• Introduction: Develop an introduction to the high winds hazard facing NYC and the current NYC risk assessment plan.
• Hazard: Discuss each of the following as identified in the NYC plan and apply each to the components of risk assessment methods:
  • Severity
  • Probability
  • Location
  • Historical Occurrences
• Risk/Consequence: Discuss each of the following as identified in the NYC plan and apply each to the components of risk assessment methods:
  • Social Environment
  • Natural Environment
  • Built Environment
  • Future Environment
• Managing the Risk: Discuss efforts associated with managing or mitigating risks as identified in the NYC plan and apply each to the components of risk assessment methods.
• Evaluation: Evaluate the NYC plan within the context of the components of risk assessment methods and the three steps of the THIRA process.
• Recommendations: Identify recommendations for future risk assessments and updates to the NYC plan for the selected hazard.
• Conclusion: Develop a conclusion that summarizes the main points of the paper.

Write in a scholarly and objective tone, avoiding the use of first person, personal pronouns, contractions, and colloquial or conversational language. Avoid the use of direct quotations. Use citations from each of the assigned readings and additional scholarly, peer-reviewed sources to support your content and credit sources of information and ideas.