Acknowledgments The Federal Emergency Management Agency would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following persons to the Mitigation Assessment Team study of the areas affected by A Hurricane Ike: J.T. Agregard Operations Manager, Houston Transtar, Houston, TX Dr. John Anderson Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University, Houston, TX Barry Bergeron Bergeron’s Electric, Sulphur, LA Mike Blount Senior Project Manager, Crown Team Construction, Beaumont, TX Dana Bres U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC Antoine Bryant The Bryant Design Group, LLC, Houston, TX Bill Coulbourne, PE Director, Wind and Flood Hazard Mitigation, Applied Technology Council, Rehoboth Beach, DE Lori Cummings Assistant City Manager, City of Port Neches, TX HURRICANE IKE IN TEXAS ANd LoUISIANA MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT A-1 A ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Dr. Eileen Curl Chairperson & Professor, Dishman Department of Nursing, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX Windell Curole Executive Director, South Lafourche Parish Levee District, Galliano, LA Chip Dence East End Builders, Victoria, TX Chad Deshotel Majestic Homes, Lake Charles, LA Dana Dugas Affordable Homes, Inc., New Iberia, LA Charles Everetts Mayor, Village of Tiki Island, TX Wayne Fender Fender Homes, Lake Charles, LA Capt. Bruce Francois Grand Isle Police Department, Grand Isle, LA David Franklin, PE Aran & Franklin Engineering, Inc., La Marque, TX Jennifer Gerbasi Recovery Planner, Terrebonne Parish & City of Houma, LA Ian Giammanco, PhD Candidate Texas Tech Hurricane Research Team, Lubbock, TX Dr. James Gibeaut Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX Bill Grim Supervisor, Operations & Maintenance, Chevron, Houston, TX Leigh Guidry Executive Assistant, Greater Lafourche Port Commission, Galliano, LA Gene Hafele Meteorologist-In-Charge, National Weather Service, Dickinson, TX Karen Hagerman City Secretary, Village of Tiki Island, TX Shalia Hampton Administrator, Winnie Community Hospital, Winnie, TX Officer Mitch Hohensee Greater Lafourche Port Commission Police, Galliano, LA MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT HURRICANE IKE IN TEXAS ANd LoUISIANA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A Darrell Hunter Building Inspector, Village of Tiki Island, TX John Ingargiola FEMA HQ, Washington, DC John S. Jacob Texas Sea Grant, College Station, TX Mike Johnson Mike Johnson Homes, Bridge City, TX Jerry Jones City Manager, Bridge City, TX Phil Kabza, FCSI, CCS, AIA SpecGuy®, Charlotte, NC Richard Keleher, AIA, CSI, LEED, AP Richard Keleher Architect, Concord, MA Rob Kistler, AIA The Facade Group, LLC, Portland, OR Chris Koerner, PE, BCEE Environmental Network International, LLC, Oakton, VA Michael Lege Crown Team Texas, Beaumont, TX Paul J. Lemoine Chief of Police, Port Neches Police Department, Port Neches, TX Nathan Letroise Property Manager, Galveston Courthouse, Galveston, TX Philip Line American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, DC Bill Little Little Investments, Inc., Beaumont, TX Jeff Mabrey Property Manager, Hines, JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, TX Wesley S. Maida QRC Operations Manager, Flowserve Corporation, Port Arthur, TX Mitch McDonald Senior Planner, Terrebonne Parish & City of Houma, LA Ray Newby, PG Geomorphologist/Project Manager, Texas General Land Office, Coastal Resources Program, Austin, TX HURRICANE IKE IN TEXAS ANd LoUISIANA MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT A ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Greg Ormsby FEMA Contractor, Washington, DC Judd Peterson, AIA President, Judd Allen Group, Edina, MN John Plisich FEMA Region IV, Atlanta, GA Dan Reilly Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Dickinson, TX Spencer Rogers North Carolina Sea Grant, Raleigh, NC Ron Rohrbacher Perry Homes, Houston, TX Michael Scanlon, PE President, Norex Engineering Inc., Houston, TX John Schroeder, PhD Texas Tech Hurricane Research Team, Lubbock, TX Taylor J. Shelton Public Works Director, City of Port Neches, TX Rodney Townsend R & D Quality Construction Home Builders Inc., Bridge City, TX Don Veronie Heritage Builders, LLC, Sulphur, LA Larry Voice FEMA Disaster Assistance Employee Jim Walker Construction Manager, Facilities Operations & Management, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Mark Williams Mark Williams Home Builder, Beaumont, TX Dewayne Willoughby Senior Chief Engineer, JPM Realty Group, Houston, TX Maurice Wolcott Louisiana Sea Grant, Baton Rouge, LA Chandra Franklin Womack Aran & Franklin Engineering, Inc., La Marque, TX MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT HURRICANE IKE IN TEXAS ANd LoUISIANA