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Recent QR Reports

QR193 The Groundhog Day Florida Tornadoes: A Case Study of High-Vulnerability Tornadoes, by Kevin M. Simmons and Daniel Sutter. 2007.

QR192 Evaluation of Winter Storm Warnings: A Case Study of the Colorado Front Range December 20-21, 2006, Winter Storm, by Sheldon Drobot. 2007.

QR191 Emergency Responses for High Plains Cattle Affected by the December 28-31, 2006, Blizzard, by Bimal Kanti Paul, Deborah Che, and Vicki L. Tinnon. 2007.

The Natural Hazards Center activated 25 Quick Response grants to study the impacts of Hurricane Katrina.

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With funds contributed by the National Science Foundation, the Natural Hazards Center Quick Response program offers social scientists small grants to travel to the site of a disaster soon after it occurs to gather valuable information concerning immediate impact and response. The findings of these studies cover a broad range of disasters - both natural and human-caused - in diverse segments affecting all types of human communities.

Scholars participating in the program submit reports which are made available to share their findings with the broader hazards community. Quick Response reports are intended to aid the rapid distribution of research findings to both scholars directly involved with hazards research and to the larger circle of interested persons.

The deadline to submit proposals for consideration for the 2008 funding cycle has passed. Please contact Jolie Breeden with any questions.

The Center has made our Quick Response reports available free and online. However, reports earlier than QR 76 (1995) are available in printed copy only. For information on purchasing printed copies of all reports, visit our publications purchasing page.

Quick Response reports are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.