The US doesn’t have a complete catalog of hazards/disasters cost to the nation much less an inventory of climate related impacts - This is needed if we are to plan. We cannot know the impacts if we don’t measure. sheldus.org vulnerabilitymap.org sciencefriday

The use of social vulnerability modeling is expanding in large part because of growing awareness of the social #equity implications of disasters. eos.org/science-update…

For those interested, I have just published an article with 2 awesome colleagues on the links between social vulnerability and flood recovery. We wanted to ensure that it was open access to that it is available to everyone - frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Shame on you Duke Energy for punishing people who are trying to become energy independent by adding a new additional minimum fee along with the standard "rate increase" to make sure everyone pays at least $30 per month.

Pleased to share a new publication in Sustainability focusing on the first portion of a 3 part Hazard Risk equation where Risk = Threat * Vulnerability * Severity of Consequences mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/5… UCF School of Public Administration UCF Coastal Natural Hazards Center FEMA Pew Research Center

Excited to share some research on @FEMA disaster recovery fund equity that I just finished with fellow scholars at UCF School of Public Administration and Embry-Riddle Univ. It's not all bad news, but we (society) still has more work to do in terms of equitably distributing recovery $$ - doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdr…

Our very own Dr. Gregg Buckingham traded a career among the stars NASA to help UCF students reach for the stars right here in SPA. Thanks to UCF Academic Spotlight for highlighting one of our outstanding instructors! UCFCCIE #BuiltForService #ucfspa

Join us on April 21st for the first bilingual virtual conference on participatory action research & evaluation showcasing Latin America and the Caribbean's top evaluators. Register here: pheedloop.com/PAREC2022/site… #EvalPAREC2022 #Evaluation #SDGs2030 #Eval4Action

hazardaware.org supports smarter home buying/renting decisions by providing scarce hazard loss/cost & frequency information for 13.3 million Gulf coast addresses. Let's go nationwide Zillow Redfin Realtor.com Trulia FEMA FL Division of Emergency Management Louisiana GOHSEP Texas Division of Emergency Management msema Alabama EMA

Check out this piece in The Conversation today. Flood and wildfire risks: Translating risk ratings into future costs can help homebuyers and renters grasp the odds – and act on them theconversation.com/flood-and-wild… via The Conversation U.S. UCF School of Public Administration @melaniegall

Phone got wet and is dead, expecting power to go out next. Pray for rain to stop #HVRI

KJ's on Saint Andrews Road in Columbia is out of water SC Emergency Management Division #Joaquin

SC Folks - when mucking out, please follow these DOT rules so that they will pick up your trash.bit.ly/1Pl0ICn Hazards Institute SC Emergency Management Division

SC Open Damage Reporter live -arcg.is/1Oq54Zu usernm & pw = Resident13. Instructions-bit.ly/1FXSpum #SCFlood University of South Carolina SC Emergency Management Division

USC's HVRI has deployed the Residents' Damage Reporter APP. Add impacts info here arcg.is/1Oq54Zu SC Emergency Management Division Chris Emrich FEMA Esri

Gills Creek Elise Partin Chris Emrich speaking on regional stormwater challenges at GOVERNING panel #govlive SUEZ

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Is there water from #HurricaneIrma where you live? Help us out by reporting water depth using this link: uscgeography.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Crowdsour…

Help us map #Irma's flood extent University of South Carolina WIS News 10 News19 WLTX ABC Columbia WACH FOX uscgeography.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Crowdsour…

Deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance is Oct. 16. To apply visit floridajobs.org or call 1-800-385-3920 #FLRecovers