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7488000. For mississippi residents, 202 7488001. For those who were displaced by katrina, you had to move to other states, perhaps he moved back, 202 7458002. All others, 202 7488003. You can post your thoughts on twitter at cspanwj. N facebook, facebook. Com cspan if you want to send us an email, journal cspan. Org. A lead editorial take a look at the 10 Year Anniversary, entitled, are submerged city has risen, lets reach higher. Host again, that is from the editorial this morning. Editors go on to say, broad statistics do not capture the reality for everyone. New orleans is suffering from a ...

And flood walls would look like to keep waters out in case we get major flooding in Lower Manhattan in any kind of future storm. Superstorm sandy now considered the secondcostliest storm in u. S. History, and it took its toll on the countrys biggest city. In parts of Lower Manhattan, 14 feet of water. Seven subway lines under the east river were shut down. There we go. The mayor helped put together go bags with flashlights and batteries and announced new york city will spend 100 million on a new effort building berms and flood walls to try to hold back the east river. For people in this commun...

San francisco planning departments consider flood risk in the ceqa evaluations and flood plane areas are identified in the general plan. The state of california Sea Level Rise guidance document was just updated in march of 2013 and provide similar projections that we have in our guidelines. The California Coastal Commission Just released a draft sea level brie guidance policy document that when we prioritize to land in the coastal zone. In addition, the bay Area Conservation and Development Commission recently updated their bay plan to include guidelines for Risk Assessment for projects that a...

To ensure continued resilience. So, that summarizes the actual process that we recommend for going through the Risk Assessment and an adaptation planning for both assets as well as areas within the city. Further, some of the guidelines that are currently being used by project [speaker not understood] in the city what San Francisco planning departments consider flood risk in the ceqa evaluations and flood plane areas are identified in the general plan. The state of california Sea Level Rise guidance document was just updated in march of 2013 and provide similar projections that we have in our g...

Approvement act . And what other benefits are being experienced . Um as far as benefits of the Sandy Recovery reimprovement act is a very important tool and the other lesson that we have learned from is the events of katrina is that there are certain types of projects that are technically difficult that exceed the average capacity for people to manage and you need expert so we engage very early. And identify where the projects will be whether they are hospitals or other large public infrastructures. We brought in a lot of experts. It wasnt until you passed a Sandy Recovery improvement act that...