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TEXAS-RELATED URLs

• The Balcones Escarpment
  Edited by Patrick L. Abbott and C.M. Woodruff, Jr.
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/geo/BalconesEscarpment/contents.html
  Geology, Hydrology, Ecology and Social Development in Central Texas.

• NOAA Weather Radio in Texas
  by Texas Division of Emergency Management
  http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/wxradio.htm
  Listing of Texas counties served by NOAA Weather Radio.

• TEEX: Texas Engineering Extension Service
  http://TEEXweb.tamu.edu/index.html
  All about the agency, their training programs and services.

• Texas Waternet
  by Texas Water Resources Institute
  http://twri.tamu.edu/
  Research, training, and articles about a wide range of Texas water-related topics (including flooding).

• Texas Road Conditions
  by TxDOT: Texas Department of Transportation
  http://www.dot.state.tx.us/hcr/main.htm
  View road reports by roadway, County, condition, or district. Conditions include: flood, construction, ice/snow, damage, and detours.

• Houston Area Flood Damaged Vehicles
  by TxDOT: Texas Department of Transportation
  http://www.dot.state.tx.us/vtrinfo/vtrinfo.htm
  Vehicle listing for consumers to determine if their vehicle was titled as a flood damaged vehicle.

• TACERA: Texas Association of County Engineers and Road Administrators
  http://teexcit.tamu.edu/texasltap/tacera/index.html
  Information about the professional organization.

  
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WEATHER-RELATED URLs

• Hurricane Flooding: A Deadly Inland Danger
  by NWS
  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hurricane/inland_flooding.html
  Information about the hazards of inland flooding from hurricanes.

• Natural Hazard Statistics
  by National Weather Service
  http://205.156.54.206/om/hazstats.shtml
  Statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards.

• IWIN: Interactive Weather Information Network
  by U.S. National Weather Service
  http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html
  Local and national weather, warnings, and reports. Also has animated versions of graphics and weather videos.

• NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
  http://www.noaa.gov/
  Current weather, image libraries, weather data, climate data, space weather, research, maps and charts, and ocean-related information.

• NCDC: National Climactic Data Center
  by NOAA
  http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
  The world's largest active archive of weather data.

• Project SafeSide Weather Safety
  by The Weather Channel and the American Red Cross
  http://www.weather.com/safeside/
  Preparation information about severe weather and natural disaster safety.

• Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters, 1980-2001
  by NCDC
  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/billionz.html
  Severe weather events that have had the greatest economic impact since 1980.

  
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FLOOD-RELATED URLs

• Low Water Crossing Video and Quiz
  by National Weather Service
  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/tt2/xwater/index.shtml

• Moving Water: Adventure or Danger? Video and Quiz
  by National Weather Service
  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/tt2/mwater2/altindex1.shtml

• American Red Cross Disaster Services
  http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/
  Publications on flood safety and other disasters. Includes information for all phases of a disaster: preparation, during, and after.

• IBHS
  http://www.ibhs.org/natural_disasters/flood.asp?id=4

• National Flood Proofing Committee online flood-proofing publications
  by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwp/NFPC/nfpc.htm

• Disaster-related organizations and other sources of hazards/disaster information
  by the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder
  http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/infosource1/infosource1.html

• Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
  http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/
  Research, conference summaries, and publications.

• Hurricane Flooding: A Deadly Inland Danger
  by NWS
  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hurricane/inland_flooding.html
  Information about the hazards of inland flooding from hurricanes.

• Flash Flood Conference 2000, NWS Southern Region
  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/atr/ff2000p.htm
  Conference presentation materials.

• Natural Hazard Statistics
  by National Weather Service
  http://205.156.54.206/om/hazstats.shtml
  Statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards.

• Flash Flood!
  by KGAN of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  http://www.weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/flood/index.html
  Interactive lesson about flash floods and other types of floods for grades 3 - 10.

• Floods.com
  www.floods.com
  Links to websites about flood watches and warnings, historical floods, and flood information.

• National Safety Council
  http://www.nsc.org/
  Safety, health, and environmental resources. Topics include: emergencies, disasters, driving, falls, agricultural safety, and safety through design.

• Coping With Floods
  by North Dakota State University Extension Service
  http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/flood/home.htm
  Fact sheets for dealing with floods before and after. Good tips about common concerns and clean-up.

• Flood Survival and Recovery Fact Sheets
  by Kansas State University Research and Extension
  http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/Flood/
  Fact sheets for dealing with the aftermath of a flood. Includes food and health issues, farming in the wake of a flood, and clean-up.

• A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
  by the CDC National Center for Environmental Health
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/emergency/flood/default.htm
  Brochure to help flood victims prevent diseases and injury and maintain good health in the days and weeks following a flood. Includes water quality, disinfecting wells, sanitation, immunizations, and clean-up.

• Say, what is a 100-year flood? and Why do we have so many of them?
  by J. David Rogers
  http://www.geolith.com/publications/floods/flood.htm
  Definition of what a 100-year flood is and what it means to Californians.

• Floods, Floods and More Floods: Is this a liability we can escape?
  by J. David Rogers
  http://www.geolith.com/publications/sficfwat/sficfwat.htm
  Introduction to flooding and examples of the various theories of liability associated with common flood hazards in California.

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Floodplain / Insurance URLs

Texas Floodplain Managment Association

http://www.tfma.org/

FEMA Floodplain Forms

       LOMR - CLOMR Forms

  FEMA Description/Rules/ Regulatios

     44 CFR

Texas Natural  Resource Conservation Commission

Texas Division of Emergency Management 

United States Geological Survey

Association of State Floodplain Managers

 

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FEMA/NFIP/FIMA URLs

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
http://www.fema.gov
• FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
  http://www.fema.gov/nfip/infocon.htm

• FEMA/ESRI Online Flood Hazard Maps
  http://www.esri.com/hazards/makemap.html

• FEMA Flood Hazard Mapping
  http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/

• FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map Online Tutorial
  http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/ot_firmr.htm

• NFIP Flood Publications Library
  by FEMA
  http://www.fema.gov/nfip/libfacts.htm
  Publications covering flood facts, insurance, checklists, preparation, and safety.

• FEMA Floodplain Management Summary
  by FEMA
  http://www.fema.gov/mit/fldmit.htm
  Describes the national floodplain management approach with links to mitigation web sites.

• National Mitigation Strategy
  by FEMA
  http://www.fema.gov/mit/ntmstrat.htm
  Introduces "The National Mitigation Strategy: Partnerships for Building Safer Communities" and links to the full text document chapters.

  
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