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Severe Storms And Reducing Their Impact On Communities

Full Committee Hearing
Date:  Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Time:  2:30 PM
Location:  SR

On Wednesday June 29, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Building, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Disaster Prevention and Predication Subcommittee will hold a hearing on how effectively the National Weather Service is at predicting the impact of severe storms and what can be done to increase their accuracy. Additionally the committee will receive testimony from the private sector and state and local officials on how communities and individuals can improve the resistance of built infrastructure to natural disasters triggered by severe storms. Witnesses will be announced when available.
Click here for video of this hearing.

Testimony

  • Abby Sallenger

    Oceanographer
    USGS Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies

  • Dennis McCarthy

    Director of Climate, Water and Weather Services
    National Weather Service

  • Max Mayfield

    Director
    National Hurricane Center

Witness Panel 2

  • Doug Ahlberg

    Director
    Lancaster County Emergency Management

  • Bill Walsh

    Director of Meteorology and Chief Metereologist
    WCSC Live 5 News

  • Marc L. Levitan

    Director
    Louisiana State University Hurricane Center

  • Tim Reinhold

    Vice President for Engineering
    Institute for Business and Home Safety
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