Bill Williams Residential Safety and Preparedness act
I. History of the Cat Fund In the wake of Hurricane Andrew’s losses and subsequent insurance crisis in Florida, the Florida Legislature during a 1993 special session enacted a state reinsurance program to…
Wall of Wind Research Projects and Industry Funding
Research Projects: National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Project PI: Arindam Gan Chowdhury; Co-PI: Amir Mirmiran; Faculty Associate: Emil Simiu Project Title: Hurricane Wind Simulation and Testing to Develop Damage Mitigation Techniques Award Amount:…
Wall of Wind Research Project
Wall of Wind (WoW) — A collaborative project between International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) and College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) at FIU: Holistic full-scale simulation of hurricane wind forces, turbulences and vortices….
HLMP Year 09
Sections: Reports Note: All files available for download are in Adobe pdf format. Reports: Final Report Tab 1: Executive Summary Tab 2: Roof & Wall Vents Tab 3: Internal & External Pressures Tab…
HLMP Year 07
Sections: Reports Note: All files available for download are in Adobe pdf format. Reports: Final Report Tab 1: Executive Summary Tab 2: Vortex Suppression Tab 3: Roof Top Equipment Tab 4: Roof to…
HLMP Year 06
Sections: Team Reports Research Agenda Note: All files available for download are in Adobe pdf format. Reports: Quarterly Report 1 Quarterly Report 2 Final Report Tab 1: Executive Summary Tab 2: Soffit Testing…
HLMP Year 05
Sections: Team Reports Research Agenda Note: All files available for download are in Adobe pdf format. Reports: Quarterly Report 1 Quarterly Report 2 Quarterly Report 3 Quarterly Report 4 Final Report Tab 1:…
HLMP Year 04
Sections: Team Reports Research Agenda Note: All files available for download are in Adobe pdf format. Team: Download the Organizational Table Reports: Annual Report to the Florida Legislature, January 1, 2004 Quarterly Report…
HLMP Year 03
Sections: Team Reports Research Agenda Note: All files available for download are in Adobe pdf format. Team: Download the Organizational Table Reports: Annual Report to the Florida Legislature, January 1, 2003 Quarterly Report…
HLMP Year 02
> Sections: Team Reports Research Agenda Note: All files available for download are in Adobe pdf format. Team: In keeping with its mision as the SUS Type I Center dedicated to hurricane research, the…
HLMP Year 01
> Sections: Team Reports Research Agenda Team: In keeping with its mision as the SUS Type I Center dedicated to hurricane research, the IHC has assembled a multidiciplinary research and support team that…
Dade County E-W Transect
2000 Dade County E-W Transect In March of the 2000, FIU deployed the ALTM 1210 system in Miami-Dade County in order to test the capabilities of the LIDAR system in a variety of…
An Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping Study of Eastern Broward County, Florida With Applications to Hurricane Storm Surge Hazard
Introduction Accurate topographic information is essential for predicting storm surge damage and flooding. This data is an important component for the construction of evacuation maps based on hurricane storm surge models such as…
Animation and Visualization
Computer visualization can play an important role in educating the public about the storm surge hazard. More than 85% of the current coastal population has never experienced a direct hit by a hurricane….