2. TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 4 Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

3. GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE FLOODS SEVERE WIND STORMS EARTHQUAKES DROUGHTS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS TSUNAMIS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS INCREASE TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE INCREASE OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE USE DISASTER’S INFO TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

4. NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011 FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN WILDFIRES IN FLORIDA, TEXAS, AND ARIZONA, ETC HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPIAL STORM LEE FLOODS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI River SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

5. 2011’S KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE BASE INCLUDED 12 TROPICAL STORMS AND 4 HURRICANES JUNE 1 – OCTOBER 17 NOTE: SEASON ENDS NOVEMBER 30

6. 2011’S ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS

7. TROPICAL STORMS- HURRICANES IN 2011 ARLENE BRET CINDY DON EMILY FRANKLIN GERT HARVEY IRENE JOSE KATIA LEE MARIA NATE

8. TROPICAL STORMS- HURRICANES IN 2011 OPHELIAPHILIPPE

9. A DISASTER is --- --- the set of failures that overwhelm the capability of a community to respond without external help when three continuums: 1) people, 2) community (i.e., a set of habitats, livelihoods, and social constructs), and 3) complex events (e.g., floods, earthquakes,...,) intersect at a point in space and time.

10. Disasters are caused by s ingle- or multiple-event natural hazards that, (for various reasons), cause extreme levels of mortality, morbidity, homelessness, joblessness, economic losses, or environmental impacts.

11. THE THREE CONTINUUMS OF EVERY DISASTER PEOPLE COMMUNITY COMPLEX EVENTS

12. A DISASTER IMPACTS ALL SOCIETAL ELEMENTS

13. AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE Transforms information and experience gained from a disaster into knowledge, best practices, and new tech- nology to help a disaster- prone community become disaster resilient.

14. BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE Identify the gaps in community capacity in the four critical elements of the solution: Preparedness, Protection, Response, and Recovery. Concentrate resources on filling the perceived gaps in Preparedness, Protection, Response, and Recovery, and start creating turning points for change.

15. CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE PREPAREDNESS (READY FOR ANY COMPLEX EVENT) PROTECTION (BUILD ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND) PREPAREDNESS (READY FOR ANY COMPLEX EVENT) PROTECTION (BUILD ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND)

16. CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE RESPONSE (SAVING LIVES, AND ENSURING CONTINUITY) RECOVERY (BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY AND RESUMING LIFE AGAIN) RESPONSE (SAVING LIVES, AND ENSURING CONTINUITY) RECOVERY (BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY AND RESUMING LIFE AGAIN)

17. BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE Intensifies efforts to protect essential (schools) and critical (hospitals, dams, transportation, systems, and power plants) facilities.

18. EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY INFORMED IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT APATHY TO EMPOWERMENT BOUNDARIES TO NETWORKS STATUS QUO TO GOOD POLITICAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A COM- MUNITY’S RISK EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A COM- MUNITY’S RISK

19. TURNING POINTS FOR CHANGE NEW RESOURCES NEW DELIVERY MECHANISMS NEW PROFESSIONAL LINKAGES NEW LEGISLATIVE MANDATES NEW DIALOGUE ON BUILDING A CULTURE OF DISASTER- RISK REDUCTION EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL RESULT IN …

20. EDUCATIONAL SURGE ADD VALUE INCREASE AWARENESS INCREASE UNDERSTANDING INCREASE POLITICAL WILL BUILD EQUITY AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE WILL

21. BENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES EXPAND CAPABILITY IMPROVE DELIVERY MECHANISMS OVERCOME UNIVERSAL BARRIERS CREATE TURNING POINTS OF CHANGE INCREASE COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE EDUCATIONAL SURGES

22. HURRICANE IRENE

23. IRENE: 2011’s NINTH STORM NAMED ON AUGUST 20 th FIRST HURRICANE OF SEASON: AUGUST 22nd MADE LANDFALL IN NC ON AUGUST 27 th AND IN NY ON AUGUST 28 th CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING IN NEW YORK, VERMONT, NEW JERSEY, AND CANADA 45 DEATHS; $10 BILLION + LOSSES

24. STORM TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE

25. AUGUST 21: TROPICAL STORM IRENE OVER PUERTO RICO

26. AUGUST 21: TROPICAL STORM IRENE FORECAST TO BE FIRST HURRICANE OF 2011

27. IN PUERTO RICO ON AUGUST 22, IRENE--- ---caused loss of power for 1 million people, loss of water for 100,000 people, downed trees, damaged homes, forced evacuations and school and office closures in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but no deaths, ---strengthened and became the first hurricane of 2011.

28. (Continued) ON AUGUST 22, IRENE--- --- missed Haiti where 600,000 refugees were still living in tents, but exacerbated flooding and mudslides in the treeless northern region where past storms have killed thousands, and --- made it harder to fight the cholera epidemic that had already killed some 6,000 people.

29. FLOODING: NAGUABO, PR; AUG 22

30. DOWNED TREES: LORIZA, PR; AUG 22

31. PONCE AGOSTO, PR: FLOODING; AUGUST 24 th

32. (Continued) ON AUGUST 22, IRENE--- ---- threatened the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic with storm surge, wind, and rain, which would last 15 hours.

33. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23: Moving west-northwest at 17 kph (10 mph) Irene had maximum sustained winds around 160 km/hr (96 mi/hr) and was centered about 90 km (54 mi) northeast of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic at 8 a.m. ET.

34. HISPANOLA: BEFORE STORM SURGE; AUG 22 nd

35. HISPANOLA: SWOLLEN NIGUA RIVER SAN CRISTOBAL; AUG 24 th

36. HISPANOLA: FLOODING IN SAN CRISTOBAL (1 DEATH); AUG 24 th

37. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23: Along with gusts and heavy rains, Irene was also pushing a 5-to-8-foot (2-3 m) storm surge into the southeastern Bahamas that could reach 7-to-11 feet by the time it reaches the Central Bahamas.

38. HUNDREDS OF HOMES DESTROYED IN THE BAHAMAS

39. BARACOA, CUBA: AUG 24:

40. AUG 25 th : CAT 3 STORM APPROACHING NW BAHAMAS WITH 115 MPH WINDS

41. BAHAMAS: NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND; AUGUST 25 th

43. AUG 23 FORECAST: IRENE COULD IMPACT ENTIRE EASTERN SEABOARD BY SUN (28 th )

44. EVACUATION UNDERWAY IN NORTH CAROLINA Residents in some parts of North Carolina were advised to evacuate on Wednesday morning (August 24 th ) as Irene intensified to a CAT 3 hurricane, with a high probability of becoming CAT 4.

45. WEST PALM BEACH, FL: BUYING SUPPLIES TO COPE WITH IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 25 th

46. NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATIONS STARTING FOR REAL; AUGUST 24 th

47. CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA: PREPARATION FOR IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 24 th

48. NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATION OF OUTER BANKS; AUGUST 25 th

49. EACUATION IN VIRGINIA: On Thursday, August 24 th for the first time since 2003, the US Navy ordered 27 ships out to sea, including an aircraft carrier, destroyers and submarines, in anticipation of a high storm surge and waves.

50. AUG 24: NAVY DESTROYER LEAVING NORFOLK NAVAL STATION

51. NAG’S HEAD, NORTH CAROLINA: PREPARATION FOR IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 25 th

52. FRIDAY MORNING, AUG 26: EYE OF STORM EAST OF FLORIDA MOVING TOWARD NC

53. LANDFALL IN NORTH CAROLINA ON AUGUST 27TH

54. WHAT HAPPENED IN NC Storm surge and waves destroyed a pier Winds howled through the power lines and downed trees, Rain fell in sheets along the North Carolina coast, causing flooding. The wind ripped siding and shingles off homes and buildings in Nags Head.

55. AS EXPECTED: At 8:30 a.m., Progress Energy said that almost 200,000 customers had lost power in North Carolina, a number that grew during the day, as expected.

56. AUG 27: PIER COLLAPSE; THE FIRST FAILURE

57. AUG 27: WIND DAMAGE

58. AUG 28: HATTERAS ISLAND, NC

59. AUG 27: FORECAST AFTER 7:30 AM LANDFALL IN OUTER BANKS, NC