Title: Storm Surge and Inundation Disaster Mitigation
1 Storm Surge and Inundation Disaster
Mitigation
- Joe Swaykos Captain USN (Ret)
- Director, Center of Higher Learning
- The University of Southern Mississippi
- Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference
- March 2007
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3 Stennis Space Center
4 Where is Stennis ??
5 What is CHL??
- Stennis Space Centers Corporate University
- Founded by agreement between
- Mississippi IHL
- NASA
- Primary Missions
- Education and Training
- Outreach
- Corporate/Economic Development
- Applied Technology/Technology Transfer
6 Center of Higher Learning Applied
Technology Programs
- GIS Decision Support Systems
- Counter narcotics support
- Tailored 2-D decision support products
- Jim Matthews jim.matthews_at_usm.edu
- Immersive Visualization Center
- Multidimensional visualization
- 4 wall Rave system
- Scientific, decision support, education, etc.
- Conrad Johnson conrad.johnson_at_usm.edu
7 Katrina Applications
- 2-D Decision Support Tools
- Customized fast turnaround maps/charts
- FEMA trailer location information
- Before/after GIS products
- General interest
- Insurance claims litigation
- First responder GIS support tools
- Evacuation planning tools
8 Where are the FEMA trailers?
9 Where did the water go?
10 Water vs. Flood Zones
11 Coastal Mississippi Before and After
12 Visualization How Extensive
Was the Surge?
13 Visualization Post Katrina -
Gulfport MS
14 Visualization Post Katrina -
Gulfport MS
15 Visualization Pre Katrina New
Orleans
16 Visualization Post Katrina New
Orleans
17 Visualization A
Training Tool
18 Visualization An Economic
Development Planning Tool
19 Visualization An Economic
Development Planning Tool
20 GIS and Visualization
- Useful tools easily used anywhere for
- Educating the general public
- Decision support
- Planning for economic development
- Training for emergency planners/responders
- Research
- Data mining
21 GIS and Visualization
- CHL is just down the road, stop in and pay us
a visit - Interested in collaborating?? So are we!
- Give us a call.
- joe.swaykos_at_usm.edu
- 228-688-3824