I���m about to show you an 

animation that will kind of 

serve to summarize a lot of 

the efforts that we���ve been 

doing for this particular disaster 

in Georgia, for the severe 

flooding of 2009. This is a good 

way of getting the big picture quickly,

 to aid in faster decision making.

 Also, it���s a good way of representing 

the analysis that we do on the back 

end in a not-so-complex interface.

Wherever you see the pinks and 

the reds, are very high concentrations 

of individual applicants for aid as well 

as some of the oranges and light greens. 

So I���ll take you into a community, 

Austell, Georgia, which was heavily 

affected. As you can see with the varying 

colors you have here, with all these 

different concentrations with red 

signifying the highest concentration. 

It makes it very easy for us to provide 

information. Here I���ll bring up the 

digital flood insurance rate maps, which 

are maps developed to show where 

there will be a higher frequency of 

flooding in a given community. 

A couple of our specialists were able 

to derive a sort of approximate flood 

extent, which I���ll bring up right now.

Which is the blue here on the screen.

 As you can see, it extends well beyond 

the 500 year floodplain, which is yellow,

 and definitely far beyond the 100 year 

floodplain which is the red.

So everywhere you see blue, is approximately 

where the flooding extended to. Some of 

our findings was  that up to 95 percent 

of our individual applicants were not 

even in the 100-year or 500 year floodplain. 

So we���ll continue to fly through Austell 

and surrounding communities, 

Power Springs and Lithia Springs. 

One of the good things about information 

is that we can share it. In this event, we 

were able to team up with the state, 

and with our local governments and 

inter-agencies such as the USGS as well 

as the State of Georgia, GEMA and 

various counties to get the mission 

accomplished. One thing about this 

program is this is that it helps them with 

decision making. This is the business of 

decision making and it also helps them 

inform their colleagues in other agencies,

their colleagues in other states, their 

colleagues in local governments so 

we can make smarter decisions, faster decisions.