Coastal officials will spend a lot of time over the next year uncovering the permitting quagmires this storm surely created. For this project, the Center teamed up with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to use aircraft-mounted lasers to document shoreline change. This new beach surveying method is proving to be faster and less costly than traditional beach surveying methods. On the other side of the country, this newsletter looks at two projects that serve to improve our ability to prepare for and recover from hurricanes. In coastal Alabama, state and local officials have worked with NOAA Coastal Services Center hazards specialists to create a CD-ROM that may prove to be an important tool for disaster preparation.
Similar projects are already under way in other states.
That researcher is also a NOAA Coastal Services Center fellow. These projects promise to be applicable along any coast.