HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Severe Storm Prediction, Education, & Evacuation from Disasters Center
SPOTLIGHT | AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
December 10-14, 2018
The 2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting was the first held in Washington, D.C. It included 24,000 scientists from across the globe. It focused on ethics, diversity and inclusion, as well as exploration of the many dimensions of Earth Science’s impact on society.
SSPEED Center Director Phil Bedient and eight SSPEED Center researchers to join him at the Fall Meeting. The workshops and presentations showcased the discoveries of the last 100 years and forecasts on how science will grow and impact the world through the next century.
Keynote speakers included Lisa Jackson, Vice President Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple; James Balog, Founder and Director, Earth Vision Institute and Extreme Ice Survey; and Dr. Jim Reilly, Director, United States Geological Survey.
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