Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cold
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Government Preparedness for Weather Emergencies for Winter of 1977-1978
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cold
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Declaring Disaster
Author: Timothy W. KneelandPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815655118
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
On Friday, January 28, 1977, it began to snow in Buffalo. The second largest city in New York State, located directly in line with the Great Lakes’ snowbelt, was no stranger to this kind of winter weather. With their city averaging ninety-four inches of snow per year, the citizens of Buffalo knew how to survive a snowstorm. But the blizzard that engulfed the city for the next four days was about to make history. Between the subzero wind chill and whiteout conditions, hundreds of people were trapped when the snow began to fall. Twenty- to thirty-foot-high snow drifts isolated residents in their offices and homes, and even in their cars on the highway. With a dependency on rubber-tire vehicles, which lost all traction in the heavily blanketed urban streets, they were cut off from food, fuel, and even electricity. This one unexpected snow disaster stranded tens of thousands of people, froze public utilities and transportation, and cost Buffalo hundreds of millions of dollars in economic losses and property damages. The destruction wrought by this snowstorm, like the destruction brought on by other natural disasters, was from a combination of weather-related hazards and the public policies meant to mitigate them. Buffalo’s 1977 blizzard, the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history, came after a century of automobility, suburbanization, and snow removal guidelines like the bare-pavement policy. Kneeland offers a compelling examination of whether the 1977 storm was an anomaly or the inevitable outcome of years of city planning. From the local to the state and federal levels, Kneeland discusses governmental response and disaster relief, showing how this regional event had national implications for environmental policy and how its effects have resounded through the complexities of disaster politics long after the snow fell.
A Guide to the Bound Publications of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1282
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
Cumulative Index of Congressional Committee Hearings (not Confidential in Character).
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
The Status of the Nation's Preparedness for the Winter of 1977-78
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Energy Initiatives of the ... Congress
Author: Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
Book Description