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Public Forum September 17
Day 1, September 17, focuses on the response to and recovery from Hurricane Floyd. CNHR will host speakers from across the country to discuss a wide array of topics:
- Lessons learned from Hurricane Floyd
- State of the region since the flood
- Ways in which state and local officials are addressing issues related to natural disasters
- Ways citizens can better protect themselves and their properties from future disasters
City Hotel & Bistro | Map
203 Greenville Blvd SW
Greenville, NC 27834
(252) 355-8300
Mention the "ECU Hurricane Symposium" when making hotel reservations to get a discounted rate ($79).
Forum Schedule PDF version
| 12:30 | – | 1:00 | Welcoming Remarks
Dean Alan White and Jamie Kruse, East Carolina University |
| 1:00 | – | 1:45 | Emergency Preparedness Demonstration: Increasing Disaster Awareness and Preparedness in Disadvantaged Communities
Moderator John Cooper, MDC Inc. |
| 2:00 | – | 2:45 | Human Dimensions of Hurricane Floyd
Moderator Burrell Montz, East Carolina University |
| 3:00 | – | 3:15 | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
by Gavin Smith, director of DHS Center of Excellence |
| 3:15 | – | 4:00 | Keynote Speaker |
| 4:10 | – | 4:55 | Emerging Technology for Hazards Risk Reduction
Moderator Tom Allen, East Carolina University |
| 5:10 | – | 5:55 | Faces from the Flood
Jay Barnes, NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores |
| 6:00 | – | 6:45 | Social and Cocktails (cash bar) |
| 7:00 | Dinner and Speaker |
Research Conference September 18
Day 2, September 18, brings researchers from various fields of hazards research to ECU to discuss broader issues related to mitigation, response, and recovery. Please join us to hear about the latest in cutting-edge natural hazards research.
City Hotel & Bistro | Map
203 Greenville Blvd SW
Greenville, NC 27834
(252) 355-8300
Mention the "ECU Hurricane Symposium" when making hotel reservations to get a discounted rate ($79).
Conference Schedule PDF version
| 8:30 | – | 8:40 | Welcoming Remarks
Jamie Kruse, Scott Curtis, and Craig E. Landry |
| 8:40 | – | 9:00 | Hurricane Floyd Then and Now: A Forecasting Perspective
Jeff Orrock, NWS Raleigh |
| 9:00 | – | 9:20 | Back to the Future: Satellite Precipitation as a Tool to Reanalyze Hurricane Floyd and Forecast Probabilities of Extreme Rainfall in Eastern North Carolina
Scott Curtis, East Carolina University |
| 9:20 | – | 9:40 | Changes in Flood Characteristics after a Major Event: Re-evaluating the Effect of Hurricane Floyd on Future Flood Response
Jennifer Arrigo, East Carolina University |
| 9:40 | – | 10:00 | The 1999 Flood of the Century: Extraordinary Hydrometeorological Event or Human-Induced Catastrophe?
Scott A. Lecce and Erica S. Kotecki, East Carolina University |
| 10:00 | – | 10:20 | Material Transport in Coastal North Carolina following Hurricanes: A Remote-Sensing Perspective of Hurricane Floyd's Impact
Richard L. Miller, Stanley R. Riggs, |
| 10:20 | – | 10:30 | BREAK |
| 10:30 | – | 10:50 | African Easterly Waves and Rainfall Variability in Niger during the 2006 AMMA Field Campaign
Rosana Nieto Ferreira and Thomas Rickenbach |
| 10:50 | – | 11:10 | An Investigation of the Meteorological Impacts of Hurricane Floyd in Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina
Jeffrey Lewitsky, NWS Wakefield, VA |
| 11:10 | – | 11:30 | CI-FLOW: Evaluating and Testing New Technologies for Accurate and Timely Identification of Inland and Coastal Floods in the Tar-Pamlico and Neuse River Basins of Coastal North Carolina
Suzanne Van Cooten, Jack Thigpen, and Robert Bacon |
| 11:30 | – | 11:50 | Prototyping a Hurricane-Flood-Landslide-Continuum Prediction System: A CI-FLOW Contribution to North Carolina and Broader Coastal Regions
Yang Hong, J.J. Gourley, Humberto J. VergaraArrieta,
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| 11:50 | – | 12:10 | Towards a Hydrometeorology Testbed in the Southeast: Current Plans and Prospects
Jian-Wen Bao, NOAA Earth Systems Research Lab |
| 12:10 | – | 1:30 | Introduction
Richard Bandy, NWS Newport Charting the CourseLaura K. Furgione, NOAA Assistant Administrator, |
Working Lunch |
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| 1:30 | – | 1:50 | Flood Insurance Coverage in Dare County: Before and After Floyd
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University |
| 1:50 | – | 2:10 | Property Values and Flood Risk: What Happens to Premiums over Time?
Okmyung Bin and Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University |
| 2:10 | – | 2:30 | Home-Buyer Sentiment and Hurricane Landfalls
Robert T. Burrus Jr., J. Edward Graham Jr., William W. Hall,
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| 2:30 | – | 2:50 | Hurricanes and Homeowner Decision-Making
Robert T. Burrus Jr., Christopher F. Dumas, |
| 2:50 | – | 3:00 | BREAK |
| 3:00 | – | 3:20 | Severe Weather-Related Risk and Emergency Communication in Coastal Communities
Donna Kain, Catherine Smith, and Kenneth Wilson |
| 3:20 | – | 3:40 | A Methodology to Inject Sea-Level-Rise-Enhanced Storm Surge Modeling into the Long-Range Comprehensive Plans of Coastal Communities
Tim G. Frazier, Brent Yarnal, and Nathan Wood |
| 3:40 | – | 4:00 | Run from the Water, Hide from the Wind? Toward a Better Understanding of the Costs of Not Evacuating from a Hurricane in Affected Landfall Counties
Jeffery Czajkowski and Emily Kennedy, Austin College |
| 4:00 | – | 4:20 | Preserving Assets in Low-Income Communities Affected by Disaster
Christina Rausch and Tiki Windley, MDC, Inc. |
| 4:20 | – | 4:40 | Trauma Written in Plywood and Flesh: Hurricane Graffiti, Post-Katrina Tattoos, and the Value of Narratives to Hazards Research
Derek Alderman, East Carolina University |
| 4:40 | – | 5:00 | Hurricane Evacuation Problems and Family Pets
Christa Reiser and Kenneth Wilson, East Carolina University |
