August 26, 2011

A great job by WNYC making available to the public this evacuation zone map…

More useful Map related links and resources:

NOAA Historical Hurricane Tracks WMS

NOAA Hurricane Irene Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Track Forecast Cone in Google

Evacuation maps from N Carolina DOT

Data for download from NY State GIS Clearinghouse, SLOSH Model Hurricane Inundation Zones

Data Tip from NYS Clearinghouse – SLOSH Model Hurricane Inundation Zones. Polygon Coverage. UTM NAD83

Esri Hurricane / Storm Reports Social News Map: This latest social news map from Esri

Virginia DOT Evacuation Information and Guides

CoreLogic Maps Showing Risk of Storm Surge Flooding from Hurricane Irene in 12 Major Metro Areas

NYC evacuation Zones

Video animation showing a possible flood scenario in New York NYC (5.3m SLOSH) Cat 2 Hurricane

Photos captured from the ISS via NASA astronaut (and personal friend of yours truly) Ron Garan (@astro_ron) Brows’s Garan’s twitpic photo stream for images captured above the hurricane http://twitpic.com/photos/Astro_Ron

Oasisnyc.net http://www.oasisnyc.net/ New York community mapping efforts

Ready.gov hurricane related resources and help

Follow the path of Hurricane Irene and stay posted on conditions along the East Coast by accessing weather and lightning data from WeatherBug’s proprietary network of Weather Stations. Live images from hundreds of cameras, including ones in Miami, Clearwater Beach, and Jacksonville, Fla., Ocean City, Md., and Margate City, N.J., are featured on the WeatherBug website.

Steve Romalewski has his Spatiality blog providing updates on mapping efforts in New york – see this post. This includes details of the efforts the State has gone to recently in the following areas: mapping evacuation centers, mapping impact zones, storm surge / slosh maps

Making a map mashup, perhaps via GeoCommons or ArcGIS Online? The following data resources may be useful for you:

Finally, if you’d like to create your very own social media map mashup using the tools and services from ArcGIS Online, check out this excellent step-by-step tutorial by Bern Szukalski

With Hurricane Irene barelling at the Eastern coastline the threat of flooding is definitely a real one. My guess is that the New York, DC, Maryland, VA, MASS area will not be hit directly by a cat 3 or 4 hurricane, however, that doesn’t mean flooding won’t be a problem… residents need to be aware if they are in a flood prone region. From Corelogic the company has released Maps Showing Risk of Storm Surge Flooding from Hurricane Irene in 12 Major Metro Areas. Among the 12 coastal major metro areas included in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) cone of concern and analyzed by CoreLogic, an estimated 1,874,794 properties are at potential risk of storm surge flooding.

Additionally, these data are available as Google KML format for users to use in their maps and mashups. See http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/24326/2/

Broadcast quality Google Earth (KML) files and publishable maps depicting potential storm surge risk for targeted areas can be accessed at the links below: