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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
DISASTER RESPONSE: THE 1975 OMAHA TORNADO

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Mayor's Disaster Review Task Force on the Omaha response to the 1975 tornado disaster. Recommendations for improvements have been made in warning systems, agency response, damage identification, local codes and ordinances and pre-planning for recovery.

This report was financed in part through a planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, project number CPA-NE-07-26-1014; and in part through a grant from the State of Nebraska Governor's Emergency Fund through Operation Phoenix.

Prepared by the Omaha City Planning Department, Alden Aust, Director, Report #181, January 1977.

Mayor Robert G. Cunningham (study initiated during term of former Mayor Edward Zorinsky);

  • City Council
    • Betty Abbott
    • Jerry Hassett
    • John Hlavacek
    • John Miller - President
    • Steven Rosenblatt - Vice President
    • Ray Slizewski
    • Monte Taylor
  • City Planning Board
    • James R. Beatty
    • J. Darrell Clemmer
    • Allen P. Dinzole
    • Mary Flannigan
    • George J. Kubat, Jr. - Chairman
    • Paula Wells - Vice Chairman
    • Donald Zern
  • Task Force members
    • Brandon H. Backlund
    • Joe Barker Ill
    • Robert Bell
    • Dr. Frances Campbell
    • Mark Gautier
    • W. L. Jacobs
    • James E. Johnson
    • Joe Kirshenbaum
    • William Larson - Chairman
    • Major James McKeever
    • Arthur Miller
    • Brigadier Donald Rose
    • John Severin - Vice Chairman
    • Lloyd Shalla
    • Ted Sokol
    • Robert F. Watkins
  • Task Force Staff
    • James F. Kelly
    • Blythe J. Kubovec
    • Renee Ratner
    • Susan L. Ruby, Omaha City Planning Department
  • Codes and Ordinance Study by Mits Kawamoto and Associates, Omaha
  • Designed by Robert C. Peters, Omaha City Planning Department
  • Text by James F. Kelly and Susan L. Ruby, Omaha City Planning Department
  • Photographs by
    • Robert Dunn
    • The Omaha City Planning Department
    • Omaha-Douglas County Civil Defense
    • The Omaha World Herald - Sebi Breci
    • Jim Fogarty
    • Rich Janda
    • Phil Johnson
    • S. J. Melingagio
    • Cindy Murphy
    • Bob Paskach
    • Ed Rath
    • Rudy Smith
    • City of Omaha Public Works Department
    • The Sun Newspapers of Omaha
    • Charles D. Turner
  • Type set by Priesman Graphics, Omaha
  • Color reproduction by Raur Litho Plate Service, Incorporated, Omaha
  • Cover illustration by Robert Peters, Omaha City Planning Department
  • Embossing by Diamond Die Company, Omaha
  • Printed in Omaha, Nebraska by Business Printing Service, Incorporated, Omaha.  First printing 1977.

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