U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hurricane Forecasting, Mitigation Study Hearing
Jul 28, 2009
The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing entitled “Weathering the Storm: The Need for a National Hurricane Initiative,” on Tuesday, July 28, in Washington, D.C.
The Hearing was designed to highlight and provide a discussion forum about current Federal research in order to better understand the basic science of hurricanes, determine existing data gaps and examine how to improve hurricane forecasting.
In addition, the discussion included a focus on hurricane damage mitigation through the improvement of building codes and the maintenance of coastal areas as buffers from storm surges and beach erosion.
The following witnesses provided written testimony in advance of the hearing (to view prepared witness testimony, click on the hyperlinks below):
- Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Co-Chairman, Task Force on Hurricane Science and Engineering, National Science Board
- Richard W. Spinrad, Assistant Administrator, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Gordon L. Wells, Program Manager, Center for Space Research, University of Texas at Austin
- Leslie Chapman-Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc.
- Franklin W. Nutter, President, Reinsurance Association of America
A U.S. Senate Committee Member statement is available from Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-WV)
To view an archived Webcast of this hearing, which will be posted once it is available, click here.
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