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Public Group active 2 days agoA place for New England members to find and share information.
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Adrianne Harrison posted an update in the group
New England 1 week, 6 days agoPlease join us for the next StormSmart Coasts New England webinar focused on building resilience through improved post-storm redevelopment practices. This webinar will pair a critical set of perspectives that together can result in progressive post-storm redevelopment approaches for coastal communities: a structural engineer (the what and how of…[Read more]
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Stephen M. Dickson posted an update in the group
New England 3 weeks agoThe Portland, Maine tide gauge has turned 100! The Maine Geological Survey has posted some interesting statistics and trends, including the frequency of flooding and potential flooding (using NOAA’s Inundation Analysis Tool) with higher sea levels. For example, 83% of the highest recorded average monthly mean sea level values occurred in the…[Read more]
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Adrianne Harrison posted an update in the group
New England 1 month, 2 weeks agoThe presentations from last week’s StormSmart Coasts New England webinar series are now available (see attached). Thank you to our presenters Don Cameron and Skip Stiles and to our moderator Pete Slovinsky. This New England Group page is a great place to continue the discussion on the resilience of our wetlands to sea level rise.
Also,…[Read more]
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Wesley Shaw posted an update in the group
New England 1 month, 3 weeks agoJust a quick thank you to today’s presenters — they did a great job. Look forward to seeing the presentations whenever they’re ready to be posted.
Thanks!
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Adrianne Harrison posted an update in the group
New England 1 month, 3 weeks agoJust a quick reminder that the next StormSmart Coasts New England webinar is scheduled for tomorrow, March 28 at 12:00. We’ve got some great guest speakers this month. This webinar will focus on the resilience of the natural environment to potential sea level rise scenarios, with presentations from Skip Stiles from Wetland Watch and Don Cameron…[Read more]
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Julia Knisel posted an update in the group
New England 2 months, 2 weeks agoNOAA WEBINAR: Sea Level Rise & Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer (Wed., Apr. 4 @ 2 PM)
Participants will ask questions and learn more about:
1. benefits of providing interactive maps online for visualizing inundation risks and potential impacts
2. new mapping techniques that incorporate high-resolution data sources
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Bob Everett posted an update in the group
New England 2 months, 3 weeks agoJust joined SSC and having fun navigating. Hey, does anyone want to see a plan for a tidal powered salt water to fresh water kinetic siphoning system designed to lower the ocean level ? I have schematic drawings which will be posted soon. It will be a relief to finally divulge my plans. And yes, this idea is definitely out there. Quite…[Read more]
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Bob Everett joined the group
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Adrianne Harrison posted an update in the group
New England 2 months, 3 weeks agoPlease join us! The next StormSmart Coasts New England Webinar is scheduled for next Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 12-1:30 EST. Officials from the Maine Geological Survey will host the third in a series of webinars focused on building resilience – Resilience of Natural Ecosystems to Sea Level Rise: Closer looks in Virginia and Maine. Skip…[Read more]
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Janet Freedman posted an update in the group
New England 3 months, 2 weeks agoI am trying to find the Stormreporter presentation. I can’t seem to find it on this site. I want to make a RI-centric version for two volunteer workshops that we are setting up with Save the Bay for the beginning of March.
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Wesley Shaw posted an update in the group
New England 3 months, 4 weeks agoJust wanted to say that I thought today’s presentations were great. I had some audio challenges, so I didn’t pipe in, but I’m very interested in seeing how things move forward on this front.
Anne (@aherbst): I’ve seen a lot of interest by other communities in potentially replicating your program: is there anything you’d do differently if…[Read more]
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Adrianne Harrison posted an update in the group
New England 4 months agoThe next StormSmart Coasts New England Webinar is scheduled for next Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 12-1:30. Officials from the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, and the Town of Hull, Massachusetts will host the second in a series of brown bag webinars focused on…[Read more]
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Janet Freedman joined the group
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Julia Knisel uploaded the file: Risk MAP, the Game to
New England 5 months agoHas anyone gotten their hands on this game aimed at educating communities about flood risk? The 25” x 69” vinyl banner comes with 94 stakeholder and data playing cards.
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Oddly enough, I was with some people from the company who put it together today. They said that they’d been trying to get copies, but that they weren’t sure how many were printed. Bonus cool points for anybody who can find one.
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STARR is working to get the game on FEMA’s website, so it can be printed on demand. Bring your own pawns and die.
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You challenging me to a game? Don’t make me crush you.
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Stephen M. Dickson joined the group
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Julia Knisel posted an update in the group
New England 5 months, 1 week agoOn Thursday, NWS and MA CZM will host a webinar for the Mid-Atlantic region to provide an overview and demo of StormReporter (http://stormreporter.stormsmart.org/), our web tool to report and archive coastal storm damages. New England members may join too!
1. Join the meeting, Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time:…[Read more]
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Pam Rubinoff posted an update in the group
New England 5 months, 3 weeks agoRI, MA, and CT Homeowners: Ready for big weather, floods & wind damage?
Go to: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22DNTMPCNK7/ to take our 30-minute survey and enter to win a $500, $75, or $25 gift card to Home Depot. Survey limited to 400 participants.
We are inviting 400 Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts homeowners ages 18 and…[Read more]
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Adrianne Harrison posted an update in the group
New England 5 months, 3 weeks agoThe next StormSmart Coasts New England Webinar has been postponed to January 25, 2012. The webinar will feature regional experts discussing freeboard and approaches to integrating freeboard into local policy and community design. An announcement will be made with additional details. For now, please save the date!
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I would probably consider going to 3 feet for the incentive instead of 2. I was cautious about going so high that no one would participate. I think the key is doing outreach to contractors, engineers, etc. and making sure your town departments are ready to pitch the program. I use the StormSmart brochure on freeboard as well. Because it’s a…[Read more]
One last thought – I would really work to involve Building Departments in this. They are the most natural point of contact for builders.
Interesting point about aiming higher: I’ve run into this before. Seems like once people are OK with any freeboard, they’re ok with at least 3’ (which leads to great insurance reductions). It only makes sense as the incremental costs to going up another foot are minimal once you go up at all.
I have had mixed experience on this. There are people who don’t want to go higher than 2 feet of freeboard. Tends to be issues with # of steps and/or aesthetics.