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Weathering The Storm: Utilizing Congressional Investigations To Improve National Hurricane Preparedness, Jennifer Safstrom
Weathering The Storm: Utilizing Congressional Investigations To Improve National Hurricane Preparedness, Jennifer Safstrom
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
During the 2017 hurricane season, three major storms impacted differ- ent regions of the United States. These storms-Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria-devastated communities in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico within the span of a month. These storms were so destructive that the World Meteorological Organization has retired all three storm names, meaning no future hurricane will ever bear the names Harvey, Irma, or Maria again. In response, according to the Government Accountability Office ("GAO"), "19 federal agencies had entered into contracts and obligated over $5.6 billion on those contracts to support efforts related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria" as …
0357: Depositions Of Survivors Of Buffalo Creek Flood, Teresa Lynn Justice Et Al., Marshall University Special Collections
0357: Depositions Of Survivors Of Buffalo Creek Flood, Teresa Lynn Justice Et Al., Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
The collection consists of the depositions of the survivors of the Buffalo Creek Flood in 1972, plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Pittston Coal Company, filed in the U. S. District Court, Southern W. Va., Huntington, W. Va. Includes depositions of children who survived the Buffalo Creek flood of 1972 as well as grade reports of selected children and depositions of scholars Robert J. Lifton and Kai Erikson concerning survivor guilt.
0346: Depositions Of Survivors Of Buffalo Creek Flood, Dennis Prince Et Al., Marshall University Special Collections
0346: Depositions Of Survivors Of Buffalo Creek Flood, Dennis Prince Et Al., Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
The collection consists of the depositions of the 552 survivors of the Buffalo Creek Flood in 1972, plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Pittston Coal Company, filed in the U. S. District Court, Southern West Virginia, Huntington, West Virginia.