Disaster Web Sites
Prepare for a disaster
before it happens -- know what to expect, how to prepare, and how to cope
afterwards. Bookmark this page as your quick reference to disaster information and agencies.
For local information about floods or other natural disasters, contact your Colorado
State University
Extension county office or county government.
See Markets & Weather for forecast information.
Government and Other Agencies
- American Red Cross: Programs and services, local chapters.
- Center for Disease Control: Prevention Guides for personal health and safety for earthquakes,
extreme cold or heat, flood, hurricanes and tornadoes. Flood and hurricane information also in Spanish.
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Bioterrorism Information: The site
provides information for the Health Care Providers as well as for the Public.
- Colorado Water Conservation Board: Flood Preparation. Tips, emergency assistance numbers, streamflow and snowpack data, more.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Mitigation, emergency preparedness, help after a disaster, reference library.
Extension
Colorado State University
- Press releases on recovering from a flood or other disaster.
- SafeFood: Rapid Response Information Network offers food safety information.
Other Universities
- University of Florida: The Disaster Handbook, 1998 National Edition. Online as PDF files, or order print and CD-ROM version.
- University of Idaho: Responding to Idaho Disasters. Earthquake, fire, flood, hazardous materials, radiation, snow,
tornado, volcano preparedness and recovery. links.
- University of Illinois Extension: Disaster Resources. Preparedness and recovery.
- Iowa State University Extension: Disaster Recovery Series. Farm, finance, health, home, stress.
- Kansas State University Research and ExtensionL Flood Survival and Recovery. Farm, food, home, stress.
- University of Minnesota: Picking Up the Pieces After a Natural Disaster. Farm, Garden, health, home. links to other sites.
- North Carolina State University: Disaster Response Information. Preparedness, repairs, safety, stress.
- North Dakota State University Extension Service: Coping With Disasters. Drought, floods, winter; coping for farm, home, stress.
- University of Wisconsin: The Disaster Handbook. Preparedness, repair, community issues.
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