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- An information visualization of Hurricane Andrew's track across South Florida, August 23-24, 1992.
- Creator
- Mayo, Kevin E., Florida Atlantic University, Schultz, Ronald R.
- Abstract/Description
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The main purpose of this thesis is to create an information visualization of Hurricane Andrew's path across South Florida in August 1992. Information visualization is a technique used to present data in a visual format. Information visualizations communicate scientific information to nonscientific communities in business, industry, and government. The information visualization created is a computer animation of Hurricane Andrew's development and track across South Florida. The animation will...
Show moreThe main purpose of this thesis is to create an information visualization of Hurricane Andrew's path across South Florida in August 1992. Information visualization is a technique used to present data in a visual format. Information visualizations communicate scientific information to nonscientific communities in business, industry, and government. The information visualization created is a computer animation of Hurricane Andrew's development and track across South Florida. The animation will be created from LANDSAT Multispectral Scanner imagery of South Florida and from GOES-7 Infrared imagery of Hurricane Andrew. The project goal is to combine two sets of satellite imagery with different spatial and spectral characteristics into one meaningful representation of Andrew's track across South Florida on August 23-24, 1992.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1998
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15613
- Subject Headings
- Hurricane Andrew, 1992, Hurricanes--Florida
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Replacing an event-driven framework with a process-driven framework for disaster displacement recovery: learning from hurricanes andrew, katrina and ike.
- Creator
- Mitchell, Christine M., Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164663
- Subject Headings
- Hurricanes, Emergency management, Disaster relief
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Florida's Great Hurricane.
- Creator
- Reese, Joseph Hugh
- Date Issued
- 1926
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/fa00000038.pdf
- Subject Headings
- History, Hurricanes, Natural disasters
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL SIGNATURES RESULTING FROM HURRICANE IAN IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
- Creator
- McCormick, W. Mathew, Roberts, Tiffany Briggs, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian, a large Category 4 hurricane, caused catastrophic damage and significant morphologic change along the southwest Florida barrier islands. This study evaluates the morphologic changes and sedimentological signatures of deposits resulting from Hurricane Ian through a combination of sediment cores, RTK-GPS beach profiles, and pre- and post-storm digital elevation models. During the storm, bidirectional sediment transport processes occurred along both...
Show moreOn September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian, a large Category 4 hurricane, caused catastrophic damage and significant morphologic change along the southwest Florida barrier islands. This study evaluates the morphologic changes and sedimentological signatures of deposits resulting from Hurricane Ian through a combination of sediment cores, RTK-GPS beach profiles, and pre- and post-storm digital elevation models. During the storm, bidirectional sediment transport processes occurred along both developed and undeveloped shorelines, producing extensive washover deposits and ebb scour channels from the flood and ebb surges, respectively. Washover deposits contained interbedded sand and shell fragments with vertical grain size distributions dependent on position relative to the dune crest. Both washover deposits and ebb scour channels formed along dune crest elevational lows and were limited by dense vegetation and anthropogenic structures. Results from this study can be used to better constrain morphologic changes resulting from bidirectional sediment transport processes during large magnitude storm events.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2024
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014383
- Subject Headings
- Hurricane Ian, Geomorphology--Florida, Coastal sediments
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Using clusters of population vulnerability to determine hurricane shelter locations a GIS based investigation of Broward county Florida.
- Creator
- Prasad, Shivangi, Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164766
- Subject Headings
- Hurricane protection, Geographic information systems, Broward County (Fla.) --Population
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Longshore currents on the fringe of Hurricane Anita.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1978
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172964
- Subject Headings
- Ocean currents, Littoral drift, Coast changes, Hurricanes --Florida, Continental margins
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Large vertical salinity gradients in the Ft. Pierce inlet associated with hurricane David.
- Creator
- Kierspe, George H.
- Date Issued
- 1981
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183154
- Subject Headings
- Salinity, Hurricane David, 1979, Fort Pierce Inlet, Fla., Estuaries
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ACCESSING THE EXTENT OF POWER OUTAGES USING NIGHTTIME LIGHT.
- Creator
- Einsteder, Ross, Mitsova, Diana, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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Natural disasters often result in large-scale power outages. Real-time tracking of the extent, distribution, and timelines of electrical service loss and recovery can play an important role in minimizing disaster impacts. Using NASA's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB), the extent and duration of disrupted electric utility infrastructure in the Florida Panhandle following Hurricane Michael were estimated. The percent loss of electrical service was...
Show moreNatural disasters often result in large-scale power outages. Real-time tracking of the extent, distribution, and timelines of electrical service loss and recovery can play an important role in minimizing disaster impacts. Using NASA's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB), the extent and duration of disrupted electric utility infrastructure in the Florida Panhandle following Hurricane Michael were estimated. The percent loss of electrical service was downscaled to a neighborhood level using the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS) data at the block group level. Two ordinary least square models were estimated to examine the association between socioeconomic characteristics and the extent and duration of the power outages as well as recovery rates. The study found that block groups with higher percent minorities, multi-family housing units, rural areas, and a higher percentage of households receiving public assistance were experiencing slower power restoration rates than urban and more affluent neighborhoods. The findings have implications for disaster preparedness and recovery planning.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013766
- Subject Headings
- Electric power outages, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Hurricane Michael, 2018
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Hurricane Irma Impact and Post-Storm Beach Morphology Evolution in Boca Raton, FL.
- Creator
- Hart, Richard M., III, Roberts Briggs, Tiffany, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
- Abstract/Description
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Beach morphology changes naturally with seasonal and event-driven variability in the wave climate, as well as due to anthropogenic activities such as erosion mitigation efforts. In 2017, category four Hurricane Irma caused beach erosion and dune overwash in Boca Raton, FL. Immediate post-storm perigean spring tides coupled with typical winter high-wind conditions imposed a regime of spatially and temporally extended meteorologic and morphologic variability. This study evaluates the...
Show moreBeach morphology changes naturally with seasonal and event-driven variability in the wave climate, as well as due to anthropogenic activities such as erosion mitigation efforts. In 2017, category four Hurricane Irma caused beach erosion and dune overwash in Boca Raton, FL. Immediate post-storm perigean spring tides coupled with typical winter high-wind conditions imposed a regime of spatially and temporally extended meteorologic and morphologic variability. This study evaluates the morphologic evolution and post-storm recovery in the first year following Hurricane Irma. Time-series topographic surveys and surface sediment samples were collected. Patterns of accretion and erosion were evaluated with regionally measured water and wind levels. Recovery morphology was generally through berm-building, but lacked shoreline stability. Storm impact regime, mitigation structures, and sediment transport patterns drove the recovery. Total volume lost above the 0 m contour due to the storm was not fully recovered within the year, with a large volume measured in the south.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013213
- Subject Headings
- Hurricane Irma, 2017, Boca Raton (Fla.), Beach erosion
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Response of Florida Atlantic shelf waters to Hurricane David.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P.
- Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172969
- Subject Headings
- Atlantic coast, Hurricane David, 1979, Ocean-atmosphere interaction, Storm surges, Atmospheric pressure
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne remove blooms of the invasive green alga Caulerpa brachypus forma parvifolia (Harvey) Cribb from coral reefs off northern Palm Beach County, Florida.
- Creator
- Lapointe, Brian E., Bedford, Bradley J., Baumberger, Rex E., Jr.
- Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174028
- Subject Headings
- Hurricanes, Algal blooms, Organisms, Coral reefs and islands, Nutrient pollution of water
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Lessons of Hurricane Andrew.
- Creator
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Abstract/Description
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The 15th Annual National Hurricane Conference held April 13-16, 1993 in Orlando, Florida. Table of Contents: A Meteorological Analysis of Hurricane Andrew by Dr. Edward N. Rappaport and Dr. Robert C. Sheets, National Hurricane Center; Emergency Preparedness and Public Response in Southeast Florida in Andrew by Jay Baker, Department of Geography at Florida State University; What Went Wrong: A disaster in the Making and Inspections: a breakdown in the system by Lisa Getter, The Miami Herald;...
Show moreThe 15th Annual National Hurricane Conference held April 13-16, 1993 in Orlando, Florida. Table of Contents: A Meteorological Analysis of Hurricane Andrew by Dr. Edward N. Rappaport and Dr. Robert C. Sheets, National Hurricane Center; Emergency Preparedness and Public Response in Southeast Florida in Andrew by Jay Baker, Department of Geography at Florida State University; What Went Wrong: A disaster in the Making and Inspections: a breakdown in the system by Lisa Getter, The Miami Herald; Learning from loss: Andrew's lessons; Failure of design and discipline by Jeff Leen, Stephen K. Doig, Lisa Getter, Luis Feldstein Soto and Don Linefrock; Andrew, Iniki, Omar: FEMA Evaluation of Federal Response and Recovery Efforts; Coping with Catastrophe: Building an Emergency Management System to Meet People's Needs in Natural and Manmade Disasters, a Report by the National Academy of Public Administration panel members Philip A. Odeen, Yvonne B. Burke, Frank C. Carlucci, Charles L. Dempsey, Thomas M. Downs, Andrew J. Goodpaster, Stan M. McKinney, Elmer B. Staats, and Lee M. Thomas; Governor's Disaster Planning and Response Review Committee, chairman Philip D. Lewis.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000421
- Subject Headings
- Hurricane Andrew, 1992, Emergency management--Florida, Natural disasters -- Florida -- History
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- FLOOD ANALYSIS IN THE PENSACOLA BASIN, FLORIDA.
- Creator
- Rodrigues, Susana, Mitsova, Diana, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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Flooding can impact a community's social, cultural, environmental, and economic resources; therefore, generating a sound, science-based, long-term decision to improve resiliency is critical for future prosperity and growth. Developing watershed management plans is essential in assisting local communities in reducing flood insurance costs through mitigation and resiliency efforts. This effort, specifically for this report, will focus on the Pensacola Watershed Basin and the development...
Show moreFlooding can impact a community's social, cultural, environmental, and economic resources; therefore, generating a sound, science-based, long-term decision to improve resiliency is critical for future prosperity and growth. Developing watershed management plans is essential in assisting local communities in reducing flood insurance costs through mitigation and resiliency efforts. This effort, specifically for this report, will focus on the Pensacola Watershed Basin and the development procedures to assess the risks of flooding and storm surges. Utilizing readily available data on topography, ground surface water elevations, tidal data for coastal communities, open space, and rainfall, a framework was developed to facilitate flood risk assessments under various conditions. Such knowledge allows communities to properly prepare and prevent major damages during times of high flooding, such as tropical storms and hurricanes.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013690
- Subject Headings
- Floods--Risk assessment, Pensacola Bay (Fla.), Hurricanes, ArcGIS
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An examination of hurricane vulnerability of the U.S. northeast and mid-Atlantic region.
- Creator
- Prasad, Shivangi, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
- Abstract/Description
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Northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States are understudied from the perspective of hurricane vulnerability. In an attempt to fill this gap in research, this dissertation attempted to assess the hurricane vulnerability of the northeastern and mid- Atlantic United States through the construction of a Composite Hurricane Vulnerability Index (CHVI) for 184 counties extending from Maine to Virginia. The CHVI was computed by incorporating indicators of human vulnerability and physical exposure....
Show moreNortheastern and mid-Atlantic United States are understudied from the perspective of hurricane vulnerability. In an attempt to fill this gap in research, this dissertation attempted to assess the hurricane vulnerability of the northeastern and mid- Atlantic United States through the construction of a Composite Hurricane Vulnerability Index (CHVI) for 184 counties extending from Maine to Virginia. The CHVI was computed by incorporating indicators of human vulnerability and physical exposure. Human vulnerability was derived from demographic, social and economic characteristics whereas physical exposure was based on attributes of the natural and built up environments. The spatial distribution of the CHVI and its component indices were examined and analyzed to meet the research goals, which were a) to develop indices of human vulnerability, physical exposure and composite hurricane vulnerability for all counties; b) to assess vulnerability distribution in terms of population size, metropolitan status (metropolitan versus non metropolitan counties) and location (coastal versus inland counties); c) to identify the specific underlying causes of vulnerability; d) to identify the significant clusters and outliers of high vulnerability; and e) to examine overlaps between high human vulnerability and high physical exposure in the region. Results indicated high overall vulnerability for counties that were metropolitan and / or coastal. Vulnerability clusters and intersections pointed towards high vulnerability in the major cities along the northeastern megalopolis, in the Hampton Roads section of Virginia and in parts of Delmarva Peninsula. Evidence of relationship of population size, metropolitan status and location with vulnerability levels provides a new perspective to vulnerability assessment.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360969
- Subject Headings
- Hurricane protection, Regional planning, Emergency management, Natural disasters, Risk assessment, Geographic information systems
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Long-term post-Katrina volunteerism: the ethics of an imported solidarity.
- Creator
- D'Aloia, Susan., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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The trauma and devastation that resulted from Hurricane Katrina's landfall on August 29, 2005, produced a wide spread public perception of government neglect and ineptitude. Subsequently, a period of nationwide shame and concern for those most affected by the disaster elicited a wave of financial generosity from all social sectors. Yet, by late 2005 the media declared that the majority of Americans had become desensitized to the tragedy and its consequences, coining this shift in public...
Show moreThe trauma and devastation that resulted from Hurricane Katrina's landfall on August 29, 2005, produced a wide spread public perception of government neglect and ineptitude. Subsequently, a period of nationwide shame and concern for those most affected by the disaster elicited a wave of financial generosity from all social sectors. Yet, by late 2005 the media declared that the majority of Americans had become desensitized to the tragedy and its consequences, coining this shift in public perception as "Katrina fatigue." Thousands of volunteers contradicted this phenomenon, however, by performing service in the devastated city of New Orleans. Long-term volunteers defied "Katrina fatigue" by redirecting the trajectory of their lives so they could provide service. Conventionally accepted volunteer theory predicts that volunteers provide service and that their labor operates in conjunction with institutionally supported mechanisms of security and services., However, for the volunteer subjects in this study, Katrina and its immediate aftermath shattered the trust in such institutions. These volunteers did not assume that their service operated in conjunction with state sponsored agencies or corporations. Rather, they viewed their own acts of service as the means of promoting the recovery. This qualitative case study examines the deliberated choices and actions performed by long-term volunteers between the years 2005 and 2009. The primary subjects in this investigation include 15 volunteers who performed long-term and/or repeat delegations of service within organized networks. Volunteer subjects believed that if they did not perform the services they did, these services might not get done. Volunteers internalized contours of the larger political economy and their own perceived role within them. Performing service functioned partially to counteract this internalization and simultaneously redirect their lives., Second Line, a New Orleans street tradition of neighborhood processions, reveals more of what drives the long-term volunteer's desire. The root practice of Second Line processions embodies a form of cognitive liberation for the disenfranchised as the processions interrupt normal arrangements of order and power in the city, albeit temporarily. Volunteers desire to connect with poor and working class Black people in this capacity, and their attempts to do so played out in contexts that sometimes disrupted institutional or corporate power, constituting a demand for change on behalf of Katrina victims.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360619
- Subject Headings
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Social aspects, DIsaster relief, Emergency management, Social capital
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Interview with Dr. Jack Seitlin – ca. 2006.
- Creator
- Seitlin, Jack, Sherman, Dawn
- Date Issued
- 2006-02-11
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT78795
- Subject Headings
- Miami (Fla.), Pactific Theater of War, World War, 1939-1945, Marines, Great Depression, Racism, Anti-Semitism, Hurricanes -- Florida, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
- Format
- Set of related objects
- Title
- Trouble in Paradise: The Influence of Property Insurance on the Politics of Growth in Florida from 1880 to 1995.
- Creator
- Welsh, Patrick T., Rose, Mark H., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, represented a watershed event in illuminating the financial consequences of Florida's business and political leaders decisions fostering population and economic growth without planning or control. The frontier mentality of the early generations of pioneers carried over to later developers and politicians, and led to a vision of empty land as unlimited economic opportunity The assumption of regulatory control of the insurance industry by state government allowed the...
Show moreHurricane Andrew, in 1992, represented a watershed event in illuminating the financial consequences of Florida's business and political leaders decisions fostering population and economic growth without planning or control. The frontier mentality of the early generations of pioneers carried over to later developers and politicians, and led to a vision of empty land as unlimited economic opportunity The assumption of regulatory control of the insurance industry by state government allowed the completion of the emerging national housing policies for fully securing mortgages These policies essentially made property insurance mandatory. The retention of the cartel operation of the insurance industry led to an inequitable relationship between industry and regulators. Assertive political decisions created this crisis.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000976
- Subject Headings
- Insurance--Florida--State supervision, Homeowner's insurance--Florida, Hurricane Andrew, 1992--Economic aspects--Florida, Intervention (Federal government)--20th century, Economics--Florida--Political aspects
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- More branches on the oldest tree: tradition and experimentation through improvisation in the music of post-Katrina New Orleans.
- Creator
- Bethea, David., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
- Abstract/Description
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On Monday August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Southeast Louisiana bringing with it destruction to much of the Gulf Coast. While New Orleans, one of America's most culturally and artistically significant cities, was spared a direct hit, the subsequent flood devastated much of the city, home to many musicians. The devastation and stress from the storm established a situation and a motivator for creative response, and this dissertation illustrates that the music these musicians...
Show moreOn Monday August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Southeast Louisiana bringing with it destruction to much of the Gulf Coast. While New Orleans, one of America's most culturally and artistically significant cities, was spared a direct hit, the subsequent flood devastated much of the city, home to many musicians. The devastation and stress from the storm established a situation and a motivator for creative response, and this dissertation illustrates that the music these musicians produce is a manifestation and continuation of New Orleans' cultural atmosphere. The city's historical allowance and celebration of freedom of expression permits New Orleans' current musicians to be innovative and responsive to the events surrounding the disaster. This project, designed as a qualitative research study, identifies four professional musicians who are established in the musical environment of New Orleans. To illustrate the depth of tradition and experimentation that their music evokes, the music of post- Katrina New Orleans is given historical contextualization and set in comparison to music that was inspired by a past catastrophe, the 1927 flood. Through the holistic exploration of the present circumstances of these four musicians, it becomes clear that New Orleans remains a place that is extremely open to change and that experimental music flourishes at the same time that traditional jazz lives on through new performers, who walk in the footsteps of legends. From interviews conducted with these four individuals, as well as other on-site observations, the emotional, physical, and financial effects of Hurricane Katrina are identified and recorded., Central to this study is the author's own knowledge of music and experience in musical dialogue - it is through the interaction of the author and the subjects that important events and characteristics, which could be documented, actually emerged.This project reveals the influence that the storm has had on the individual musician and it demonstrates that while all four musicians are caught up in the whirlwind of recovery in New Orleans, their music remains rooted in the fundamental characteristic that is associated historically with New Orleans' music, improvisation. By the same token, it also shows that while each person may have had to suffer the same conditions, the musical response from each musician was unique.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2953204
- Subject Headings
- Improvisation (Music), Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Psychological aspects, Composition (Music), Psychological aspects, Arts and society, Social conditions
- Format
- Document (PDF)