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the wind, wave, and storm surge variables that make up RI-CHAMP’s hurricane and nor’easter scenarios. Ginis argues that high-resolution data and modeling allow managers to be proactive in planning for impacts on specific assets, like generators, in a way that is “unprecedented.” “We are very site-specific to accurately simulate whether a facility may fail under certain conditions,

such as storm surge flooding,” Ginis explains. “We are actually able to put the elevation of a generator at a specific facility into our computer model.” RI-CHAMP team members worked with infrastructure facility managers to create baseline thresholds for a facility. Common vulnerabilities considered include access to a site (in the event that roads are flooded), function of key equipment such as generators, and

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