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Session Proposal: Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later: Turning Tragedy into Resilience (AGU25)

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Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later: Turning Tragedy into Resilience

Session ID#: 249582

Session Description:
On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving unparalleled devastation in its wake. In many ways, this storm—from smashing infrastructure and records alike to scarring communities and uprooting lives—left a legacy that persists today. In this interdisciplinary session, we revisit Hurricane Katrina to understand tropical cyclone hazards and chart a path toward strengthening resiliency in our affected communities. We welcome submissions from a broad range of disciplines, especially those at the nexus of hazards and society. Other topics may include tropical-cyclone hazard modeling and communication, climate interactions, environmental recovery, disaster mitigation engineering, field-based earth sciences, and analyses of socioeconomic and policy changes. In addition to Hurricane Katrina, we encourage abstract submissions addressing recent storms that may serve as future benchmarks and the lessons we can learn.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • PP - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

3372 Tropical cyclones [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4332 Disaster resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4339 Disaster mitigation [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener:  Joshua C Bregy, Clemson University, Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States
Conveners:  Davin J Wallace, University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Clay Tucker, University of Southern Mississippi, School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Jill C. Trepanier, Louisiana State University, Geography & Anthropology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
Community-Based Assessment of Spatial Vulnerability in Coastal Mississippi (1916486)
SaMin Han1, Sungkwang Mun1 and Nayeon Lee2, (1)Mississippi State University, MS State, United States, (2)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, United States
 
A Coastwide Risk Reduction Hindcast: Katrina to Present (1926831)
Brett McMann1, Jordan Fischbach2, David Johnson3, Patrick Kane4, Ovel Diaz4, Martijn Bregman4 and Diana Di Leonardo5, (1)The Water Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, UNITED STATES, (2)The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, United States, (3)Purdue University, Industrial Engineering & Political Science, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (4)The Water Institute, Baton Rouge, United States, (5)The Water Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
 
Assessing resilience of the Gulf Coast through sediment records: What we know about Holocene sea-level rise and storms, and what it may mean for Alabama's future (1987651)
Rebecca L Totten, University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Davin J. Wallace, University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
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