Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress (open access)

Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuation of individuals from Hurricane Katrina. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted. This report will be updated as significant legislative or administrative changes occur.
Date: March 30, 2009
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA representatives.
Date: July 7, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Domestic Boiler. (open access)

Domestic Boiler.

Patent for a boiler for boiling milk and other liquids prone to boiling over, which prevents the overflow of liquid from the boiler.
Date: October 8, 1907
Creator: Rahm, Phillip
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener. (open access)

Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener.

Patent for a combined pencil holder and sharpener, which uses the sharpener as a pencil cap.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Haase, Conrad H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch.

Patent for an "improved method of and apparatus for treating mineral pitch and similar material to readily separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from sand, bituminous rock, and other impurities contained in the mined material and removing the sand and impurities" (lines 12-17). The method circulates the material in hot water to separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from the sand and impurities. The asphalt and oil rise to the top of the water and the impurities sink.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Sellers, Harvey Lee; Conyngton, Hugh Ronald & Conyngton, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt (open access)

Electric Belt

Patent for improvements in electric belts.
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Williams, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an invention for train cars which "relates to car couplings, and especially to that class of the same which effect an automatic coupling by means of a gravity-hook," (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1884
Creator: Washburn, Andrew Lynch & Journeay, Abram L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report

This report is about the observations of deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and the Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography (open access)

Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and the Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography

This report is about the study of interactions of the Gulf of Mexico eddies with topography and the dynamical of submarine canyons in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2004
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact of recreational Fishing and Diving Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Economic Impact of recreational Fishing and Diving Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about offshore oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Hiett, Robert L. & Milon, J. Walter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries: Bringing Together New and Recent Research (open access)

Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries: Bringing Together New and Recent Research

This report is about bringing together new and recent research.
Date: October 2000
Creator: McKay, Melanie; Nides, Judith & Vigil, Debra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

This report is about the study of subsurface high-speed current jets in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Dimarco, Steven F.; Howard, Matthew K.; Nowlin, Worth D., Jr. & Reid, Robert O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Aspects of the Ecology of the Continental Slope Fauna of the Gulf of Mexico: A synopsis of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study, 1983-1988 (open access)

Selected Aspects of the Ecology of the Continental Slope Fauna of the Gulf of Mexico: A synopsis of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study, 1983-1988

This report is about the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study.
Date: November 2003
Creator: Gallaway, Benny J.; Cole, John G. & Fechhelm, Robert G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects (open access)

Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects

This survey report discusses deepwater projects centered in the Gulf Coast. Their study is interested in vendors or contractors supplying the equipment used on the deck and process in extracting oil. The authors are also interested in the socioeconomic effects of the oil extracting on local communities.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Stiff, John J. & Singelmann, Joachim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary

This report is about the deepwater observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer, James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling Structure Removal Processes in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Modeling Structure Removal Processes in the Gulf of Mexico

This report summary describes the objective of the research is to examine how offshore structures producing and processing hydrocarbons are removed from the Gulf of Mexico. Using this research, they developed a model to forecast the removal of offshore structures.
Date: June 2005
Creator: Kaiser, M.J.; Mesyanzhinov, D.V. & Pulsipher, A.G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the exploration of the possibility that the deep flow around the edges of the Gulf circulates in a cyclonic, or counter-clockwise direction. The existence of this flow was purely theoretical but this study shows that such is observed reliably.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Sturges, Wilton; Chassignet, Eric & Ezer, Tal
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico:  A Decision- and Resource-Based Approach (open access)

Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico: A Decision- and Resource-Based Approach

This report is to formalize the REA/MMS forecast models used in the Gulf Coast. With these models they forecast GOM infrastructure like number of exploratory wells and number of development wells.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Kaiser, Mark J.; Mesyanzhinov, Dmitry V. & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress (open access)

Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuations of individuals in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. It also highlights several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy.
Date: April 29, 2010
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbureter. (open access)

Carbureter.

Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Pollard, James M. & Barton, Wallace R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage (open access)

Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage

This report examines selected issues of the federal government's liability depending on the theory of the levee failures in New Orleans, and analyzes legal defense available to the federal government.
Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: Brougher, Cynthia & Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues (open access)

Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues

This report discusses the following: Medicaid’s rules on eligibility, benefits, and financing in the context of current questions and issues raised by Hurricane Katrina. Recent state actions in response to Medicaid issues raised by the hurricane. Federal Medicaid waiver authority, including information on current activity in this area and the New York Disaster Relief Medicaid waiver granted in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Current federal legislation related to Medicaid and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Date: November 18, 2005
Creator: Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Grady, April; Hearne, Jean P. & Herz, Elicia J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils (open access)

Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils

From Introduction: "In this paper are presented the results obtained to date from the inspections of steel pilings. The investigation will be continued by additional inspections of pilings in other parts if the country in order to cover a wider range of soil environments."
Date: October 24, 1962
Creator: Romanoff, Melvin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library