T247 This Changing Planet: Explaining Geologic Hazards to the Media, Policy Makers, and the General Public

Wednesday, 19 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  GEOLOGIC HAZARD EVENTS: MAKING THE MOST OF THE TEACHABLE MOMENT
  David Applegate, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  97811 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  MEDIA, HURRICANES, AND LOSS OF LIFE: IT'S WIND, NOT WATER
  David M. Bush, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Robert S. Young, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  95317 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  COMMUNICATING POTENTIAL NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS HAZARDS TO DECISION MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC
  Jayne Michaud, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC and Bradley S. Van Gosen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Michael T. Hatcher, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA
  92501 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  THE LAVAKAS OF MADAGASCAR: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
  Elizabeth A. Gress, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Rónadh Cox, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and A.F. Michel Rakotondrazafy, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, N/A
  96076 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  THE CHALLENGES AND PROMISES OF COMMUNICATING COASTAL EROSION INFORMATION
  Mark B. Adams, US National Park Service, Wellfleet, MA and Graham Giese, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
  95240 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  GIS-BASED MULTIPLE NATURAL HAZARD ASSESSMENT OF SOUTHERN DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH: A PHYSIOGRAPHIC ²BOTTLENECK² ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT
  Michael W. Hernandez, Weber State Univ, Ogden, UT
  94675 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  LAND-USE PLANNING MAPS: SOILS AND GEOLOGY
  Daniel I. Carey, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and E. Glynn Beck, Univ of Kentucky, Henderson, KY and Mathew M. Crawford, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and O. Bart Davidson, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Stephen F. Greb, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Martin C. Noger, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Richard A. Smath, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and David A. Williams, Univ of Kentucky, Henderson, KY
  96748 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  EARTHQUAKE INSIGHT FIELD TRIP: CENTRAL US HAZARD AND RISK DISCUSSIONS WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE POLICYMAKERS
  Phyllis J. Steckel, N/A, Washington, MO
  90608 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI: USING A DISASTER AS A TEACHABLE MOMENT
  John McDaris, 1 North College St.Science Education Resource Center, Northfield, MN and Heather Macdonald, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA and Cathryn Manduca, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  94431 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  IN HARMS WAY: TECTONIC HAZARDS OF THE EASTERN SUNDA ARC REGION, INDONESIA
  Ron Harris, Brigham Young Univeristy, Provo, UT
  92491 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  CENOZOIC INDONESIAN TECTONICS
  Robert Hall, Royal Holloway Univ of London, Egham, Surrey, N/A
  92346 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EARTHQUAKE AND NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION TSUNAMI HAZARD ASSESSMENTS FOR THE REGION AFFECTED BY THE 2004 SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE
  Mark D. Petersen, U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and James W. Dewey, U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Eric L. Geist, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Frank I. Gonzalez, NOAA, Seattle, WA
  96764 (Technical Sessions)