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SERE – Societal-Environmental Research and Education Laboratory
Strong Local Partnerships:The Keys to Success
62nd Interdepartmental Hurricane ConferenceTropical Cyclone Operations and Research: Priorities for the Future
3-7 March 2008Charleston, South Carolina
ModeratorDenise Stephenson Hawk, Ph.D.Associate Director, NCARDirector, SERE LaboratoryBoulder, Colorado
SERE – Societal-Environmental Research and Education Laboratory
SESSION FOCUS
Public Safety Recovery Resilience
SERE – Societal-Environmental Research and Education Laboratory
Definition
Re-sil-ience: The capacity of a system, community, or society potentially exposed to hazards to adapt in order to reach and maintain an acceptable level of functioning and structure.
From NOAA Guidance Memorandum FY2009-2013
What should we do?
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Operational Implementation
Predictions
Regional and Local Environments
Decision Tools
Integrating Research, Data and Information into End-use Knowledge Systems
Weather Research, Data and Information
Reliable Information Delivery
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How do we decide what to do?
Decisions are:
• Individual - Yes• Local - Yes• State – Yes• Regional - ? • National - ?• Global - ?
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OFCM-NCAR Partnership
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology:
• Conducted an Exploratory Review on the Flow of Tropical Cyclone Information throughout Mobile, AL and Charleston, SC
• Partnered with NCAR to extend the time frame of information flow from hours before the storm to months and years before the storm
SERE – Societal-Environmental Research and Education Laboratory
Session 11
Strong Local Partnerships The Keys to Success
Moderator: Dr. Denise Stephenson Hawk, NCAR Associate Director and Director of the NCAR/SERE Laboratory
Panelists:
Ms. Cathy Haynes, Director, Charleston County Emergency Preparedness Division
Mr. Walt Dickerson, Director, Mobile County Emergency Management Agency
Mr. Michael Emlaw, Meteorologist-in-Charge, NWS Weather Forecast Office, Charleston, SC
Dr. Betty Hearn Morrow, Professor Emeritus, Florida International University, Consulting Sociologist
Ms. Naomi Moye, Hazards Communications Consultant
Mr. Ronald Glaser, Sandia National Laboratories, Program Manager, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System