NEWS: Interview with UC Berkeley’s Dr. Robert Bea
Interview with Robert Bea online UC Berkeley professor Robert Bea discusses the progress of levee rebuilding in New Orleans in an online interview with the Earth & Sky radio series. http://www.earthsky.org/shows/observingearth_interviews.php?id=49361 Cut and paste the hyperlink into your browser to view/hear this interesting interview. Dr. Bea is a Professor at Department of Civil and […]
NEWS: FEMA reassesses Sacto levees
http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/92549.html FEMA reassesses some Sacramento levees, requiring flood insurance By SAMANTHA YOUNG, | Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 7:15 PM Last Updated: Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 7:15 PM The federal government on Wednesday announced it is reversing an earlier decision and redrawing flood maps for a fast-growing region near the state capital, acknowledging the risk […]
NEWS: Natomas and Area Levees
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=23022 Virtually all Natomas homeowners will be required to purchase flood insurance beginning this November after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the 50,000-acre area will soon be labeled as a special flood risk zone, FEMA officials announced Wednesday. Under a remapping of flood hazards currently underway in the Natomas area, FEMA officials are […]
