The Hazards Center
The NATURAL HAZARDS RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS INFORMATION CENTER was founded to strengthen communication among researchers and the individuals and organizations concerned with mitigating natural disasters. The center is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute for Business and Home Safety, and the Public Entity Risk Institute. Please send information of potential interest to the readers of this newsletter to the address below. The deadline for the next Observer is September 20, 2002.
Center phone number: (303) 492-6818
Fax: (303) 492-2151
E-mail: hazctr@spot.colorado.eduPublications Administrator: (303) 492-6819
E-mail: janet.kroeckel@colorado.eduStaff
Sylvia C. Dane, Editor
Wendy Steinhacker, Editor
Dennis S. Mileti, Center Director
Mary Fran Myers, Co-Director
Wanda Headley, Library Manager
Diane Smith, Office Manager
Janet Kroeckel, Publications Administrator
Lori A. Peek, Research Assistant
Julie Gailus, Research Assistant
George Merritt, Editorial AssistantCartoons for the Observer are drawn by Rob Pudim.
NATURAL HAZARDS OBSERVER
ISSN 0737-5425
Printed in the USA.
Published bimonthly. Reproduction with acknowledgment is permitted and encouraged.The Observer is free to subscribers within the U.S. Subscriptions beyond the U.S. cost $24.00 per year. Back issues of the Observer are available for $4.00 each, plus shipping and handling. Orders must be prepaid. Checks should be payable to the University of Colorado.
Copies of the Observer and the Hazards Center's e-mail newsletter, Disaster Research, are also available from the Natural Hazards Center's World Wide Web site:
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards
For other services or information provided by the Natural Hazards Center, send an e-mail to: hazctr@colorado.edu.
To reach us by printed mail, write to:
Natural Hazards Research and Applications
Information Center
Institute of Behavioral Science #6
University of Colorado at Boulder
482 UCB
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0482
Last updated August 26, 2002.
If you have questions about this document, please contact sylvia.dane@colorado.edu.
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