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Hurricane relief from the sea
Strom Thurmond Institute Whitehurst, Clinton H.,1927-
Strom Thurmond Institute
Whitehurst, Clinton H.,1927-
Abstract
When preparing for, and recovery from, a hurricane seaports in the past have
generally focused on securing the port’s infrastructure such as protecting container cranes
and other equipment from high winds and tidal surges, having emergency power
available, replacing/returning channel markers and other navigational aids destroyed or
moved out of position, and clearing ship channels as necessary. Current plans anticipate
the port becoming operational 72 hours after landfall. This report takes the position that
seaports and other maritime assets can
and should play an active, pre-planned
role in hurricane recovery efforts.
Issue Date
2005-11-10
Keywords
Hurricane protection, Merchant marine--Safety measures, Disaster relief
Type
Text
Rights
Copyright status determined to be in the public domain on April 27, 2020 by United States Supreme Court ruling (Georgia et al., Petitioners v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. : 590 U.S.__(2020))
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300ppi, 24-bit color, Bookeye 3 scanner with OPUS FreeFlow software, Archival Master file is a multi-image TIFF; online version is a PDF/A-1b.