Joint Session 3 Continued: Hurricane Mitch: Perspectives on a Natural Disaster (Invited Session)

Wednesday, 17 January 2001: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Hosts: (Joint between the Climate Variability, the Oceans, and Societal Impacts; and the Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses )
Organizer:
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Papers:
3:30 PM
J3.5
Forecasting Difficulties during Hurricane Mitch
Lixion A. Avila, NOAA/NHC, Miami, FL

4:00 PM
J3.6
Hurricane Mitch's effect on Honduras
Hector Flores, Director of the Honduran Hydrometeorological Service, Honduras

J3.7
The problems of disaster preparedness and relief in Central America

4:31 PM
J3.8
The reconstruction effort in Honduras
Curt Barrett, Manager of the U.S. DOC Mitch Re-construction effort, Silver Spring, MD

5:01 PM
J3.7a
Trends in Hurricane Vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean
Roger A. Pielke Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Rubiera

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