Washington Post - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/washington-post/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:50:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Washington Post - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/washington-post/ 32 32 103504436 Flood Map Accuracy https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-map-accuracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-map-accuracy Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:50:18 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36769 On December 6, 2022, The Washington Post ran an article titled “America Underwater: Extreme floods expose the flaws in FEMA’s risk maps.” The lengthy story by Samuel Oakford, John Muyskens, Sarah Cahlan and Joyce Sohyun Lee cross-referenced photos and videos with FEMA flood maps from areas around the country that flooded last summer. The basic […]

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]]> 495733 ‘Wind Fingerprints’: Scientists Dissect What Accounts for the Destructiveness of Different Storms https://houstonnewmedia.org/wind-fingerprints-scientists-dissect-what-accounts-for-the-destructiveness-of-different-storms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wind-fingerprints-scientists-dissect-what-accounts-for-the-destructiveness-of-different-storms Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:36:15 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28143 Last week, a story about ‘wind fingerprints’ in The Washington Post caught my eye. It purported to show the difference between Ida and Katrina. The story by Bonnie Berkowitz and Laris Karklis starts with this teaser: “Ida hit Louisiana with faster winds than Katrina, but a hurricane’s category number is just part of what makes […]

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