Natural Hazard Special Committee Quick Link Section

BRADD Natural Hazard Risk Assessment Information (Kentucky Climate)

BRADD Hazard Mitigation Planning Process Summary

Flooding, Flash Flooding From Rivers and Streams, And Storm Water Drainage Failures

  1. Disaster Mapping And Analysis And Flood Hazard Mapping
  1. Basic Facts On Flooding and How To Protect Homes From Flooding:
  1. Surface Water Data, Statistics, And Peaks:

 

Tornadoes, Straight Winds, And Severe Storms With Hail Or Lightning
  1. Tornado Myths, Recent Tornadoes, And Past Tornadoes:
  1. Minimizing Risk From Tornadoes:

 

Cold Waves, Ice Storms, Major Snow Storms
  1. Daily Comprehensive Snow Information:
  1. Data On Snow And Ice And Atmosphere Data:

 

Heat Waves, Droughts And Water Shortages, And Wildfires
  1. Map On Wildfire Danger Class:
  1. Explanation Of Fire Potential And Danger:
  1. Definition Of Drought, Planning For Drought, and Monitoring Drought:

 

Earthquakes,Karst Plain Sinkholes And Land Subsidence Or Land Slides
  1. Deaths From Earthquakes, Largest Earthquakes, and Top Earthquake States:
  1. Minimizing Utility Disruptions From Earthquakes, Natural Gas Safety, Hazardous Materials Problems In Earthquakes:
  1. General Earthquake Information And Research and Preparedness For Earthquakes:
Kentucky Radon Program

http://chs.state.ky.us/publichealth/radon-hammer%20across%20KY.htm

EPA Map of Radon Zones

http://www.epa.gov/radon/zonemap/kentucky.htm

State Radon Web Sites

http://www.nsc.org/ehc/radon/radonlnk.htm

January 2005 is National Radon Action Month!

http://www.epa.gov/radon/

1980 Northern Kentucky Earthquake

http://www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey/gen/seismic/sum1_81.htm

Winter of 1811-1812 Central Mississippi Valley Earthquakes

http://kyem.dma.state.ky.us/earthquake/brochgoo.htm

Earthquakes Affecting Kentucky

http://www.uky.edu/KGS/geologichazards/eqinky.htm

Earthquake Hazards Program

http://wwwneic.usgs.gov/neis/states/kentucky/

Earthquake Program Managers

http://www.cusec.org/ProgMgr/manager_ky.htm

June6, 2003, Bardwell, Kentucky Earthquake

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/LCSN/Eq/20030606/20030606_1229.html

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