INTERNET RESOURCES FOR COVERING HURRICANES

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp
Key facts about safety and recovery

Coast Guard National Response Center
http://www.uscgstormwatch.com/
Responsible for discharges into and functioning of waterways.

Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/emerg.html
EPA fact sheet

Estimating Hurricane Damage
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=48482
Poynter guide on using census data to estimate damage

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
http://www.fema.gov/
Lead agency for natural disasters, links to emegency declarations by state

Food Safety Tips
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fsdisas.html
US Food and Drug Administration fact sheet

Gasoline Price Primer
http://tinyurl.com/dbcj3
Energy department backgrounder

Hurricane Data
http://www.ire.org/inthenews_archive/hurricane.html
IRE has data on disaster loans, dams, bridges and federal assistance.

Hurricane Effects
http://www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/Katrina/gis/portal.html
Natl. Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences has GIS maps of potential contaminants in affected areas.

Hurricane Experts
http://www.sej.org/resource/index15.htm
List of contacts from the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Hurricane Fact Sheet
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Hurricane Risk for New Orleans
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wetlands/hurricane1.html
2002 documentary predicts exactly what happened after Katrina

Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center
http://www.maacenter.org/jobsites/katrina/contamination.php
Background and links on contamination that can follow storm damage.

NASA Images
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3
New Orleans before and after Katrina

National Environmental Trust
http://www.net.org/policy/katrina/index.vtml
Non-profit is tracking environmental aftermath stories

National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Prediction center of the National Weather Service

Recovery Resources
http://tinyurl.com/apkkf
Finding loved ones, resources for victims and disaster clean up.

State Emergency Management Agencies
http://www.fema.gov/about/contact/statedr.shtm
Directory and contact information, state by state.

US Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/
Covers effects of hurricanes, including images