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Houston/Galveston National Weather Service
2006 Hurricane Workshop
Katrina and Rita: Lessons Learned for the Next Time
Presented by CenterPoint Energy |
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010 |
The Houston/Galveston National Weather Service 2006 Hurricane Workshop, presented by CenterPoint Energy, took place on Tuesday, May 30,
from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the
George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Texas.
Additional area Hurricane Preparedness Meetings can be found here.
The 2005 Hurricane Season went down as one of the most disastrous
seasons on record. Numerous long-standing records were broken,
including the costliest hurricane on record when Hurricane Katrina
struck South Florida and the middle Gulf Coast states at the end
of August. Katrina killed more than 1,300 people. With Katrina
fresh on the minds of citizens in Southeast Texas, Hurricane Rita became
a serious threat to our area less than one month later. Although
Rita eventually made landfall just to our east in the Texas-Louisiana
border area, massive evacuations, along with a shortage in gasoline
and other supplies, occurred across Southeast Texas.
This workshop consisted of a main session with several keynote speakers along with numerous breakout sessions that covered
the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Other hurricane related topics were also covered. A vendor area
was also available for companies involved in hurricane preparedness and hurricane protection.
Stacy Stewart, a hurricane specialist with the National Hurricane
Center, was the workshop's featured speaker. Mr. Stewart
talked about the active 2005 season and discussed some of the meteorological
reasons that the United States had so many landfalling tropical
storms and hurricanes. Mr. Stewart also offered some projections on the
2006 Hurricane Season and what we can expect for the Atlantic Basin.
The Houston/Galveston National Weather Service Hurricane Workshop moved from the Pasadena Convention Center to the George R. Brown
Convention Center for 2006. This change in venue was made possible by the City of Houston. The City of Houston donated space at
the George R. Brown Convention Center to hold this very important workshop.
For the second year in a row, CenterPoint Energy was the presenting sponsor for the workshop.
CenterPoint Energy, the company that maintains the electrical lines throughout the Greater Houston area, is very involved
in helping the Houston area prepare for and recover from major hurricanes.
We enjoyed seeing you at the 2006 Hurricane Workshop! Have a safe 2006 season.
The 2006 Hurricane Booklet ("Katrina and Rita: Lessons Learned for the Next Time") can be found
here.
[Note: this workbook pdf file is very large and may take several minutes to download]
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