1. Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction
PAST ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANES THAT WERE “BAD” ENOUGH TO HAVE THEIR NAMES RETIRED
1988 – 2008
More Supercourse lectures on Harricanes -
Dr. Walter Hays,
Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

2. “BAD” HURRICANES:
Hugo Sept 1988
Andrew Aug 1992
Opal Oct 1995
Floyd Sept 1999

3. “BAD” HURRICANES: 1988-2008 (Continued)
Mitch Nov 1998
Charley Aug 2004
Ivan Sept 2004
Katrina Aug 2005

4. “BAD” HURRICANES: 1988-2008 (Continued)
Rita Sept 2005
Wilma Oct 2005
Gustav Sept 2008

5. WIND PENETRATING BUILDING ENVELOPE
CAUSES OF DAMAGE
WIND PENETRATING BUILDING ENVELOPE
UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM
FLYING DEBRIS
SEVERE WINDSTORMS
STORM SURGE
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN
“DISASTER LABORATORIES”
SITING PROBLEMS
FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES

6. HURRICANE HUGO: CHARLESTON, SC; CAT 5, SEPT 22, 1989

7. HURRICANE ANDREW: CAT 5; AUG 24, 1992

8. HURRICANE ANDREW: FLORIDA CITY, FL; AUG 25, 1992

9. ANDREW: One of the most intense and the last of the three Category 5 hurricanes to make US landfall in the 20th century, Andrew had sustained winds of 165 mi/hr and caused catastrophic damage in Florida. .

10. HURRICANE OPAL: DESTIN, FL; CAT 4, OCT 6, 1995

11. HURRICANE FLOYD: LONGPORT, NJ; CAT 5; SEPT 16, 1999

12. FLOYD: 2.6 million coastal residents were evacuated.

13. HURRICANE MITCH: NICARAGUA; CAT 5, NOV 1, 1998

14. MITCH: The slow-moving CAT 5 hurricane dropped historic amounts of rainfall in Honduras and Nicaragua. Nearly 11, 000 people were killed, mainly as a result of the flooding, and hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes.

15. HURRICANE CHARLEY: PUNTA GORDA, FL, CAT 4; AUG 4, 2004

16. HURRICANE IVAN: FLORIDA, CAT 5; 2004

17. IVAN: A Category 5 storm the size of Texas at its peak, Ivan caused
IVAN: A Category 5 storm the size of Texas at its peak, Ivan caused . catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Grand Cayman, the western tip of Cuba, along with an estimated $13 billion in damage in the USA, moving over 3 feet of sand in some places in Florida and pushing it into homes during the storm surge.

18. HURRICANE KATRINA: NEW ORLEANS; CAT 5, AUG 30, 2005

19. KATRINA: Nearly every levee in the Federal Protection System of New Orleans’ was breached, eventually causing 80 percent of the city to be flooded, and 1,836 people to lose their lives. .

20. HURRICANE RITA: EVACUEES; CAT 4, SEPT 21, 2005

21. RITA: In addition to a record evacuation of over 1 million people that took evacuees to places like the First Baptist Church in Tyler, TX, Rita’s winds, waves, and storm surge caused damage to the oil industry and flooding in New Orleans again.

22. HURRICANE WILMA: NAPLES, FL; CAT 5, OCT 24, 2005

23. WILMA: A CAT 5 storm, Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, but it was a Category 3 when it made landfall in several places, causing devastation in the Yucatan Peninsula, Cuba, and Florida.

24. HURRICANE GUSTAV: 3 MILLION EVACUATING LA, SEPT 1, 2008

25. GUSTAV: Gustav prompted the largest evacuation in USA history-- 3 million people-- who fled the oncoming hurricane, after it had made landfall in Haiti and Cuba, crossed the Gulf of Mexico, and made landfall again in Cocodrie, La., on Sept. 1, 2008.