COR 010

Question 1

These are specialized maps that indicate the hazard susceptibility of areas.

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GEOGRAPHICAL HAZARD MAPS

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These maps are useful for disaster preparedness and management.

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GEOGRAPHICAL HAZARD MAPS

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It is vitally important to education, science, business and a wide variety of public policy concerns.

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GEOLOGIC MAPS

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help us assess the likelihood, prepare for, and minimize damage from natural hazards.

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GEOLOGIC MAPS

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It describes actions taken to help reduce or eliminate long-term risks caused by hazards or disasters, such as flooding, earthquakes, wildfires; landslides, or dam failure.

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HAZARD MITIGATION

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As the costs of disasters continue to rise, governments and citizens must find ways to reduce hazard risks to our communities.

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HAZARD MITIGATION

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As communities plan for new development and improvements to existing infrastructure, mitigation can and should be an important component of the planning effort

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HAZARD MITIGATION

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It breaks this repetitive cycle by taking a long-term view of rebuilding and recovering following disasters.

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HAZARD MITIGATION

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The implementation of such hazard mitigation actions leads to building stronger, safer and smarter communities that are better able to reduce future injuries and future damage.

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HAZARD MITIGATION

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Government, administrative, or
regulatory actions that influence the way land and buildings are developed to reduce hazard losses.

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PREVENTION

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planning and zoning, flood
plain laws, capital improvement programs, open space preservation, and
storm water management regulations

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PREVENTION

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Modification of buildings or
structures to protect them from a hazard or removal of structures from a hazard area.

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PROPERTY PROTECTION

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acquisition, elevation,
relocation, structural retrofit, storm shutters, and shatter-resistant glass

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PROPERTY PROTECTION

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Actions to inform citizens and
elected officials about hazards and ways to mitigate them

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PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

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outreach projects, real
estate disclosure, hazard information centers, and school-age and adult education

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PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

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Actions that minimize hazard loss and preserve or restore the functions of natural systems.

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NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION

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Includes sediment and
erosion control, stream corridor restoration, watershed management, forest and vegetation management, and wetland restoration and preservation

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NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION

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Actions that protect people and property
during and immediately after a hazard event.

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EMERGENCY SERVICES

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Includes warning systems,
emergency response services, and the protection of essential facilities

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EMERGENCY SERVICES

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Actions that involve the construction of
structures to reduce the impact of a hazard.

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STRUCTURAL PROJECTS

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dams, setback levees,
floodwalls, retaining walls, and safe rooms.

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STRUCTURAL PROJECTS

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Relevant studies, plans, and reports are collected along with communications resources that allow the public to be involved throughout the planning process. A planning team is assembled consisting of municipal representatives, and local and regional stakeholders.

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STEP 1: Organize Resources & Build the Planning Team

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The risk assessment includes the identification of the location and geographic extent of natural and human-caused hazards that can affect the city. The hazard impacts and future probability of occurrence is also determined. Scientific and historical evidence of past events is collected and evaluated. All of these factors, along with the information on damage and losses sustained by the city, enables the hazards to be ranked from highest threat to lowest threat.

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STEP 2: Develop the Plan’s Risk Assessment

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Local capabilities through emergency management, the National Flood Insurance Program, planning and regulatory authorities, administrative, technical, financial, and political capacities are assessed for the plan revision.

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STEP 3: Assess Capabilities

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Goals, objectives, and past mitigation actions are evaluated and revised as needed by the planning team. The planning team will also define appropriate new mitigation techniques, and prioritize mitigation actions and projects in the revised mitigation strategy.

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STEP 4: Develop the Mitigation Strategy

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The HMP is a living document that must be regularly reviewed, updated, and maintained. A schedule is prepared to include responsible departments involved with monitoring, evaluating, and updating the plan during its five-year cycle. A process for integrating the updated Mitigation Strategy into existing plans and reports should be outlined and a plan for continued public outreach and participation must also be developed.

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STEP 5: Determine Plan Maintenance Process

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The draft plan is made available for public comment then submitted to the government for review and approval. Once a Plan has been determined to meet all requirements and receives official approval it

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STEP 6: Obtain Mitigation Plan Approval and Adoption

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These are caused by extreme meteorological and climate events, such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, or landslides.

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HYDRO METEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS

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They account for a dominant fraction of natural hazards and occur in all regions of the world, although the frequency and intensity of certain hazards and society's vulnerability to them differ between regions.

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HYDRO METEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS

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It's a branch of meteorology and hydrology that studies the transfer of water and energy between the land surface and the lower atmosphere.

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HYDROMETEOROLOGY

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It is a low-pressure area rotating counter-clockwise and containing rising warm air that forms over warm water in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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A weather condition that produces lightning and thunder, heavy rainfall from cumulonimbus clouds and possibly a tornado. It is a violent local atmospheric disturbance accompanied by lightning, thunder, and heavy rain, and often by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes by hail.

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An event that occurs within a short period of time, generally WITHIN 6 hours following the END of the causative event (such as heavy rains, ice jams, or dam breaks) which result in fatalities, injuries, and/or significant damage to property.

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An overflow of water onto normally dry land. It is an event that occurs after 6 hours following the end of the causative event (rains, ice jam, dam breaks) which results in fatalities, injuries, and/or significant damage to property.

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FLOOD

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is a longer-term event than flash flooding: it may last days or weeks.

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FLOOD

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A rise of seawater above normal sea level on the coast, generated by the action of weather elements such as cyclonic wind and atmospheric pressure.

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 refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific.

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is sometimes referred to as the cold phase of ENSO and El Niño as the warm phase of ENSO. These deviations from normal surface temperatures can have large-scale impacts not only on ocean processes, but also on global weather and climate.

Question 39

Have emergency kits and survival packs prepared. These should contain medicine, cash, important documents, whistles, and extra clothes Store food and clean water enough for three days. That's two gallons öf water per person per day. Prepare candles, flashlights and extra batteries in case the power goes out. Listen to the radio or watch TV for news updates.

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BEFORE

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Stay indoors and listen to the news for weather updates and flood warnings. If you need to evacuate, stay calm. Close the windows turn off the main electricity switch and bring your survival kit.

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DURING

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Return home only after authorities have deemed the area safe. Check your surroundings for damaged electrical cables and fallen posts. Report these to the authorities.

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AFTER

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it's a branch of meteorology and hydrology that studies the transfer of water and energy between the land surface and the lower atmosphere.

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Any source that can cause harm or damage to humans, property or the environment.

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with a writing arm that records barometric pressure, which rises and falls on a revolving scroll of paper

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an instrument that measures and records both temperature and humidity.

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an instrument that project light beam to the clouds.

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an instrument that determines the height of the cloud base by measuring the distance of the cloud base to the ground.

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also called a pilot ballot or pibal, a balloon filled with hydrogen or other gas lighter than air, which is used to determine. the height of the cloud base of clouds above ground level during daylight hours. This is done by measuring the time that the balloon disappears into the clouds from the time that it is released.

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so called because the inside diameter of the collector is exactly 8 inches above a funnel that conducts rain into a cylindrical measuring tube or receiver.

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an instrument that determines wind speed and direction. It is attached to a hydrogen-filled pilot balloon and is allowed to float in the atmosphere at different heights to reach its different levels.

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It consists of a dry and wet-bulb thermometer. The term bulb refers to that portion of the glass tube where the mercury is stored. The dry and wet bulbs are exactly alike in construction.

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It is used to measure temperature, pressure, and relative humidity in the atmosphere. A small instrument package that is suspended below balloon filled with either hydrogen or helium.