Pretty easy.
A freeboard success story from FEMA:
Gail Cunningham Coen of Westport wishes that people would realize how easy it is to elevate your flood-prone house, especially when the Long Island Sound is just feet from your front door. “We didn’t even take the pictures off the wall,” Coen said, referring to the elevation of her home in 1994., »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, case study, sea level rise
The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has released a video of their webinar last week, "IBHS Fortified for Existing Homes and FEMA’s Wind Retrofit Guide."
The webinar covered the joint engineering guidance provided by the IBHS FORTIFIED for Existing Homes program and FEMA’s Wind Retrofit Guide, both of which were introduced in 2010 with, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building
FEMA has updated their bible on construction in coastal areas, the Coastal Construction Manual. Like the bible, it's no pamphlet: this version comes in at 253 pages and a hefty 33MB. But if you're involved in any sort of construction in coastal areas (including deciding where it should happen), you already know that you need it anyway. You can find a little, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, planning, research
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We all know that the best way to keep buildings out of flood waters is to keep them out of areas that flood. The reality for most communities, though, is that homes and other structures are already in areas that flood. What to do then?
There are many options, of course. You could somehow acquire and then relocate the structure to a safer area, but, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, funding & assistance, insurance, publications, sea level rise
FEMA has released a new publication on how to best retrofit existing residential buildings. While it was designed with the Gulf of Mexico in mind, it should be applicable for coastal areas around the country (or at least those subject to major wind).
You can download the (large) PDF directly from FEMA's website., »read more
Orrin Pilkey, always a lightening-rod for coastal climate change issues, has written a gloomy forecast for the world's beaches, and has the photos to justify his positions.
He acknowledges that predicting the effects of sea level rise on beaches is complex, and that results will vary greatly depending on many factors. But overall, the picture isn't, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, editorial, infrastructure, insurance, legal, planning, regulations, weather & climate
A new paper looking at structural shore protection in Massachusetts and Hawaii finds a few things to like, and a lot to cause consternation.
Among the benefits:
Stabilizes the upland
Protects infrastructure
Maintains property values for some
. . . And the detriments:
Source sediment impoundment resulting in increased erosion of the fronting and, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, case study, infrastructure, research
A new article reiterates that seawalls may increase erosion rates of beaches, so while they (temporarily) protect what's behind them, it's at the expense of the beach in front of them.
"We thought we could engineer and control nature by these techniques, but you’re fighting a losing battle,” [Rick Murray of Scituate, MA] said. “And the conservation, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, editorial, infrastructure
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