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

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

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

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

2011’S ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS

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

TROPICAL STORMS- HURRICANES IN 2011 OPHELIAPHILIPPE

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.

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.

THE THREE CONTINUUMS OF EVERY DISASTER PEOPLE COMMUNITY COMPLEX EVENTS

A DISASTER IMPACTS ALL SOCIETAL ELEMENTS

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.

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.

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)

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)

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

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

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 …

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

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

HURRICANE IRENE

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

STORM TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE

AUGUST 21: TROPICAL STORM IRENE OVER PUERTO RICO

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

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.

(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.

FLOODING: NAGUABO, PR; AUG 22

DOWNED TREES: LORIZA, PR; AUG 22

PONCE AGOSTO, PR: FLOODING; AUGUST 24 th

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

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.

HISPANOLA: BEFORE STORM SURGE; AUG 22 nd

HISPANOLA: SWOLLEN NIGUA RIVER SAN CRISTOBAL; AUG 24 th

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

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.

HUNDREDS OF HOMES DESTROYED IN THE BAHAMAS

BARACOA, CUBA: AUG 24:

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

BAHAMAS: NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND; AUGUST 25 th

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

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.

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

NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATIONS STARTING FOR REAL; AUGUST 24 th

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

NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATION OF OUTER BANKS; AUGUST 25 th

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.

AUG 24: NAVY DESTROYER LEAVING NORFOLK NAVAL STATION

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

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

LANDFALL IN NORTH CAROLINA ON AUGUST 27TH

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.

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.

AUG 27: PIER COLLAPSE; THE FIRST FAILURE

AUG 27: WIND DAMAGE

AUG 28: HATTERAS ISLAND, NC

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