Lyons Regional Library

Increased coastal development, tremendous population growth, and high evacuation rates contributed to an evacuation that involved an unprecedented number of people, traffic problems, and level of public criticism.

Damage assessment hasn't received much research attention. The San Simeon earthquake serves as a case study to identify lessons for the emergency management profession about the importance of damage assessment.

Rural transportation systems are of major importance to the nation's economy. Safety of rural bridges in many cases has deteriorated to a dangerous level rendering many avenues for the movement of goods and people to an unusable state. The recently developed glulam bridge system, composed of laminated stringers and deck fastened together by bolted and doweled connections, offers great potential in needed national bridge replacement programs.

On the evening of Monday, June 18, 2001, a tornado struck the extreme northwestern Wisconsin Village of Siren, without any warning from the town's siren. This post-disaster study one week after the storm helps to understand the nature of local warnings and responses on the periphery of a tornado damage path.

Hurricane Marilyn left a track of destruction in the U.S. Virgin Islands in September 1995. This qualitative study examines the effectiveness of the early stages of federal response, with emphasis on individual and household assistance.

On April 14, 2004, a severe tornado swept through 38 villages of north-central Bangladesh killing 111. The purpose of this research project was to gain knowledge from tornado victims regarding the warning they received prior to the tornado on April 14, 2004.