This draft page is attempting to create a workflow for people to identify reportable issues captured in aerial photography of Harvey-affected areas, specifically industrial sites.

Photo: SC National Guard (170831-Z-AH923-081) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Basic needs for imagery reporting

1. Collect images (from various sources) -- do a call for images (like this for Harvey)
2. Make a list of image URLs for each image set (like this spreadsheet for Harvey)
3. Sort through each image entry for possible pollution incidents (using guidance on image ID) & take notes on each image in a consistent format (like this for Harvey)
4. Submit this list to GRN and/or other partner (for Harvey, GRN is just watching the spreadsheet) OR report directly to various agencies (need instructions on how to report)

See the below resources to begin turning these into activities.

Potential partners

Let's brainstorm some partners to work on this and future disaster responses with. See the main harvey page too for Groups.

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Resources

For the steps outlined above.

Compile image sources

(largely complete for now, asked as a question)

Gather satellite or aerial images -- before and after may be needed. Also see compiled imagery sources in this question: https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/09-12-2017/what-are-some-sources-of-new-aerial-imagery-of-harvey-damages

• NOAA Harvey Images
• TX National Resources Information Center -"before" images
• The Texas General Land Office -"before" images
• USGS Earth Explorer Tool-possibly "both" images
• Related: Irma: https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/irma/index.html (see Irma page)

Examine images for flooding/damages

Check through images for listed locations--in some cases you can see sheen or waste

Use this guide on visual oil identification

• Images may have meta data with GPS aligned with plane location instead of site location
• Flooded or suspicious locations should be compiled in a spreadsheet for report
• Do screen capture of the footage to attach to report
• Check to see who owns imagery, which may impact who needs to receive report
• Compare location to list of industrial sites

Industrial sites in TX

Gather/compile lists of at-risk sites in TX (oil refineries, sewage, nuclear etc.)

• Main source: Surging Seas: Risk Finder -EPA tool allows coastline reports by state and specific risk (ex. oil refineries)
• Harvey Ecological Hazards Map
• Gulf Restoration Network Map of Oil
• Sierra Club Map of Toxic Sites Harvey
• List of Texas Landfills
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Data Tool
• Longer list in responses to this question: https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/09-12-2017/where-are-people-compiling-lists-of-potential-pollution-sites-following-hurricane-harvey
• Source information for facilities https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7ipKYaoi-eYMFMwZU1qZm94d1U/view?usp=sharing
• https://gulfwetlandsmap.carto.com/viz/c827e7ac-e17a-4a83-a3b6-4e075f4172c6/embed_map

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Questions

More resources

video explaining, maybe, what could be done (bad audio?) https://youtu.be/O2bV1a1gNfA

GRN master sheet of links https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12ZMti2lH4sST6Apzp_DeCQld4z4ioTmm7LdFiF8fK4A/edit#gid=1