by admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Three short videos that highlight issues in adapting to climate change on the Oregon coast have been recently released: How Soon Do We Have to Think Differently? How Should We Adapt? Community Resilience: The Neskowin Case All three videos were produced by Oregon...
by admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
The storms in early January wreaked havoc on communities in Western Washington, closing schools and highways, knocking out power, and causing some neighborhoods to evacuate due to landslide warnings. In Grays Harbor county, Aberdeen and Hoquiam were hit especially...
by admin | Jan 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanks to CHRN member Bob Freitag for this announcement! The University of Washington (UW) is now accepting students for our floodplain management graduate degree program. The Floodplain program will be offered through the UW Department of Urban Design and Planning,...
by admin | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ocean Shores Declares Emergency After Erosion Control FailsDuring the December 12th wind storm, large waves and high tides ripped open the geotubes that served as protection from erosion for a number of homes and condos in Ocean Shores. Ocean Shores Mayer Crystal...
by admin | Dec 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Image source: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/atmrivers/questions/The storm that hit our coast last week, resulted in power outages to more than 160,000 customers, downed trees that caused a major fire, and extreme wind gusts around Western Washington. For further...
by admin | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
NOAA/ National Weather Service has released a weather warning for Western Washington December 9-11, 2014: Two More Strong North Pacific Storms To Impact Western Wash This Week Storm #2 Tuesday (12/9) / Wednesday (12/10): Rain and Stronger Wind, More Flooding, Tidal...
by admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
In April 2014, the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources (DGER) received the 2014 Western States Seismic Policy Council Award in Excellence for Response Plans/Materials. Stephen Slaughter, a hazards geologist and member of the Washington Coastal Hazards...
by admin | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
On November 17, 2014 the final Task Force Recommendations to the President on Climate Preparedness & Resilience were released at the White House. “The recommendations offer guidance on how the Federal Government should modernize programs and policies to...
by admin | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
November 11, 2014:MONTESANO — On a 2-1 vote, the Grays Harbor County commissioners decided to accept a $16,500 grant from Oregon State University to have staff work on assessing the potential health impacts of climate change. This grant provides $16,500 over the...
by admin | Nov 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Coastal Hazards Resilience Network was recognized in the November 2014 issue of the WA State Department of Commerce Planner’s Update! The update included a broad overview of our network, and a discussion of our current partnership and efforts with FEMA and...
