Open AccessBouncing back from Hurricane Floyd
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo080i045p00534-02
Subject(s) - league , emergency management , agency (philosophy) , state (computer science) , hurricane katrina , political science , public administration , management , history , geography , sociology , natural disaster , law , meteorology , economics , computer science , social science , physics , algorithm , astronomy
Hurricane Floyd swamped much of coastal North Carolina in October, and many residents are still drying off. In Floyd's aftermath, as the state faces the largest property buyout program in its history U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director James Lee Witt says that people should turn the damage into an opportunity to make their communities disaster‐resistant and better‐planned. “As you prepare for this buyout, I hope North Carolina will become a model for the rest of the country for converting disaster prevention into an opportunity for community‐wide planning,” Witt said at an October 26 meeting of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in Greensboro.