Short documentary film tells a different kind of Hurricane Sandy story

Short documentary film tells a different kind of Hurricane Sandy story

Superstorm Sandy Animal & Agriculture Response: Lessons Learned for Improved Planning

Cornell University CCE NY EDEN recently participated in the national Superstorm Sandy Animal and Agriculture Response: Lessons Learned for Improved Planning webinar. You can find the finalized report online at: http:www.eden.lsu.edu/s-cap/virtualforum. The webinar is archived online and accessible at: http://www.eden.lsu.edu/s-cap/virtualforum If you have any questions, feel free to contact Andrea Higdon, andrea.higdon@uky.edu or Chelsey Pickens, chelsey.pickens@uky.edu.

CC NY EDEN mentioned in EZRA magazine

In the latest issue of EZRA magazine (page 9), NY CCE EDEN was mentioned:

“A recent example of CCE’s responsiveness: Within hours of Hurricane Sandy this fall, it made resources available to victims of the storm. Its New York Extension Disaster Education Network (NY EDEN), eden.cce.cornell.edu, provided farmers, businesses and communities affected by  the hurricane with education on hazardous materials, food safety, diseases and best-practice guides on dealing with long term power outages and agricultural strategies for recovery for growers. NY EDEN also placed extension educators on disaster management and recovery teams.”

VOL. V NO. 2, WINTER 2013, pg 9.

Testimony before NY Legislature re NY EDEN and Superstorm Sandy

Tidball presented testimony on the NY Extension Disaster Education Network before the New York Legislature Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation’s Hearing on Effects of Extreme Weather Events, in Babylon, Long Island, New York on January 30th, 2013.  The written testimony can be accessed here.

Tidball leads NY EDEN efforts to prepare for and respond to Hurricane Sandy

Cornell Cooperative Extension's NY Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN), led by Keith Tidball of Cornell Department of Natural Resources, was heavily involved in a blitz of preparedness and readiness disaster education in the days prior to Hurricane Sandy's landfall, and in disaster education dealing with response and recovery after the Hurricane damaged large portions of New York City and Long Island. As a part of these activities, Tidball and other members of the NY EDEN team and the CCE Disaster and All-hazards Response Team (DART) were called upon to provide research-based information to the news media. A sampling is presented below:

NBC News

USA Today

Huff Post

Cornell Chronicle

I100 Classic Rock 

WHCU AM

For more information about NY EDEN and Hurricane Sandy, see the NY EDEN Twitter feed or you can visit the NY EDEN Facebook page.