ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A large number of people contributed to this effort, including an initial Working Group (B. Arnold, R. Brainard, F. Bowers, J. Brodziak, M. Clark, T. Curtis, Y. deReynier, K. Gore, R. Hart, J. Lindsay, M. Pentony, J. Phinney, P. Spencer, N. Tolmeri, and B. Weidoff), authors on the methodology (J. Howard, E. Teeters, J. Scott, and M. Alexander), and authors on Northeast U.S. Vulnerability Assessment (M. Stachura, L. Alade, R. Bell, A. Chute, K. Curti, T. Curtis, D. Kircheis, J. Kocik, S. Lucey, C. McCandless, L. Milke, D. Richardson, E. Robillard, H. Walsh, M. McManus, K. Marancik and C. Griswold). We would particularly like to acknowledge G. Pecl, W. Patrick, K. Abrams, B. Young, and K. Goodin for the ideas and discussions during the development and implementation of the methodology.