LEADER 03588nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910463537603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77230-1 010 $a9786613683076 010 $a1-60344-736-9 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046270 035 $a(EBL)1100931 035 $a(OCoLC)809317593 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600754 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600754 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601290 035 $a(PQKB)11029612 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1100931 035 $a(OCoLC)794003709 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15844 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1100931 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10561941 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368307 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046270 100 $a20111201d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLessons from Hurricane Ike$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Philip B. Bedient 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station, Tex. $cTexas A&M University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-60344-588-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAn introduction to Gulf Coast severe storms and hurricanes / Philip Bedient and Antonia Sebastian -- Hurricane Ike / Philip Bedient and Antonia Sebastian -- A brief introduction to the meteorology of tropical cyclones / Jeffrey Lindner -- Flood prediction and flood warning systems / Jeffrey Lindner, David C. Schwertz, Philip Bedient, and Zheng Fang -- Predicting storm surge / Clint Dawson and Jennifer Proft -- Using social vulnerability mapping to enhance coastal community resiliency / Walter Gillis Peacock, Shannon Van Zandt, Dustin Henry, Himanshu Grover, and Wesley Highfield -- Emergency management and the public / Bill Wheeler -- Emergency evacuation and transportation planning / Carol Abel Lewis -- Lessons in bridge infrastructure vulnerability / Jamie E. Padgett and Matthew Stearns -- Hurricane impacts on critical infrastructures / Hanadi S. Rifai -- Land use change and increased vulnerability / Samuel David Brody -- Steps to the future / Jim Blackburn, Tom Colbert, and Kevin Shanley. 330 $a If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the face of a major storm. What is done to address this vulnerability will shape the economic, social, and environmental landscape of the region for decades to come. In Lessons from Hurricane Ike, Philip Bedient and the research team at the Severe Storm Prediction, Education, and Evac 606 $aHurricane Ike, 2008 606 $aHurricanes$zTexas$zGulf Coast 606 $aHurricane protection$zTexas$zGulf Coast 606 $aEmergency management$zTexas$zGulf Coast 606 $aStorm surges$zTexas$zGulf Coast 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHurricane Ike, 2008. 615 0$aHurricanes 615 0$aHurricane protection 615 0$aEmergency management 615 0$aStorm surges 676 $a363.34/922097641 701 $aBedient$b Philip B.$f1948-$0875751 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463537603321 996 $aLessons from Hurricane Ike$91955778 997 $aUNINA