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Lessons from past hurricane seasons Hurricanes are dynamic laboratories for learning and catalysts for building capacity for disaster-intelligent & disaster-resilient communites. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster ReductionTRANSCRIPT
TRACKS OF CINDY, DENNIS, KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA
LESSONS FROM PAST HURRICANE SEASONS
HURRICANES ARE DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR
LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR BUILDING CAPACITY
FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT
COMMUNITES
HURRICANE DISASTER LABORATORIES
ONE-HUNDRED YEARS OF HURRICANE DISASTER LABORATORIES
2012’S 19 ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS
NAMED STORMS IN 2012
ALBERTO - Tropical storm; May 19 BERYL - Tropical storm; May 27 CHRIS – Hurricane; June 21 DEBBY – Tropical storm; June 23 ERNESTO –Hurricane; Aug 3 FLORENCE –Tropical storm: Aug 5 GORDON –Hurricane, August 16
NAMED STORMS FOR 2012
HELENE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 19 ISAAC – Hurricane, August 21 JOYCE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 25 KIRK –Tropical Storm. Aug. 27 LESLIE –Hurricane, Sept. 5 MICHAEL –Hurricane, Sept. 5 NADINE – Hurricane, Sept. 12
NAMED STORMS IN 2012
OSCAR – Tropical Storm, Oct. 4 PATTY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 11 RAFAEL – Hurricane, Oct. 12 SANDY – Super Storm, Oct. 22 TONY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 24
TWO OF 2012’S STORMS WERE ESPECIALLY
NOTABLE
ISAAC -- A RAINMAKER FOR THE ENTIRE GULF COAST
SANDY – A SUPER STORM
SANDY---FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL
STORM TO A HURRICANE TO A ONCE- IN- A- CENTURY- HISTORIC
“SUPER STORM” IN EIGHT DAYS
AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM ON OCTOBER 22
SUPER STORM SANDY ON OCTOBER 29-30, 2012
CAT 1 HURRICANE SANDY MADE LANDFALL AT 8:00 PM ON
MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 29TH
Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, merging with a winter storm system to become a unique, once-in-a-
century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s natural cycles, NOT global warming
TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES IN 2005
Twenty-seven storms occurred during the 2005 season.
TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2005
ARLENE BRET CINDY DENNIS EMILY FRANKLIN
GERT HARVEY IRENE JOSE
KATRINA LEE
TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2005
MARIA NATE OPHELIA PHILIPPE
RITA STAN
TAMMY VINCE WILMA ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA EPSILON ZETA
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
EVERY HURRICANE TEACHES IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT THE FIVE PILLARS
OF DISASTER RESILIENCE.
LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES BEING PREPARED
MEANS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE RISKS ASSOC-IATED WITH STORM SURGE, WIND, AND RAIN AND PLAN FOR THEIR IMPACTS.
2012’S SANDY: NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURICANES PREPAREDNESS
MEANS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HURRICANES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY PRECIP-ITATION THAT WILL INUNDATE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
2012’S SANDY: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, UNDER WATER
2012’S SANDY: FLOODING IN BROOKLYN, NY
2012’S ISAAC: RAIN IN PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI: AUG. 23
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR THE INEVITABLE POWER OUTAGES THAT PARALYZE THE COMMUNITY.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES PREPAREDNESS \
MEANS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ADVERSE ENVIRON-MENTAL IMPACTS HAPPEN WHEN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE SUBJECTED TO WIND, STORM SURGE, AND FLOODING.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES PREPAREDNESS
PLANS INCLUDE PETS
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES PROTECTION
MEANS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH VELOCITY WIND AND BUILD ACCORDINGLY.
LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURICANES WITHOUT
ADEQUATE PROTECTION, HIGH VELOCITY WIND WILL LIFT THE ROOF OFF OF MANY BUILDINGS.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
KATRINA A PROTECTION
NIGHTMARE OCCURRED WHEN NEW ORLEANS’ LEVEES FAILED.
LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
KATRINA, AUGUST 28-29, 2005
ANOTHER PROTECTION NIGHTMARE OCCURRED WHEN WIND AND FLOODING, CLOSED TULANE UNIVERSITY) LONG ENOUGH TO PARALYZE THE COMMUNITY.
LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES.
DISASTER-INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES USE TIMELY EARLY WARNING BASED ON CRITICAL INFORM-ATION TO IMPROVE THE ODDS FOR SAVING LIVES.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
BETA, OCTOBER 29, 2005
DISASTER INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES SAVE LIVES BY USING INFORMATION ON THE THREAT AS IT DEVELOPS HOUR BY HOUR.
EVACUATION: LEAVING NEW ORLEANS ON I-10: AUGUST 30, 2005
TRACKS OF CINDY, DENNIS, KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
2005’S KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA
EVACUATION IS A COMPLEX ENDEAVOR IN ANY SUTUATION THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
EVACUATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL IF SAFE HAVENS FOR EVACUEES ARE UNSAFE.
2012’S ISAAC: EVACUEES IN A LOUISIANA SAFE HAVEN
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
Katrina, August 29-30, 2005
Instead of being a safe haven, as envisioned, New Orleans’ Super Dome became a setting for disaster.
LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES INTELLIGENT
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR RESILIENCE.
LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
RECOVERY TAKES LONGER AND COSTS MORE THAN EXPECTED.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
Katrina, August 29-30, 2005
Removal of 350,000 water-damaged cars was not part of anyone’s recovery plan.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION PLANS INCLUDES THE UNTHINK-ABLE THAT CAN HAPPEN IN ANY COMMUNITY.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
KATRINA NEW ORLEANS’
STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANS DID NOT WORK DURING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES PREPAREDNESS
UNDERSTANDS THAT LAPSES IN LAW AND ORDER MAY OCCUR DURING THE MOST CHAOTIC MOMENTS OF A DISASTER.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES RECOVERY UNDER-
STANDS THAT IT ONLY TAKES A FEW HOURS OF WIND AND STORM SURGE AND TWO WEEKS OF FLOODING FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESSES AND JOBS TO DISAPPEAR FOREVER.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
ARLENE, JUNE 2005
INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES ARE READY, WHETHER THE FIRST STORM OR THE LAST STORM OF THE SEASON.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
STAN: OCTOBER 2005
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS FOR DEVASTATING MUDSLIDES THAT CAN BE TRIGGERED BY PROLONGED RAIN.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
STAN, OCTOBER 2005
AFTER A MUDSLIDE
BURIES A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE, A VERY COMPLICATED TASK, BECOMES VERY URGENT.