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Date : Sat Jun 22, 22:52                                                       
From : Don Allen                                                1:3618/2
To   : All                                 
Subj : Disaster Research #199 (1 of 3)                                       
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* Forwarded from DISASTERS
* Originally By: Marianne Cowley
* Originally To: All Users
* Originally Re: Disaster Research #199 (1 of 3)
* Originally Dated: Friday June 21 1996 19:13
__________________________________________________________________

Here's the latest from DISASTER RESEARCH - June 21, 1996 [Have a nice
summer . . . or winter, depending on where you are]

               DISASTER RESEARCH 199
                TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1)  Looking for a Good Book
2)  Searching for Publications/Material on Analysis of Vulnerability
    to Natural Disasters at the Community Level
3)  Upcoming Hazard Mitigation Courses at FIU
4)  Wetlands on the Net
5)  EMA on the Web
6)  SAR on the Web
7)  FEMA's Tropical Storm Watch Goes Online
8)  And a Lot of Other Weather Stuff on the Web from NCDC
9)  The Quito School Retrofit Project
10) DOE's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
11) FCIC to Assist the Uninsurables
12) SBA Reviews, Offers FAQs
13) Some Recent Hazards/Disaster Research Grants
14) Upcoming Conferences and Training

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                Looking for a Good Book

Does anyone out there know of another book like Kai Ericson's
"Everything In Its Path" which might spell out the physical and human
side of an earthquake or another flood or a volcanic eruption? I am
looking for a book to use in place of Ericson for a first-year seminar
this fall. I am hoping that something might be out there which is
based on the Pinatubo eruption or El Chichon or the '94 earthquake in
Japan or the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Thanks,
Don Woodrow
woodrow@hws.edu

2)----------
           Searching for Publications/Material on
        Analysis of Vulnerability to Natural Disasters
                  at the Community Level

The South Pacific Disaster Reduction Programme (SPDRP) is helping
Pacific Island countries to mitigate the effects of natural disasters
by developing the necessary human resources and institutional capacity
to reduce their impact. The programme was launched in February 1994
and is being implemented by the South Pacific Programme Office of the
United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, based in Fiji.

SPDRP will soon commence its work on developing guidelines for the
conduct of community vulnerability analysis in the South Pacific
region. Since the guidelines should be based on international
experiences and approaches, which will be adapted to the South
Pacific, we are now gathering publications and material about
vulnerability to natural disasters at the community level. We are
particularly interested in guidelines, methodologies, or approaches to
community vulnerability analysis that were developed for other
regions/countries.

If your organisation publishes any relevant material, or you have
information on where else we could obtain such, we would appreciate
very much hearing from you.


Thanks in advance,
Angelika Planitz
Associate Expert
South Pacific Disaster Reduction Programme
UNDHA South Pacific Programme Office
Postal: C/- UNDP                Phone:  +679-303239
        Private Mail Bag        Fax:    +679-304942
        Suva, FIJI              Email:  undha@is.com.fj

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           Upcoming Hazard Mitigation Courses at FIU

In keeping with its commitment to promote hazard mitigation as an
essential component of emergency management, Florida International
University will offer the following courses:

1. Introduction to Hazard Mitigation - a three day seminar that will
be offered in two formats: a) as a live seminar, to be given August
22-24, 1996, at Florida International University, and b) as a distance
learning course at remote locations, by way of eighteen hours of
videotape, through the Florida Engineering Education Delivery System
[FEEDS], a program of the Engineering Professional Development
Department at Florida International University.

This seminar will be conducted by Ricardo A. Alvarez, and it is also
being sponsored by the International Hurricane Center.

For more information contact: Laura Ruiz, FEEDS Director, Florida
International University: (305) 348-2801; fax: (305) 348-1934; e-mail:
laura@eng.fiu.edu; or, Sara Singer, International Hurricane Center:
(305) 348-1607; fax: (305) 348-1605; or, Ricardo Alvarez: (305)
931-0871; fax: (305) 935-6275; e-mail: malvar04@solix.fiu.edu.

2. Topics in Hazard Mitigation - a three credit graduate level course,
given on Saturdays, during the coming fall term, which begins August
26, 1996, at Florida International University, Main Campus, Miami,
Florida.

Students and professionals in the fields of engineering [all branches]
and architecture, construction management, emergency management,
public administration, planning, finance and business administration,
sociology and anthropology and many others, will benefit from this
course.

The course will be taught by Ricardo A. Alvarez, an architect, former
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Officer and the Associate Director for
Education and Training at the International Hurricane Center. The
course is also sponsored by the Department of Construction Management
at Florida International University.

For information contact Livia Triminio or Prof. Jose Mitrani: (305)
348-3172; fax: (305) 348-2766.

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                   Wetlands on the Net

The Association of State Wetland Managers has now entered cyberspace.
The association's new e-mail address is ASWMI@aol.com, and their new
Web page URL is:
                http://members.aol.com/ASWMI/homepage.html
The Web site includes information about the structure, activities, and
membership procedures of the association, as well as information about
their 1996 national symposium, a complete list of books available from
the association book service, and a national registry of wetland
professionals.

5)----------
                     EMA on the Web

The home page of Emergency Management Australia (EMA) (the antipodal
equivalent of the Federal Emergency Management Agency):
                 http://www.ema.gov.au/
includes information about the mission, organization, and programs of
the agency, including its training arm, the Australian Emergency
Management Institute. The site also offers sections on preparing for
disaster, disaster response, postdisaster recovery, education and
training, seminars and conferences, the International Decade for
Natural Disaster Reduction in Australia, information services, and EMA
publications and reports.

6)----------
                     SAR on the Web

The SARINFO! home page:
                  http://mindlink.net/sarinfo/sarinfo.htm
is designed to provide information to and improve communication among
all persons and organizations involved in search and rescue. Its
sections include: SAR News, SAR Calendar, SAR Briefings, Tech Tips,
SAR Links, and Weather & Avalanche Bulletins. The site includes an
extensive file library.

7)----------
             FEMA's Tropical Storm Watch Goes Online
     [From FEMA's Office of Public Affairs - eipa@fema.gov]

As the 1996 hurricane season begins, the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) is launching its Tropical Storm Watch page on the World
Wide Web:
             http://www.fema.gov/fema/trop.html
This is the second year for FEMA's popular online service.

"Last year we were amazed by the increasing popularity of the FEMA
Web site," FEMA Director James Lee Witt said. "By the time Hurricane
Opal hit Florida in late September, users checked our files more than
225,000 times in just one week. In fact, since last May, our Web site
files have been accessed five million times."

The Tropical Storm Watch page offers hurricane preparedness
information, fact sheets, maps and links to key Web sites with weather
satellite images, forecasts, and advisories. The FEMA Web site is
updated daily . . . sometimes hourly . . . with news releases,
situation reports and graphics. As a hurricane approaches landfall,
users can see the projected path of destruction and learn how FEMA is
coordinating the federal government response.

The FEMA homepage address is
                     http://www.fema.gov

8)----------
      And a Lot of Other Weather Stuff on the Web from NCDC

The Web site of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC):
                     http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
includes weather data from 8000 stations around the world, as well as
satellite images, technical reports, and many other products,
publications, and services. The site provides on-line data access,
"interactive visualization of climate data," descriptions of various
climate research programs, and much information about NCDC itself.


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Date : Sat Jun 22, 22:52                                                       
From : Don Allen                                                1:3618/2
To   : All                                 
Subj : Disaster Research #199 (2 of 3)                                       
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* Forwarded from DISASTERS
* Originally By: Marianne Cowley
* Originally To: All Users
* Originally Re: Disaster Research #199 (2 of 3)
* Originally Dated: Friday June 21 1996 19:13
__________________________________________________________________

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              The Quito School Retrofit Project

The first phase of a project to identify schools threatened by
earthquakes in Quito, Ecuador, has inspired local philanthropic
organizations and businesses to gather funds to mitigate the danger.
The financial support will help pay for low-cost retrofit measures
designed by GeoHazards International and Ecuador's Escuela Politecnica
Nacional.

Initiated in 1994, the Quito School Earthquake Safety Project had
three objectives:
 - to evaluate the vulnerability of the city's schools to earthquakes;
 - to design affordable strengthening techniques for vulnerable
   schools; and
 - to strengthen selected schools.

Subsequently, 15 high-risk schools were chosen, and retrofit designs
were created for each. The affordable designs use local materials and
construction techniques.

Significant progress has already been made in this project. Local
funding has been secured to retrofit 11 of the 15 buildings, and the
U.S. Agency for International Development and Ecuador's National
Directorate for School Construction have agreed to sponsor the design
of new, earthquake-resistant school modules to be used for future
school construction throughout the country.

For a copy of a report describing this project (in both English and
Spanish), contact Geoffrey Hoefer, GeoHazards International, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305-2215; (415) 723-3655; fax: (415)
723-3624; e-mail: geohaz@pangea.stanford.edu; or Jeannette Fernandez,
Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador; tel: 593-2/507-144, ext.
606; fax: 593-2/567-848; e-mail: janet@mail.epn.edu.cc.

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        DOE's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development

Hazards managers are not the only ones asking how we build and
organize communities so that they survive and thrive. The Department
of Energy (DOE) is asking the same question, not just in the context
of disasters, but in the broader sense of overall sustainability. To
pursue the issue, the DOE has created a demonstration project, the
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development - an outgrowth of
DOE's work with Midwest communities devastated by the 1993 floods. DOE
helped those communities rebuild, using sustainable development
strategies that integrate economic development and environmental
quality. With the creation of the new center, this assistance will be
offered nationwide during a six-month demonstration project, which
began in March.

The center's mission is to provide communities with consultation
regarding sustainable development and to help them link to other
supporting public and private programs. To accomplish this, the center
offers information on sustainable activities in other communities;
provides a "tool kit," including manuals, workbooks, data bases, case
studies, and model codes and ordinances; and helps identify public and
private sources of technical and financial assistance.

Many of the center's resources can be found on their World Wide Web
site:
              http://www.sustainable.doe.gov
which includes the report "Rebuilding the Future - A Guide to
Sustainable Redevelopment for Disaster-Affected Communities"; items
from the tool kit; information on the rebuilding of Pattonsburg,
Missouri; and all sorts of information on sustainability in general.

Those who prefer more traditional modes of communication can contact
the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development, U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Denver
Regional Support Office, 2801 Youngfield Street, Suite 380, Golden, CO
80401; (800) 357-7732 or (303) 231-5750; fax: (303) 231-5757; e-mail:
sustainable.development@hq.doe.gov.

11)----------
              FCIC to Assist the Uninsurables

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a final rule for providing
disaster assistance to producers of crops for which insurance is not
available, meeting the requirements of the Federal Crop Insurance
Reform Act of 1994. That act requires the FCIC to provide eligible
producers with protection comparable to the catastrophic risk
protection provided by crop insurance. It is designed to help reduce
financial losses that occur when natural disasters hinder crop
production or prevent planting of an eligible crop.

This coverage addresses such events as drought, hail, excessive
moisture, frost and freezing, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes,
excessive winds, floods, volcanic eruptions, extreme heat, insect
infestations, and disease. The program will be administered under the
general supervision of the FCIC and carried out through state and
county committees and offices of the Farm Service Agency or other
local USDA offices. The final rule can be found in the Federal
Register, Vol. 61, No. 39, pp. 7193-7206 (February 27, 1996).

12)----------
                     SBA Reviews, Offers FAQs

In response to a regulatory review directive by President Clinton, the
Small Business Administration (SBA) has completed an extensive review
of its regulations in order to clarify and streamline them. As a
result, the agency recently published in the Federal Register a
reorganization of SBA regulations covering its disaster loan program.

In language that is easy to understand, SBA lists responses to their
most frequently asked questions (FAQs); for example: What are disaster
loans and disaster declarations? What kinds of loans are available?
What does SBA look for when considering a disaster loan application?
Are there restrictions on how disaster loans can be used?

The answers to these questions and other pertinent queries can be
found in the final rule, published in the Federal Register, Vol. 61,
No. 21, pp. 3304-3310. For further information, contact Bernard
Kulick, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance, Small
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20416;
(202) 205-6734; WWW: http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov (click on "Disaster
Assistance").

13)----------
           Some Recent Hazards/Disaster Research Grants

"Field Survey of the February 17, 1996, Irian Jaya Tsunami," National
Science Foundation, $13,464, 12 months. Principal Investigator: Costas
E. Synolakis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007-4363; (213)
740-0613; fax: (213) 744-1426; e-mail: costas@mizar.usc.edu.

"Tsunami Survey for the February 21, 1996, Peruvian Earthquake,"
National Science Foundation, $12,603, 12 months. Principal
Investigator: Harry H. Yeh, Department of Civil Engineering, 167
Wilcox Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; (206) 685-
8655; fax: (206) 685-3836; e-mail: harryeh@u.washington.edu.

"The Relationship Between Snowpack and Terrain: Bridger Mountains,
Montana," National Science Foundation, $9,075, 18 months. Principal
Investigator: Melvin G. Marcus, Department of Geography, Arizona State
University, P.O. Box 871603; Tempe, AZ 85287; (602) 965-7533; e-mail:
aomgm@asuvm.inre.asu.edu.

"Multiple Autonomous Mobile Robots for Search and Rescue
Applications," National Science Foundation, $102,800, 24 months.
Principal Investigators: Robin Murphy, Mathematical and Computer
Sciences, SH-408; Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois, Golden, CO
80401-1887; (303) 273-3874; e-mail: rmurphy@mines.colorado.edu, and
Julian Martinez, Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of
Mines, 1500 Illinois, Golden, CO 80401-1887; (303) 273-3608; e-mail:
jmartine@mines.colorado.edu.

"Estimating the Economic Impact of Catastrophic Urban Earthquakes,"
National Science Foundation, $181,870, 24 months. Principal
Investigators: Stephanie E. Chang and Charles Scawthorn, EQE
International, Inc., Yatsunami Building, 6F, 4-2, Minami Aoyama, 1-
chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107, Japan; tel: (03) 3475-6020; fax: (03)
3475-6021; e-mail: crs@eqe.com.

"Normative Foundations in Risk Judgments," National Science
Foundation, $64,992, 12 months. Principal Investigator: Carl F.
Cranor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of
California - Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521-
0101; (714) 787-3572; e-mail: carl@chss.cr.edu.

"Earthquakes in the Utah Science Core Curriculum," Federal Emergency
Management Agency, $50,000, 12 months. Principal Investigator: Deedee
O'Brien, Earthquake Education Services, Department of Mines and Earth
Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; (801) 581-
6201; e-mail: DOB@geode.umnh.utah.edu.


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Date : Sat Jun 22, 22:52                                                       
From : Don Allen                                                1:3618/2
To   : All                                 
Subj : Disaster Research #199 (3 of 3)                                       
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* Forwarded from DISASTERS
* Originally By: Marianne Cowley
* Originally To: All Users
* Originally Re: Disaster Research #199 (3 of 3)
* Originally Dated: Friday June 21 1996 19:13
__________________________________________________________________

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                 Upcoming Conferences and Training

These are the latest announcements we've received. Most previous
issues of DR contain additional notices. For a *comprehensive* list of
upcoming disaster-related conferences, see our World Wide Web page:
          http://adder.colorado.edu/~hazctr/Home.html
                                            ^(Capital "H")

Second National Symposium on Dentistry's Role and Responsibility in
Mass Disaster Identification. Chicago, Illinois: June 28-29, 1996.
Contact: Dr. Donald Collins, (312) 440-2500, ext. 2895.

Certified Lightning Safety Professional Training Course. Offered by:
National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI). Boulder, Colorado: July
16-17, 1996. Contact: Rich Kithil, NLSI, 891 North Hoover Avenue, P.O.
Box 778, Louisville, CO 80027-0778; (303) 666-8817; fax; (303) 666-
8786; e-mail: rkithil@ix.netcom.com; WWW: http://www.lightningsafety.
com.

Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) 1996 Conference. University of
Sunderland, U.K.: July 19, 1996. Contact: IFE, 148 New Walk,
Leicester, U.K. LE1 7QB; 0116 255 3654; fax: 0116 247 1231; e-mail:
info@ifep.demon.co.uk.

The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Mitigation Conference. Sponsor: North
Carolina Division of Emergency Management. Wilmington, North Carolina:
September 8-11, 1996. Contact: Tammy Russo, (919) 733-3617.

Eighth International Disaster Recovery Symposium and Exhibition.
Sponsor: Disaster Recovery Journal. Atlanta, Georgia: September 9-11,
1996. Contact: Disaster Recovery Journal, P.O. Box 510110, St. Louis,
MO 63151; (314) 894-0276; (314) 894-7474

Seventh Annual Conference of the Colorado Association of Stormwater
and Floodplain Managers. Vail, Colorado: September 18-20, 1996.
Contact: Kevin Gingery, RBD Inc., 209 South Meldrum, Fort Collins, CO
80521; (970) 482-5922; fax: (970) 482-6368.

32nd Annual Conference and Symposium on GIS and Water Resources.
Sponsor: American Water Resources Association (AWRA). Fort Lauderdale,
Florida: September 22-26, 1996. Contact: AWRA, 950 Herndon Parkway,
Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170-5531; (703) 904-1225; fax: (703) 904-
1228; e-mail: awrahq@aol.com; WWW: http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra.

Sixth Biennial Watershed Management Conference. Sponsor: Watershed
Management Council. Crystal Bay, California/Nevada: October 23-25,
1996. A call for poster presentations has been issued; abstracts of
250 words or less are due by August 1 and should be sent to Jim
Bergman, Truckee Ranger District, 10342 Highway 80 N, Truckee, CA
96161; (916) 587-3558; fax: (916) 587-6914. For conference details,
contact: Gina Ferrell, (916) 752-7999, e-mail: gmferrell@ucdavis.edu;
or, Sue Enos, (916) 752-8057, e-mail: saenos@ucdavis.edu.

Housing and Hazards: An International Workshop for Practitioners
Implementing Hazard-Resistant Housing. Sponsors: Earth Resources
Centre, University of Exeter, U.K., and Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology (BUET). Dhaka, Bangladesh: December 7-10,
1996. Contact: S. Seraj, Housing and Hazards Workshop Secretary,
Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering
and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; fax: +880-2-863026; e-mail:
librarian.buet@driktap.tool.nl. Alternatively, international
participants can contact R. Hodgson, The Earth Resources Centre,
University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, U.K.; fax: +44-(0)1392-263907;
e-mail: R.L.P.Hodgson@exeter.ac.uk.

Fifth U.S./Japan Workshop on Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction.
Sponsors: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and Japan
Institute of Social Safety Science (ISSS). Los Angeles, California:
January 15-17, 1997. Abstracts are due July 31, 1996. Contact Susan
Tubbesing, EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934;
(510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org.

Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC)-California Universities
for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREe) Symposium in Honor of
Vitelmo Bertero. Berkeley, California: January 30-February 1, 1997.
Contact: EERC-CUREe Bertero Symposium, EERC, 1301 South 46th Street,
Richmond, CA 94804-4698; (510) 231-9554; (510) 231-9471; e-mail:
admin@eerc.berkeley.edu.

13th Interactive Information Processing Systems Conference. Sponsor:
American Meteorological Society. Long Beach, California: February 1-7,
1997. The society is seeking papers on interdisciplinary topics such
as emergency management, fire, weather, and water resources. Abstracts
are due July 4. Contact: Floyd Hauth, (202) 334-3856, e-mail: fhauth@
nas.edu.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 1997 Annual Meeting.
Austin, Texas: February 12-15, 1997. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street,
Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-
5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org.

Eighth U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering. Baltimore,
Maryland: June 5-7, 1997. A call for papers has been issued and two-
page abstracts are due November 30, 1996. Contact: Prof. Nicholas P.
Jones, 8th U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering, Department of
Civil Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
21218-2686; (410) 516-7874; fax: (410) 516-7473; e-mail:
8usncwe@jhu.edu; WWW: http://www.ce.jhu.edu/~8usncwe/index.html

American Water Resources Association (AWRA) 1997 Annual Symposium:
"Water Resources, Education, Training, and Practice: Opportunities for
the Next Century." Sponsors: AWRA and the Universities Council on
Water Resources. Keystone Resort, Summit County, Colorado: June 29-
July 3, 1997. A call for papers has been issued. Contact: AWRA, 950
Herndon Parkway, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 22070-5531; (703) 904-1225;
fax: (703) 904-1228; e-mail: awrahq@aol.com; WWW: http://
www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra.

International Symposium on Landslide Hazard Assessment. Sponsors:
Japan Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports; the Working
Group for Prediction of Rapid Landslide Motion; the International
Union of Forestry Organizations; and others. Xian, China: July 12-24,
1997. Contact K. Sassa, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto
University, Uji, Kyoto 611, Japan; tel: (81)-774-0789; fax: (81)-774-
32-5597.

Coastal Zone '97: "Charting the Future of Coastal Zone Management for
the Next 25 Years." Boston, Massachusetts: July 20-26, 1997. Abstracts
are due September 1, 1996. Contact Martin C. Miller, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Attn: CEWES-CR-O, 3909
Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

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         http://adder.colorado.edu/~hazctr/Home.html
or contact hazctr@colorado.edu.

A bimonthly printed newsletter, the "Natural Hazards Observer," is
also available from the Center and is free to subscribers within the
U.S. International subscriptions are $15.00. To order the "Observer,"
contact the Center's publications clerk, Janet Clark:
jclark@colorado.edu. If you prefer "snail mail," all questions or
subscription requests can be sent to:
         Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
         Campus Box 482
         University of Colorado
         Boulder, Colorado  80309-0482
         USA
            Telephone: (303) 492-6819
            Fax: (303) 492-2151


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