Past Catastrophic Events

Hurricane Sandy

intro to sandy, dates etc

Background on New England hurricanes

• History of hurricanes in Vermont
• New England hurricanes - David Vallee - National Weather Service/Taunton MA
• NASA satellites watch Hurricane Sandy
• NASA Hurricane Sandy page
• NASA Hurricane Sandy archive

Monitoring Post-Tropical Storm Sandy

• NOAA Storm Central
• NOAA Sandy Situational Awareness
• National Hurricane Center - forecasts
• NWS Burlington - watches, warnings, advisories for Vermont
• NWS Burlington - river gauges in/around Vermont
• NWS Burlington - precipitation maps
• USGS finalizes Sandy preparations
• State Climate forecast page - weather, rivers, road closings
• VCGI Hurricane Sandy GIS resources

Tropical Storm Irene

intro to irene, dates etc

Background on Vermont hurricanes with a focus on Tropical Storm Irene

• History of hurricanes in Vermont
• Preliminary Hurricane/Tropical Irene weather summary - National Weather Service/Burlington VT
• "Irene" retired from list of Atlantic Basin storm names - NOAA
• USGS Hurricane Irene Activities
• NASA - Hurricane Season 2011: Hurricane Irene
• Vermont Center for Geographic Information - Geospatial Irene resources
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources - Tropical Storm Irene by the numbers
• National Hurricane Center map of August 2011 named storms - Atlantic basin
• NOAA - Active 2011 hurricane season breaks 'Hurricane Amnesia'
• NOAA Hurricane Central
• New England hurricanes - David Vallee - National Weather Service/Taunton MA

Recovering from Tropical Storm Irene

• President Obama signs emergency declaration
• Vermont Emergency Management - flood recovery resources
• Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development recovery resources
• Senator Bernie Sanders' Office - flood recovery resources
• Senator Bernie Sanders' Office - Rebuilding Vermont after Hurricane Irene: Questions and Answers
• VPR recovery resources
• Waterbury recovery resources
• VTrans - I am Vermont Strong recovery resources
• Irene flooding & recovery assistance resources
• National Weather Service - Burlington precipitation maps
• State Climate forecast page - weather, rivers, road closings
• VCGI Hurricane Irene GIS resources
• Vermont Local Roads

Sites for collecting and archiving data, stories and other accounts about Irene

• Vermont Response
• Center for Research on Vermont blog
• GIS crowd-sourcing data collection - Bill Morris at UVM
• VTrans - GOOGLE partnership for road data collection
• GOOGLE road closures mapping
• Road status in the Windham region
• Seven Days crowd-sourcing data collection
• VPR - Pre- and post-Irene imagery on Google maps
• VPR photo gallery

2011 Flooding

Vermont received a Presidential Disaster Declaration on 15 June 2011 in the wake of historic flooding along Lake Champlain & the Richelieu river.

Timeline of Events

• President Obama signs disaster declaration
• Vermont Emergency Management - flood recovery resources
• Lake Champlain flooding & recovery assistance resources
• Lake Champlain Basin Program - Flood update 19 May, 2011
• Detailed summary of April & May 2011 impacts
• NOAA State of the Climate report - synopsis

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