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From Sandbags to Sanity:
The Policy Implications of the Midwest Floods of 2008
Agenda
April 20, 2009, at The Monona Terrace
8:15 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
8:45 a.m. Introductions and welcome
- Carolyn Heinrich, Director, La Follette School of Public Affairs
- Donald Moynihan, La Follette School of Public Affairs
9:00 a.m. What Happened? A Summary of the Wisconsin Floods of 2008
- Roxanne Gray, Wisconsin Emergency Management
Presentation Power-Point
(Begining at 7:44 in Video Part 1)
9:30 a.m. Floodplain Management and Mitigation
- Chair: Peter Nowak, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
- Ken Potter, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW-Madison
How Can We Quantify Flood Risk in a Changing Climate?
Professor Potter will discuss risk -based flood design and how it can be used in a nonstationary world.
Presentation Power-Point
(Begining at 30:10 in Video Part 1) - Ray Burby, City & Regional Planning, Universities of North Carolina at Chapel Hill How Can Wisconsin Create Markets for Household Flood Hazard Mitigation?
Professor Burby will present a set of principles for government programs to persuade homeowners to retrofit their dwellings to reduce the risk of flood damage, drawing on the My Safe Florida Home Program as an example of how to create a market for such improvements.
Presentation Power-Point
(Begining at 52:30 in Video Part 1)
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Health and Housing
- Chair: Jonathan Patz, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
- Tom Anderson, Dept. of Health Services Emergency Coordinator
What are the Health Effects of Flooding on Housing?
Tom Anderson will discuss the post-flooding human service recovery, and the policy complexities of coordinating with local government.
Outline pdf / WRTF Final Report
(Begining at 2:30 in Video Part 2)
- Sandra McLellan, UW-Milwaukee
What are the Health Dangers of Contaminated Flood-Water?
Professor McCellan will examine human fecal pollution in surface waters following rain events, especially extreme events that result in combined sewage overflows, or infiltration of sanitary sewage into stormwater systems. Presentation Power-Point
(Begining at 20:30 in Video Part 2)
12:30 p.m. Lunch with Speaker
Dealing with 21st Century Flood Challenges: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future
- Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland
The Great Flood of 1993 broke the record for flood damages in the 20th century and awakened Wisconsin and the nation to the continuing threat posed by floods. But lessons learned about how to deal with floodplains were largely ignored. While Hurricane Katrina reinforced the need for action, three years after Katrina, and 15 years after the flood of 1993, the Midwest fell victim to another devastating event. It is not too late to move into a 21st century where local, state, and federal governments work closely together to progressively and concurrently reduce flood damages and enhance the natural and beneficial functions of the floodplain.
Presentation Power-Point
(First Segment begins at 1:17:30 in Video Part 2)
(Second Segment begins Video Part 3)
1:30 p.m. Private and Nonprofit Sectors
- Chair: Donald Moynihan, La Follette School of Public Affairs
- Terri Leece, Salvation Army and Keith Lang, Lutheran Social Services
What is the Role of Non-profit Organizations?
A discussion of the potential for non-profits to improve crisis response and recovery from their perspective of current and former Chair of Wisconsin Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters.
Presentation Power-Point
(Begins at 28:50 in Video Part 3) - Daniel Alesch, UW-Green Bay
Understanding the Impact on the Private Sector.
Based on his first hand studies of the immediate and long-term consequences of natural disasters in two dozen American communities, Professor Alesch will focus on the economic and financial consequences of community disasters and what state governments can do to reduce those losses and facilitate recovery.
Presentation Power-Point
(Begins at 38:00 in Video Part 3)
2:30 p.m. Policy Proposals
- Chair: Dennis Dresang, La Follette School of Public Affairs
- Diane Kleiboer, Wisconsin Emergency Management
Summary of Governor’s Taskforce
(Begins at 1:12:25 in Video Part 3) - Sen. Robert Jauch and Rep. Joan Ballweg
Summary of Special Legislative Council
REP. JOAN BALLWEG PRESENTATION PDF
(Begins at 1:43:20 in Video Part 3)
4:00 p.m. Summary and Next Steps
- Larry Larson - Association of State Floodplain Managers
(Begins at 2:34:00 in Video Part 3)
4:30 p.m. – Reception
- Continue the discussion at an informal wine and cheese reception.