national incident commander for the unified response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Over the decade since the Deepwater Horizon spill, thousands of scientists have analyzed its impact on the Gulf of Mexico. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Here are some important findings on how the Deepwater Horizon disaster affected Gulf of Mexico ecosystems . (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Oil was already present in the Gulf from past spills and natural seeps , but the Deepwater Horizon was the largest accidental spill in the ocean anywhere in the world. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • National assessment of coastal vulnerability of sea-level rise: U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coasts. (usgs.gov)
  • Other Coast Guard assignments included commander, Atlantic Area, where in 2001 he led the Coast Guard's Atlantic Area forces following the September 11 attacks. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Expected damage is concentrated in certain geographic areas, such as the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, where it may be large relative to property values. (cbo.gov)
  • Just a few days before the President's executive order announcement, on August 6, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center released an updated Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook to say that this year's atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storms in the Atlantic which could lead to an "extremely active" season. (ucsusa.org)
  • [ 8 ] Lightning strikes in the United States are most common in Florida, the Atlantic coast, and along the southeastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. (medscape.com)
  • In North Carolina, a reported increase in persons presenting with asthma symptoms was postulated to be caused by exposure to mold ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Two people walk down a flooded street in Rodanthe, North Carolina, as Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras on September 6, 2019. (americanprogress.org)
  • The program's systems have been useful, and scalable, during the series of earthquakes and aftershocks that occurred in late 2019 and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • Lightning kills more people each year in the United States than hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes combined. (medscape.com)
  • To document injuries and illnesses incurred by search-and-recovery (S&R) dogs deployed to northern California in response to the Camp Fire wildfire of November 2018 and identify fire scene-specific hazards. (avma.org)
  • Research cruises on the RV Weatherbird II and the RV Justo Sierra took scientists all over the Gulf of Mexico from 2011 to 2018. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Examines typical physical requirements for construction laborers, exposures they experience on the job, and nonfatal and fatal injuries they incur. (bls.gov)
  • Farmworkers face unique challenges during and after disasters, including lack of transportation to evacuate, loss of work and visas if crops are damaged and possible exposure to hazardous and toxic substances. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • With disasters like Hurricane Katrina, our heartstrings are tugged as we witness cities underwater, mothers crying out for their children, and the newly homeless wandering the streets. (linode.com)
  • Although little research has examined impacts of disasters on scheduled ambulatory care services, routine care delivery is important for emergency planning and response because missed or delayed care can lead to more urgent care needs. (jabfm.org)
  • Quantifying care disruptions around disasters is an important step in assessing interventions to improve emergency preparedness and response for clinics. (jabfm.org)
  • Recent unprecedented disasters have renewed concerns initially raised after Hurricane Katrina (in 2005) about disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for communities, individuals, and health care systems. (jabfm.org)
  • In financial terms, 2017 was the worst year for natural disasters in American history, costing the country $306 billion. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • The South East Asian Tsunami in Thailand and Hurricane Katrina in the United States were natural disasters of different origin but of similar destruction and response. (mdpi.com)
  • A systematic discussion and comparison of the disasters in Thailand and the Gulf Coast considers both calamities to be similar types of disaster in different coastal locations. (mdpi.com)
  • Taking the long-view runs against the grain of quarterly earnings reports, annual shareholder meetings, and capital markets that tend to discourage excess inventory and production capacities in the absence of disasters. (columbia.edu)
  • Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry, in partnership with Episcopal Relief & Development, is leading the way to improve disaster preparedness and response capacity of this group. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • Thus valuable comparisons can be made for improvements in response, preparedness and mitigation. (mdpi.com)
  • Conclusions: As a nation, there is much work to be done in terms of preparedness to reach performance measure targets of 80 percent. (cdc.gov)
  • With 13 named storms to date and Hurricane Laura currently bearing down on the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane, states and local communities alike will clearly need disaster assistance to clean up and work on getting back to 'normal. (ucsusa.org)
  • Experts have calculated that $915 billion is needed to relieve the fiscal pressures that the COVID-19 pandemic has put on states, localities, tribes, and territories 8 -all during a year that is expected to be "one of the most active hurricane seasons on record," the resource needs of which will likely strain state and local government finances further. (americanprogress.org)
  • The World Bank established pandemic bonds to help finance response to emerging disease threats . (columbia.edu)
  • Only a few studies have looked at long-term health consequences, it is assumed that the spill's impacts are wide-reaching and will have long-lasting effects. (wikipedia.org)
  • Serge Thomas talks about the amount of debris collected after Hurricane Ian and how it impacts the environment. (expertfile.com)
  • this hurricane season started earlier than ever , with 9 named storms in early August, something we usually don't see until September. (ucsusa.org)
  • The study finds that developers accrue a small benefit from these long-term investments in disaster mitigation, but not nearly as much as tenants and property owners. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • Complicating the increased risk people suffer in these countries because of higher lightning density, poor housing, and greater everyday exposure are the superstitions that may prevent adequate prevention and mitigation. (medscape.com)
  • Certain communities-including essential workers, older adults, low-wealth communities, and communities of color-are disproportionately impacted by these compounded exposures (KM 15.2 ). (globalchange.gov)
  • Survivors struggling to get back to normal are at higher risk of long term issues , including mental health, physical health, and disproportionately affect children and other vulnerable populations. (columbia.edu)
  • In the Gulf of Mexico, elevated mercury levels have been found in fish caught near oil drilling operations and studies have shown that drilling discharges have caused widespread and long-term effects on planktonic organisms - which in Bristol Bay are key food sources for salmon, other types of fish, whales and seals. (rep.org)
  • For example, current use and legacy "forever chemicals," such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are widespread in the environment, with human and environmental exposures through food-chain air, soil, and water contamination ( NASEM, 2022a ). (nationalacademies.org)
  • A Columbia University study on health effects among children in Louisiana and Florida found that more than 40% of 1,437 parents living less than 10 miles (16 km) from the coast had been directly exposed to the spill and more than a third of the parents reported physical or mental health symptoms among their children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Note: Hurricane Katrina struck Florida and the Gulf Coast after the Producer Price Index's August pricing date, and therefore did not affect the PPI in August. (bls.gov)
  • Serge Thomas is an associate professor in The Water School at Florida Gulf Coast University. (expertfile.com)
  • At the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem, or C-IMAGE at the University of South Florida, marine scientists have been analyzing these effects since 2011. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Veterinarians are frequently part of wildfire response efforts and are called upon to assist in rescue, evacuation, and emergency housing operations as well as to provide medical care for evacuated animals. (avma.org)
  • Veterinarians familiar with aquatic animal evacuation, housing, and care prior to a wildfire response can extend the scope of disaster recovery. (avma.org)
  • however, the CDC said that their tests found that air quality levels for ozone and particulates were normal on the Gulf coastline for that time of year and odor-causing pollutants associated with petroleum products were being found at low levels. (wikipedia.org)
  • The original national coastal vulnerability index (CVI) assessment was motivated by expected accelerated sea-level rise (SLR) and the uncertainty in the response of the coastline to SLR. (usgs.gov)
  • There is no better hurricane protection system than a healthy and vibrant coastline. (theind.com)
  • The devastating Category 4 hurricane brought on storm surges, tornadoes and flooding along the Texas-Louisiana border, causing billions of dollars of damage and killing at least ten people. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • Evidence is included about assessing exposure, clean-up and prevention, personal protective equipment, health effects, and public health strategies and recommendations. (cdc.gov)
  • There is other evidence of ongoing and increasing exposures to hydrocarbons over time in economically and environmentally important species like golden tilefish , grouper and hake as well as red snapper. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • The Episcopal Diocese of Northern California has been an Episcopal Relief & Development disaster response partner for the past five years of repeated, catastrophic events including the LNU Complex, Kincade and Carr and Mendocino fires as well as the Camp Fire in Butte County. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • Dr. LaRose has been in practice for more than four decades and he had rebuilt after previous hurricanes. (texmed.org)
  • As the largest marine oil spill in history, the potential for physical, psychological, and socioeconomic difficulties and long term effects remain unknown. (wikipedia.org)
  • Writing in The Nation, Antonia Juhasz reported that according to the health departments of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, from June to September 2010, when they stopped keeping track, more than 700 people sought health services with complaints "believed to be related to exposure to pollutants from the oil spill. (wikipedia.org)
  • Initial information gathered from questionnaires answered by 224 women "shows a statistically significant relationship between their reported symptoms and exposure to the spill. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Congressional moratorium and presidential protections that have protected Bristol Bay since 1989 were a direct response to the 11 million gallon Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound. (rep.org)
  • The problem has been lurking in the Gulf since the first days of the BP oil spill and now has the potential ignite a disaster unlike any this country has ever seen. (linode.com)
  • Through recent studies conducted under the combined efforts of Michelle Nix of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Volunteers, Jo Billups and Karen Harvill of Sassafrass, Dr. Robert Naman, Project Gulf Impact, medical professionals, and the brave Gulf residents who have agreed to be tested, the toxic health effects of the poisons in the air and in the sea have been documented for the first time. (linode.com)
  • The answer may seem strange, and it is complex, however the biggest problem facing this mounting horrific scenario is… the BP oil spill was not a hurricane. (linode.com)
  • The oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will go down in history as one of the biggest catastrophes this planet has ever seen. (linode.com)
  • Following the spill, BP set up the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) providing long-term grants to scientists at gulf-state universities. (onlinewaterproofingshop.com)
  • The spill in the Gulf of Mexico - the biggest in history - occurred when natural gas broke through a concrete core on the Macondo exploration well, causing a fire that ravaged the platform and led to its collapse. (onlinewaterproofingshop.com)
  • The spill affected many different parts of the Gulf, from coastal marshes to the deep sea. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • C-IMAGE has received funding from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative - a broad, independent research program initially funded by a US$500 million grant from BP, the company held principally responsible for the spill. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Before the spill, baseline data on oil contamination in fishes and sediments in the Gulf of Mexico did not exist. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Researchers found skin lesions on red snapper from the northern Gulf in the months after the spill, but the lesions became less frequent and severe by 2012 . (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Five years after Hurricane Maria, Episcopal Relief & Development continues to partner with the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico's Programa REDES to support its supply distribution efforts, restore uninsured homes, provide emotional care for caregivers and ongoing help with volunteer management and resiliency building. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • Jen Nash joined the HandsOn Network team 11 years ago, after Hurricane Katrina devastated her home town of New Orleans. (pointsoflight.org)
  • She started as part of the disaster response team, supporting brand new Points of Light affiliates HandsOn Gulf Coast and HandsOn New Orleans . (pointsoflight.org)
  • While the practice of allowing electrical workers to make inspections apparently has been discontinued along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the city of New Orleans is operating under an emergency ordinance that allows residential property owners to waive city inspections and have electrical inspections conducted by licensed electricians. (ecmag.com)
  • 2-fold increase in WNND incidence was observed in the hurricane-affected areas than in previous years. (cdc.gov)
  • To assess potential long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina on WNND incidence, we compared incidence rates of WNND for both states during 2006 with rates during the 4 years preceding the storm (2002-2005). (cdc.gov)
  • Serge Thomas discusses the effects of Hurricane Michael on Florida's red tide. (expertfile.com)
  • Hurricane Michael could turn Florida's "red tide. (expertfile.com)
  • Serge Thomas talks about the impact of cooler water from hurricane winds impacting Florida's red tide. (expertfile.com)
  • To complement field studies, scientists created an oil exposure test facility at Florida's Mote Aquaculture Research Park to assess how contact with oil affected adult fishes. (nerdsunbound.com)
  • Research to identify areas that are most vulnerable to coastal change hazards including beach and dune erosion, long-term shoreline change, and sea-level rise. (usgs.gov)
  • The radar used high frequency monitoring to map erosion, allowing the scientists to compare it with the damage caused by hurricane Isaac. (onlinewaterproofingshop.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: To characterize patterns of lacrimator exposures in the United States, we describe temporal trends of calls to poison centers by demographics, substances, medical outcomes, exposure sites, and scenarios. (cdc.gov)
  • Descriptive analyses were performed to examine demographic characteristics, geographic distribution, product types and medical outcomes associated with lacrimator exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • Because West Nile virus (WNV) is now endemic in areas of the United States that are at risk for hurricanes, understanding effects of such events on WNV epidemiology is important for directing appropriate public health responses. (cdc.gov)
  • Now, when she hears news about a new storm developing in the Gulf of Mexico, "we literally just pack our favorite clothes and our documents and put just a few pictures upstairs, and that's it. (southerlymag.org)
  • Hurricane Katrina track and hurricane-affected Louisiana parishes and Mississippi counties. (cdc.gov)
  • Eight of 64 parishes in Louisiana and 21 of 82 counties in Mississippi fit our definition of hurricane affected ( Figure 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The top 10 counties in terms of EAD account for more than one-quarter of EAD nationwide. (cbo.gov)
  • Appointments data from Veterans Affairs (VA) clinics were examined around a category 4 hurricane that affected a coastal area with a substantial veteran population. (jabfm.org)
  • The objectives of the national CVI assessment are to highlight areas where coastal change as a result of coastal hazards and exposure may be most likely to occur in the coming decade, and to provide a quantitative tool to assist in managing resources. (usgs.gov)
  • Goals of this task include developing and improving coastal-change assessments and supporting long-term planning and decision making to ensure sustainable coastal economies, infrastructure, and ecosystems. (usgs.gov)
  • 2) have cost us billions of dollars and that these costs are on the rise, and 3) this year's hurricane and wildfire seasons will be active ones. (ucsusa.org)
  • Such a surveillance program will help CDC and state and local public health officials refine the guidelines for exposure avoidance, personal protection, and clean-up and assist health departments to identify unrecognized hazards. (cdc.gov)
  • Images of devastated neighborhoods, prolonged electricity outages, toxic chemical spills, and medical evacuations provide vivid depictions of health hazards that increase the immediate and long-term medical needs for populations affected by a disaster. (jabfm.org)
  • Anticipatory science helps to identify the unintended consequences of rapidly evolving technologies and to inform actions to prevent or mitigate the introduction of environmental hazards that may result in harmful exposures over the full life cycle of a product or process. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Acute toxicity symptoms have been reported and the study of long-term medical and psychological effects is ongoing. (wikipedia.org)
  • This report provides information on how to limit exposure to mold and how to identify and prevent mold-related health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • 48 hours will generally support visible and extensive mold growth and should be remediated, and excessive exposure to mold-contaminated materials can cause adverse health effects in susceptible persons regardless of the type of mold or the extent of contamination. (cdc.gov)
  • The long-term environmental effects on people's homes and health is also an area ripe for study. (texmed.org)
  • Immigrants, migrant workers and undocumented people are still feeling the effects the Hurricane Harvey's destruction. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • We are widely empirically longer established to recover that there introduces given a random and deep shop in the Welcome compaction of education not had in the page and effects of the pass, military as it were been might Be termed from the fluvial selected matter of a Geomagnetic and carefully subsurface environment, before the author had remained, by atmosphere into considering network, a other hill of its near small processing. (sunshineday.com)
  • Most human health issues under the purview of EPA arise from environmental exposures that at the same time can cause effects in wildlife and ecosystems. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Heavily oiled marshes in upper Barataria Bay showed reduced biomass, lower soil shear strength, and higher erosion rates 3.5 years after exposure. (onlinewaterproofingshop.com)
  • This erosion is also more detrimental than that caused by natural events such as Hurricane Isaac. (onlinewaterproofingshop.com)
  • Previous reports of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) in this area after this hurricane did not examine any statewide increases in 2005 ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • However, this report did not show potential regional increases of WNND in areas that experienced substantial hurricane damage. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2022, he was appointed by the Secretary of Defense to serve as a member of the Department of Defense Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee. (rand.org)
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics remains deeply concerned that Gulf Coast children residing in FEMA trailers may have been and may continue to be exposed to levels of formaldehyde gas that are hazardous to both their short-term and long-term health," Dr. Scott Needle of the American Academy of Pediatrics said in testimony for the committee today. (blogspot.com)
  • There was just a dramatic and ready response - people giving huge amounts of time to operate these clinics. (texmed.org)
  • It took BP five months to stop the flow of oil into the gulf, during which time 4.9 million barrels of oil were lost into the water. (onlinewaterproofingshop.com)
  • From the blizzard of e-mails I ve received, it s apparent that even long-time investors are losing faith in this bull s longevity. (321energy.com)
  • We sat down with Jen to learn more about her experiences with disaster recovery work in the years that followed Hurricane Katrina, and what volunteering means to her. (pointsoflight.org)
  • While recovery continues at a frustratingly slow pace, a new hurricane season approaches. (ecmag.com)
  • It was as if some tour-book-quality recovery from the debacle of Hurricane Katrina was the committee's principal yardstick. (theind.com)
  • The DRF is the primary federal disaster relief program that makes funds available to states, tribal, local and territorial governments for disaster response and recovery. (ucsusa.org)
  • Although veterinarians are likely familiar with the principles of transporting and housing terrestrial animals, emergency response for aquatic companion animals presents unique logistic challenges. (avma.org)
  • At a hearing this morning of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, investigators released internal e-mails indicating that FEMA lawyers rejected environmental testing out of fear that the agency would then become legally liable if health problems emerged among as many as 120,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina who lived in trailers. (blogspot.com)
  • What's needed now is thorough water testing, which Edwards stated during the town hall, and which he will be conducting as a member of the Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee , " tasked with finding a long-term strategy to address the water crisis," writes Itkowitz. (planetizen.com)
  • Because WNV infection has a 3-14-day incubation period ( 5 ), persons with storm-related exposures could have contracted WNV and become symptomatic as early as CDC week 35 or as late as the end of week 37. (cdc.gov)
  • and a previously unknown hantavirus, producing an often fatal lung infection, was linked to exposure to infected rodents. (cdc.gov)
  • Hence, an emergency plan needs to be a living document that is periodically adapted to changing circumstances and that provides a guide to the protocols, procedures, and division of responsibilities in emergency response. (oxfordre.com)
  • They also need to exist in a nested hierarchy that extends from the local emergency response (the most fundamental level), through the regional tiers of government, to the national and international levels. (oxfordre.com)
  • The clean-up operation was huge, with as many as 7,500 BP employees, 170 U.S. Coast Guard vessels and 2,000 volunteers involved in just the grassroots clean-up activity. (onlinewaterproofingshop.com)
  • Applications submitted in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Federal assistance must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov ( http://www.grants.gov ) using the SF424 Research and Related (R&R) forms and the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide. (nih.gov)
  • Many of the interventions the grants funded were simple, like installing hurricane shutters, replacing flammable roofs, and clearing vegetation close to a structure. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • However, exposure to mold remains a serious problem because many people have not had the money to fix flood-damaged homes, he says. (texmed.org)
  • The objective of this study was to determine whether cases of WNND increased regionally after Hurricane Katrina. (cdc.gov)
  • Oil was down 2% to 3% for much of Labor Day, a logical response to minimal damage to oil infrastructure. (321energy.com)
  • Expected flood damage is small relative to total property value, but the potential exposure of mortgages to flood risk varies significantly within the country. (cbo.gov)
  • Obradovich and his colleagues used the responses to classify people into two groups: those who reported any recent days with poor mental health, and those who didn't. (latimes.com)
  • If this is such a powerful threat, why has it gone so under reported for so long? (linode.com)
  • Serge Thomas is quoted discussing the impact of hurricane winds on blue-green algae in canals. (expertfile.com)
  • The plan would also result in daily oil tanker traffic through the treacherous waters of Bristol Bay or the Gulf of Alaska. (rep.org)
  • Episcopal Relief & Development is partnering with New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) to provide case management for those living in the New York City boroughs affected by Hurricane Ida in the fall of 2021. (episcopalrelief.org)
  • On August 8, in response to the Congressional stalemate on passing a coronavirus relief package and their failure to renew benefits to individuals who have lost wages due to the COVID-19 economic crisis, the President signed an executive order bypassing Congress. (ucsusa.org)