From mogk at montana.edu  Wed Sep  7 10:42:04 2005
From: mogk at montana.edu (Mogk, David)
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:42:04 -0600
Subject: [Healthwksp] Hurricane Katrina Visualization Collection for
	Instructional Use
Message-ID: <55E2BF00E82C6F40B29C7ED824F523316D0681@GEMSTONES.msu.montana.edu>

Dear Colleagues:  In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we now
have another "teachable moment" in the earth sciences.  Many of you will
be teaching about this event in the coming week(s), and we wanted to
call to your attention a new collection of visualizations on the  NAGT
On the Cutting Edge program website on Hurricane Katrina specifically,
as well as visualizations on Historic Hurricanes, and Reconstructions
and Visualizations of Model Hurricanes
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/hurrica
nes.html . Please use these resources in your own classes in the coming
week(s), and also, please contribute additional resources
(visualizations, URLs, reports, etc.) via:
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/contribute.html.
In the midst of this tragedy, hopefully we can promote better public
awareness about the causes and impacts of geo-hazards.

Best to all,

Dave Mogk

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From annmelamed at comcast.net  Sat Sep 10 11:39:30 2005
From: annmelamed at comcast.net (Ann Melamed)
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:39:30 -0700
Subject: [Healthwksp] National Library of Medicine: Hurricane Katrina web
	page
Message-ID: <000001c5b636$fba1a090$0300a8c0@companna>

Here is another very useful page with tons of information that may be of
interest to this group:

The National Library of Medicine has compiled a new Hurricane Katrina
web page http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html  on toxic
chemical and environmental health information resources for health
workers and the interested public. Links are provided to information
on chemicals that may be released as a result of the Katrina disaster
and on environmental health concerns following the wind and flood
damage.

The page includes a link to WISER, the Wireless Information System for
Emergency Responders. First responders may download the WISER set of
information on 400 toxic chemicals and hazardous materials to a Palm,
Pocket PC, or laptop/desktop computer that uses Microsoft Windows.
WISER is designed to help identify unknown substances and gives ready
access to basic emergency haz-mat information.

Links to TOXMAP identify and map locations of facilities that use or
transport significant levels of toxic chemicals, and lists the
chemicals for each facility. Maps are included for the
Katrina-affected states as well as for New Orleans, Biloxi, and
Gulfport.

To contact the National Library of Medicine:

1-888-FIND-NLM (1-888-346-3656)

Customer Service: custserv at nlm.nih.gov

To contact Specialized Information Services:

(toxicology and environmental health information) Customer Service:
tehip at teh.nlm.nih.gov