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NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE |
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The LSU Hurricane
Center recently co-sponsored the 2000 National Hurricane Conference. |
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A total of 15 LSU faculty, research staff, graduate, and undergraduate students participated in the conference. Hurricane Center faculty made four presentations at conference workshops. These presentations were: |
| Private Industry Workshop Presentation: | |
| "Are Petrochemical Facilities Appropriately designed to Withstand Hurricane Winds?" | by Marc Levitan |
| Sheltering Workshop Presentations: | |
| "Does the Flood Model Predict if We Can Put the People There?" | by Joe Suhayda |
| "Can This Building Withstand the Wind and Water?" | by Marc Levitan |
| Evacuation Workshop Presentation: | |
| "Traffic Monitoring and Management Technologies: Application to Evacuation Problems." | by Brian Wolshon |
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The 2001 National Hurricane Conference will be held in Washington D.C. next April. The LSU Hurricane Center will once again help co-sponsor this event. For more information on the National Hurricane Conference, please see http://www.hurricanecon.com |