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Hello NEARC, If you have used Hazus before I could use a little bit of help. I've recently performed an analysis simulating flood, earthquake, and hurricane simulations using FEMA's HAZUS-MH software. Within the hurricane results I need help clarifying the definition for a few of the fields of data. I have fields titled "Employment Loss" and "Output Loss" which are shown in thousands of dollars for each census tract in the study area. The definitions for these fields are not explained in the HAZUS Hurricane Technical or user's manuals. And I had no luck searching the user's groups. I have some ideas for these definitions but I'd like something more concrete. Output loss I assume represents "the amount of potential goods or services which were not produced do to the hurricane, presented in thousands of dollars". Employment loss I suspect is "the amount of potential income employed people lose due to the hurricane, presented in thousands of dollars". Thanks, and let me know if you need any more details or clarifications. Best, Mike Towle Assistant Planner Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency 225 North Main St, Suite 304 Bristol, CT 06010 (860) 589-7820 x 180 | [log in to unmask] | http://www.ccrpa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (NEARC-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all NEARC Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://listserv.uconn.edu/nearc-l.html.