Hurricanes: can the hurricane hazard be managed? L.O. To identify ways that hurricane hazards can be managed To assess the success or failure of the management strategies

What do you have to do? Log on to the national Hurricane Center’s website: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?epac Scroll down and click on Hurricane Preparedness Use this – there are videos, documents to read - & a link to ready.gov/prepare, ie, to: https://community.fema.gov/ Using all these resources identify what the US government does to help people prepare for (manage) the hurricane risk. What can ordinary people do? You might like to use the document on the next slide to help you.

You may like to use this document as a guide Hazard Mitigation - government Mitigation - personal