Twenty Years Later: What We Have Learned Since the Big Thompson Flood.211 Proceedings of a Meeting Held in Fort Collins, Colorado on July 13-15, 1996

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;Table of Contents: Barriers and Opportunities in Mitigation; The Bureau of211u001eReclamation and Dam Safety; Flood Warning/Preparedness Programs of the Corps of 211u001eEngineers; Olympus Dam Early Warning System; Dams, Defects, and Time; 1996 211u001eWilliamette and Columbia River Flood; Emergency Communications: A Survey of the 211u001eCentury's Progress and Implications for Future Planning; Coping Self-Efficacy 211u001eFollowing Natural and Human-Caused Disasters; Church World Service and Lessons 211u001eLearned for Mitigation; National Weather Service Advanced Capabilities in Flash 211u001eFlood Forecasting; Comparison of Deficiencies Associated with the Big Thompson 211u001eFlash Flood Event and Recent Flood Events in the Eastern United States; 211u001eClimatology of Extreme Rain Events in the United States from Hourly Precipitation 211u001eObservations; The Flash Flood Forecaster Course at the National Weather Service 211u001eTraining Center: The Environmental Research Laboratories Component; Caliente 211u001eCreek ALERT Flood Warning System Audit; Evolution of Local Flood Warning Systems 211u001eand Early Notification Procedures in Denver, Colorado; Putting Effective Flood 211u001eWarning Systems in Place: The Process and Guidelines in Australia; Flash Floods 211u001ein Mexico; Flooding and the Demise of the Moche Empire; Problems with Use of 211u001eStatistical Probability as a Tool for Prediction of Extreme Events; Bayesian 211u001eFlood Frequency Analysis with Paleohydrologic Bounds for Late Holocene 211u001ePaleofloods, Santa Ynez River, California; and Paleohydrologic Bounds and the 211u001eFrequency of Extreme Floods.