the 2013 hurricane season is only 5 months away
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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
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TRACKS OF CINDY, DENNIS, KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA
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LESSONS FROM PAST HURRICANE SEASONS
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HURRICANES ARE DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR
LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR BUILDING CAPACITY
FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT
COMMUNITES
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HURRICANE DISASTER LABORATORIES
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ONE-HUNDRED YEARS OF HURRICANE DISASTER LABORATORIES
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2012’S 19 ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS
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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
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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
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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
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TWO OF 2012’S STORMS WERE ESPECIALLY
NOTABLE
ISAAC -- A RAINMAKER FOR THE ENTIRE GULF COAST
SANDY – A SUPER STORM
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SANDY---FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL
STORM TO A HURRICANE TO A ONCE- IN- A- CENTURY- HISTORIC
“SUPER STORM” IN EIGHT DAYS
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AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM ON OCTOBER 22
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SUPER STORM SANDY ON OCTOBER 29-30, 2012
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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
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TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES IN 2005
Twenty-seven storms occurred during the 2005 season.
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TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2005
ARLENE BRET CINDY DENNIS EMILY FRANKLIN
GERT HARVEY IRENE JOSE
KATRINA LEE
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TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2005
MARIA NATE OPHELIA PHILIPPE
RITA STAN
TAMMY VINCE WILMA ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA EPSILON ZETA
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
EVERY HURRICANE TEACHES IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT THE FIVE PILLARS
OF DISASTER RESILIENCE.
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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.
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2012’S SANDY: NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING
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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.
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2012’S SANDY: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, UNDER WATER
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2012’S SANDY: FLOODING IN BROOKLYN, NY
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2012’S ISAAC: RAIN IN PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI: AUG. 23
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR THE INEVITABLE POWER OUTAGES THAT PARALYZE THE COMMUNITY.
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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.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES PREPAREDNESS
PLANS INCLUDE PETS
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES PROTECTION
MEANS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH VELOCITY WIND AND BUILD ACCORDINGLY.
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LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURICANES WITHOUT
ADEQUATE PROTECTION, HIGH VELOCITY WIND WILL LIFT THE ROOF OFF OF MANY BUILDINGS.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
KATRINA A PROTECTION
NIGHTMARE OCCURRED WHEN NEW ORLEANS’ LEVEES FAILED.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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EVACUATION: LEAVING NEW ORLEANS ON I-10: AUGUST 30, 2005
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TRACKS OF CINDY, DENNIS, KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA
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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.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
EVACUATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL IF SAFE HAVENS FOR EVACUEES ARE UNSAFE.
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2012’S ISAAC: EVACUEES IN A LOUISIANA SAFE HAVEN
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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.
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LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES INTELLIGENT
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR RESILIENCE.
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LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
RECOVERY TAKES LONGER AND COSTS MORE THAN EXPECTED.
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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.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION PLANS INCLUDES THE UNTHINK-ABLE THAT CAN HAPPEN IN ANY COMMUNITY.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
KATRINA NEW ORLEANS’
STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANS DID NOT WORK DURING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD.
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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.
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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.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
ARLENE, JUNE 2005
INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES ARE READY, WHETHER THE FIRST STORM OR THE LAST STORM OF THE SEASON.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
STAN: OCTOBER 2005
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS FOR DEVASTATING MUDSLIDES THAT CAN BE TRIGGERED BY PROLONGED RAIN.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
STAN, OCTOBER 2005
AFTER A MUDSLIDE
BURIES A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE, A VERY COMPLICATED TASK, BECOMES VERY URGENT.