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Building a Weather-Ready Nation Laura Furgione
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and Deputy Director,
U.S. National Weather Service
National Defense Industrial Association
September 26, 2011
Arlington, VA
National Weather Service
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546 Fatalities from 1,784 Tornadoes
Historic U.S. Floods
6 Million Acres Burned
2011: A Year of Extremes ~600 Fatalities
$50 Billion in Economic Losses
Devastating Blizzards
Pacific Tsunami
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2011: A Year of Extremes
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UPDATE
A Changing World Increased Vulnerability to High-Impact Weather
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Vulnerability: Population Distribution Westward Move
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• $40 Billion Yearly Cost to U.S.
• Weather Responsible for
2/3 Delays
A Changing World Weather Impacts on Sectors:
Air Travel Flight Delays
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A Changing World Weather Impacts on Sectors:
Technological Dependence
• Threat: Space Weather impacts critical
infrastructure and national security (power
grids, communications, air travel, satellites)
– Expect vulnerabilities to grow
with growing technological
advances
– Next solar maximum
expected in 2013
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Improved forecasts
• Have improved hurricane tracking and lead times for tornadoes, flash floods
• Have improved seasonal predictions – El Niño and La Niña Patterns
– Midwest spring flood outlooks
– Texas drought
Building a Weather Ready Nation
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Improving our Capabilities
• Computer modeling
• Scientific research
• Environmental observations, including weather satellites
• Our people –providing forecasts, warnings, and decision assistance
Building a Weather Ready Nation
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Building a Weather Ready Nation
Managing Water
• Threat: Too much, Too little, Poor Quality
• Goals: – Improve Nation’s ability to manage water
resources
– Reduce economic losses due to floods and droughts
– Increase economic benefits from water forecasts and information
• What we’re doing
– Core Partnerships
– Spring flood outlooks enabled communities to prepare
– FEMA and Red Cross pre-positioned relief assets
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Building a Weather Ready Nation NWS Contributions
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Building a Weather Ready Nation National Dialogue
• We can accomplish more through
partnerships
• Weather-Ready Nation Requires Involvement of Entire Society
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• Establish strong weather-information presence in your organization
• Join National Dialogue and educate employees about weather
• Help us to save lives and protect livelihoods
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Building a Weather Ready Nation What You Can Do