This document could not have existed without the help of the following people:

My heartfilled thanks go to Rolf T. Wigand, professor at Syracuse University   Dept. of Information Science, for his incomparable teaching skill, and for  his patience with this particular student, during bouts of illness which  delayed this document for over a year.

Thanks go to Nick Chemers at the Chicago District U.S. Army Corps. of  Engineers, Construction-Operations Division Readiness Branch.  His generous  assistance aided me during my research on the Chicago Flood case study.

Thanks also go to Robert K. Grubbs, Emergency Management Engineer at the Washington, D.C. Headquarters U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, Readiness Branch,  Directorate of Civil Works.  He generously provided insight into the Army  Corps' responsibilities during disasters, as well as key documents which  aided me during my research for both the Hurricane Andrew and the 1993  Great Flood case studies.

Finally, thanks go to the various government documents librarians who I've  had the privilege of speaking with over the last couple years.

Sincerely,  D.J. Russell   (March 31, 1995)

(Updated 9/02/03 D.J. Russell)