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National Weather Service & The Nurture Nature Center

National Weather Service & The Nurture Nature Center. Patti Wnek, NWS Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center Rachel Hogan Carr, Nurture Nature Center. Easton, Pennsylvania. Lehigh River. Bushkill Creek. Delaware River. Hotel Easton in 1955 during Flood Diane. The Eastonian, 2006.

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National Weather Service & The Nurture Nature Center

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  1. National Weather Service & The Nurture Nature Center Patti Wnek, NWS Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center Rachel Hogan Carr, Nurture Nature Center

  2. Easton, Pennsylvania Lehigh River Bushkill Creek Delaware River

  3. Hotel Easton in 1955 during Flood Diane

  4. The Eastonian, 2006

  5. The Eastonian, 2006

  6. The Nurture Nature Center

  7. National Weather Service • Mission: Save lives and property • River Forecasts • Flood Watches & Warnings

  8. Outreach and Education Goal • Outreach goal: People lessen their loss from flooding by making good decisions based on NWS river forecast information. • We need to understand: • Do people know what information we have? • Is what we provide useful? • Is it timely? • Is it understandable? • Is it easy to find?

  9. Television and Radio PSAs Website Exhibits and displays Professional and Classroom Materials Professional Development Conference Outreach

  10. Floods Happen. Lessen the Loss.

  11. Share Your Stories. Valuing the experience of people who survived floods.

  12. Radio Show and Story Gathering

  13. Flood Terrain

  14. ~ Science education ~ Community involvement and deliberation in flooding issues ~ Report priorities for managing flood loss to Decision-Makers

  15. Benefits of collaborating with a non-profit • Fresh Perspective • External Stakeholder • Research

  16. Access to Professionals • Maciek Albrecht • MaGiK Studios • Creator, Director • Short Films, Music Videos • HBO • 4 Emmy Awards • Peabody Award • Marshall Frech • Vantage Point Media • Producer, Filmmaker • in Environmental Public Service • PBS • 2 Emmy • 1 National Science Foundation Award Nominations

  17. Access to Experts

  18. High Quality • 2012 Excellence in Education • 2011 Distinguished Educator of the Year • 2011 Best of Show & Gold Award

  19. Continued Benefits • Reaching new people • Continued collaboration • Advisory Board • Science on a Sphere • Communication during floods • Social Media • Other websites • Facebook

  20. www.focusonfloods.org www.nurturenaturecenter.org weather.gov/marfc And follow us on Facebook. Rachel Hogan Carr, Director of Environmental Outreach and Director of the Nurture Nature Center rhogan@nurturenature.org Patti Wnek, Service Coordination Hydrologist NWS Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center patricia.wnek@noaa.gov

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