Session 17A Societal impacts and stresses (Parallel with Sessions 17B and 17C)

Saturday, 27 May 2000: 10:30 AM-12:15 PM
Host: 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Organizer:
Richard J. Murnane, Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc., Washington, DC

Papers:
10:30 AM
17A.1
Tropical cyclone hazard assessment in the Northwest Pacific
E. Rauch, Geoscience Research Group, Munich, Germany

17A.2
Reinsurance Tropical Cyclone Model—Goals, Achievements, Questions

11:00 AM
17A.3
A stochastic, "basin-wide" model of Atlantic hurricanes
Michael Drayton, Risk Management Solutions Ltd., London, United Kingdom

11:15 AM
17A.4
Trends in the ratio of damage to deaths caused by United States landfalling hurricanes
Chris C. Robbins, NOAA/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL; and J. Gross

11:30 AM
17A.5
Hurricane vulnerability and changes in vulnerability for coastal counties in the United States from 1961 to 1991
David Whitehead, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. B. Elsner

11:45 AM
17A.6
Costs and Benefits of Hurricane forecasting
Hugh E. Willoughby, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

12:00 PM
17A.7
Business Case for the National Hurricane Center
Jerry D. Jarrell, Polk City, FL; and K. F. Williams

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