Facing Our Future : Hurricane Floyd and the Recovery in the Coastal Plain

by Maiolo, John R.

• ISBN13: 9781928556305
• ISBN10: 1928556302
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Coastal Carolina Pr

Author Biography

Robert Sheets, Ph.D., a well-known hurricane expert and former director of the National Hurricane Center. Dennis Mileti, Ph.D., a national leader shaping disaster policy and research and director of the Natural Hazards Research Applications and Information Center in Boulder, Colo. Stanley Riggs, Ph.D., a renowned coastal and marine geologist and professor of geology at East Carolina University. Rutherford Platt, Ph.D., an expert on the management of land and water resources and professor of geosciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Billy Ray Hall, long-time advocate and policy leader for North Carolina's rural communities and former director of the Hurricane Floyd Redevelopment Center. David Godschalk, Ph.D., an internationally recognized city and regional planner and professor of city and regional planning at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Albert Delia, a regional leader in shaping public service and outreach programs and associate vice chancellor for economic and community development at East Carolina University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Message from the Chancellor of East Carolina University	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction and Overview
An Overview of the Perfect Flood	p. 1
Living with Future Extreme Weather Events	p. 17
Anatomy of a Flood	p. 29
Evaluating Disaster Response Strategies
An Institutional Perspective
Congress and Natural Disasters: A Symbiotic Relationship?	p. 47
A Dialogue: Communities at Risk and Accessing Disaster Recovery Assistance	p. 65
Repeated Exposure to Hurricanes and Willingness to Evacuate: Implications from the Hurricane Floyd Experience	p. 69
Looking into the Face of the Storm: The Shelter Experience	p. 77
Public Perceptions of Economic Development and Technology After the Storms	p. 81
Hurricane Evacuation Behavior of Coastal North Carolina Residents During Bonnie, Dennis, and Floyd	p. 89
A Community Perspective
Helping the Students of Pattillo A+ Elementary School Recover from the Flood Disaster	p. 99
Looking into the Face of the Storm: The Children	p. 105
Hurricane Storm Surge: Cost-Effective Mitigation in Wilmington, North Carolina	p. 109
A Dialogue: Responding to the Long-Term Recovery Needs of Disaster Victims	p. 119
Dynamics of Hurricanes and Floods: Achieving New Insights
Historical Reflections
Disasters by Design	p. 127
Coping with Floyd: Patterns of Impact, Assistance, and Community Response	p. 141
Looking into the Face of the Storm: African Americans	p. 149
Facing the Historic Needs of Rural North Carolina as We Recover from Hurricane Floyd	p. 151
Looking into the Face of the Storm: Farmers	p. 161
Improving Our Understanding of Natural Systems
Inland Flooding in North Carolina due to Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd	p. 163
A New Method for Mapping the Extent of Flooding in the Tar River Basin	p. 173
A Dialogue: Lessons in the Floodplain--Finding a New Approach to Floodplain Management	p. 181
Sedimentation on the Tar River Floodplain During the Flood of 1999	p. 187
Obtaining Needed Water Quality Data Using North Carolina Ferries: The FerryMon Project	p. 195
An "Extreme Event"--Hurricane Floyd, September 1999
Impacts on Groups and Individuals
Population and Economic Changes in Eastern North Carolina Before and After Hurricane Floyd	p. 199
Looking into the Face of the Storm: Small Businesses	p. 205
The Incidence of Injury, Illness, and Death During and After Hurricane Floyd	p. 207
The Impact of Hurricane Floyd on the Elderly	p. 213
Looking into the Face of the Storm: The Elderly	p. 223
An Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Floyd on East Carolina University Students	p. 225
Impacts on the Natural Environment
The Effects of the Flood on the Water Quality and the Fishes of the Pamlico River Estuary	p. 235
Monitoring the Coastal Ocean: Responses to Hurricane Floyd	p. 247
Water Quality and Fisheries Habitat Changes in the Pamlico Sound After Three Hurricanes: A Short-term and Long-term Perspective	p. 255
Changes in Phytoplankton Biomass in the Pamlico Sound After Hurricane Floyd	p. 265
A Better Blueprint for the Future
Natural Hazards, Smart Growth, and Creating Resilient and Sustainable Communities in Eastern North Carolina	p. 271
A Dialogue: Building Resilient Communities in a Disaster-Prone Region	p. 283
Looking into the Face of the Storm: Hispanics	p. 291
A Dialogue: Coordinating Recovery Efforts to Minimize the Impact of Future Disasters	p. 293
Recommendations
Lessons Learned, Alternative Paths to Recovery, and Specific Recommendations	p. 299
Epilogue	p. 311
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