1. Hazards Resilience
Why Being Prepared for Coastal Storms is Important
to San Antonio and You!

2. Outline
 A little bit about us
 Why is this relevant to San Antonio?
 Types of Hazards
 Online Tools
 New Technologies
 Resilience Index

3. Mission-Aransas NERR Coastal
Training Program
 What does the CTP do?
 Provides coastal decision-makers with the most
relevant scientific data to foster informed management
decisions
 Who do we work with?
 Local governments, state agencies (Texas
GLO, TPWD), non-profit groups, regional organizations
 What topics do we cover?
 Anything and everything!
 Disaster response planning, bird conservation, coastal
access, water quality

4. Texas Sea Grant and Coastal
Planning
 Who is Texas Sea Grant?
 improve the understanding, wise use and stewardship of Texas coastal and
marine resources through research, education, and outreach
 extension agents and specialists live in coastal communities where they
educate, engage and inspire the public in relevant issues related to
environmental quality, hazard resiliency, marine fisheries, seafood
quality, marketing and economics, coastal community development, marine
policy, marine education and aquaculture
 Why a coastal planning specialist?
 Provide urban planning expertise and assistance to communities who lack
planning capacity
 Where do you work?
 Five County Region: Calhoun, Refugio, Aransas, San Patricio, Nueces
 What do you do for communities?
 Anything and everything related to urban planning
 Land use planning assistance, comprehensive planning reviews, GIS
mapping, meeting facilitation, etc.

5. Coastal Hazards in
San Antonio

6. HURRICANES
IN SAN
ANTONIO
Hurricanes may not be a
typical concern for inland
cities and communities
such as San Antonio, but
consider this:

7. FLOODING
IN SAN
ANTONIO
Flooding doesn’t just occur as
a result of hurricanes.
Flooding can occur during any
major rain event, especially if
you’re located in the
floodplain.
Remember the flooding from
just last month?

8. GREATER SAN ANTONIO
FLOODPLAIN

9. Hurricanes and severe Little warning and
thunderstorms can high damage rates
often produce make preparation
dangerous tornados. essential!
TORNADOS

10. EVACUATION
S
Corpus Christi
and surrounding
coastal areas
evacuate to San
Antonio first
Massive influx of
people if an
evacuation along
the coast is
necessary

11. POPULATION GROWTH
Population in Texas More people in an area
is expected to increase by 59% means more people
over the next 15-20 years. located in harm’s way!

12. Online Data and Tools

13. BEXAR COUNTY DATA
 http://map.b
exar.org

14. Google Earth
View historical data to
show how San Antonio
has changed
3D Street View of buildings and
structures in the San Antonio Area

15. Other Online Tools
 CanVIS
 Provides the ability to add objects to data layers to visualize policy
and management decisions
 National Weather Service Weather and Hazards Viewer
 Allows managers to monitor storms and fire weather and visualize
outcomes
 Historical Hurricane Tracker
 Shows the track and strength of every hurricane for a specified
area
 FEMA Floodplain Mapping Tools
 Shows locations of floodplain zones down to specific addresses
 FEMA US Multi-Hazards Tool
 Estimates losses from hurricane winds, earthquakes and floods

16. New Technologies

17. Hurricane by Red Cross App
• One touch “I’m safe” messaging to family members
• Location-based NOAA weather alerts
• Mapped locations of Red Cross shelters
• Checklists for family emergency plans and evacuation plans
• Toolkit with flashlight, strobe light, and audible alarm
• Hurricane safety information
Available for
both iPhone and
Android

18. OTHER APPS

19. weTable

22. Analysis Wizards
ArcGIS Extension
Dynamic Charts
Multiple Scenarios Interactive Controls
Optional Fly-through 3D
Intuitive Interface

25. GIS
CHARM
CommunityViz
White
Board
Technology
weTable

32. Resilience Index

33. COASTAL COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE INDEX
• Developed by the Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Program with funding from
the Gulf of Mexico Alliance
• Community self-assessment that
allows communities to gain an
understanding of where they stand
with regard to hazard resilience
• Provides scores of low, medium, and
high

34. COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS
Port Aransas
Rockport, TX
Aransas County, TX
Ingleside, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
Upcoming:
Fulton, TX