1. Coastal Community Resilience Tools for Gulf of Mexico Communities Photo credit: UNO-CHART Photo credit: FEMA

2. Gulf of Mexico Alliance “A partnership of the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, with the goal of significantly increasing regional collaboration to enhance the ecological and economic health of the Gulf of Mexico.”

3. Coastal Community Resilience Priority Issue Team MISSION: Coordinate and enhance efforts of local, state, federal, business and non- profit partners to assist coastal communities and ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico region in becoming more resilient in structure and function.

4. Resilience is the capacity of both Social and Environment System’s ability to adapt to and recover from change

5. Tools for Communities StormSmart Coasts StormSmart Connect Resilience Index Homeowner Handbooks Sea-Level Rise Modeling

6. StormSmart Coasts Clearinghouse State-specific information New tools, funding opportunities Case studies

7. One-Stop Resource for Coastal Decision Makers Working to Make Their Communities More Resilient news before the storm during the storm after the storm funding StormSmart Coasts

8. Professional Networking Site for Coastal Decision Makers Helps people work together more easily and efficiently > 250 coastal decision makers registered StormSmart Connect

9. messages form/join groups create a profile what you can do with it share files - Organizational - Plan events - Interests - Ad hoc send and find others - documents - PDFs - Photos

10. Resilience Index Self-assessment Identify community strengths Identify weaknesses Generate dialog across your community

11. Resilience Index Self-assessment Identify community strengths Identify weaknesses Generate dialog across your community

12. Homeowner Handbooks Overview of regional hazards Steps and tools for protecting your family and your property http://ms.stormsmartcoasts.org/handbook

13. Sea-Level Rise Modeling http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer Features Displays potential future sea levels Provides simulations of sea level rise at local landmarks Communicates the spatial uncertainty of mapped sea levels Models potential marsh migration due to sea level rise Overlays social and economic data onto potential sea level rise Examines how tidal flooding will become more frequent with sea level rise Features *Displays potential future sea levels *Provides simulations of sea level rise at local landmarks *Communicates the spatial uncertainty of mapped sea levels *Models potential marsh migration due to sea level rise *Overlays social and economic data onto potential sea level rise *Examines how tidal flooding will become more frequent with sea level rise

14. For More Information… Rhonda Price Coastal Community Resilience Team Coordinator Rhonda.Price@dmr.ms.gov Tracie Sempier Coastal Storms Program Coordinator Resilience Team, Toolkit Working Group Lead tracie.sempier@usm.edu

15. Questions?

16. Online Demo’s StormSmart Coasts Network: http://stormsmartcoasts.org/ Coastal Resilience Index Critical Facilities Tool: http://csc-s-web-q.csc.noaa.gov/criticalfacilities/ Sea-Level Rise Visualization Tool: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer