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 Reduction
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. TWO OF 2012’S STORMS
WERE ESPECIALLY
NOTABLE
ISAAC -- A RAINMAKER FOR
THE ENTIRE GULF COAST
SANDY – A SUPER STORM
11. SANDY
---FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL
STORM TO A HURRICANE TO A
ONCE- IN- A- CENTURY- HISTORIC
“SUPER STORM”
IN EIGHT DAYS
14. 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
15. TROPICAL STORMS AND
HURRICANES IN 2005
Twenty-seven
storms
occurred during
the 2005
season.
16. TROPICAL STORMS-
HURRICANES IN 2005
ARLENE GERT
BRET HARVEY
CINDY IRENE
DENNIS JOSE
EMILY KATRINA
FRANKLIN LEE
17. TROPICAL STORMS-
HURRICANES IN 2005
MARIA TAMMY
VINCE
NATE
WILMA
OPHELIA
ALPHA
PHILIPPE
BETA
RITA GAMMA
STAN DELTA
EPSILON
ZETA
18. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
EVERY HURRICANE
TEACHES
IMPORTANT
LESSONS ABOUT
THE FIVE PILLARS
OF DISASTER
RESILIENCE.
19. 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.
21. 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.
25. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL
HURRICANES
PREPAREDNESS
PLANS FOR THE
INEVITABLE
POWER
OUTAGES THAT
PARALYZE THE
COMMUNITY.
26. 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.
27. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
PREPAREDNESS
PLANS INCLUDE
PETS
28. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
PROTECTION
MEANS THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND THE
RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH HIGH
VELOCITY WIND
AND BUILD
ACCORDINGLY.
29. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURICANES
WITHOUT
ADEQUATE
PROTECTION, HIGH
VELOCITY WIND
WILL LIFT THE
ROOF OFF OF
MANY BUILDINGS.
30. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
KATRINA
A PROTECTION
NIGHTMARE
OCCURRED
WHEN NEW
ORLEANS’
LEVEES FAILED.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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.
36. 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.
37. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL
HURRICANES
EVACUATION IS
UNSUCCESSFUL
IF SAFE HAVENS
FOR EVACUEES
ARE UNSAFE.
39. 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.
40. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
INTELLIGENT
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
UNDERSTANDS THE
RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH FLOODING
AND BUILDS
CAPACITY FOR
RESILIENCE.
41. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL
HURRICANES
RECOVERY
TAKES LONGER
AND COSTS
MORE THAN
EXPECTED.
42. 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.
43. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL HURRICANES
RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION
PLANS INCLUDES
THE UNTHINK-
ABLE THAT CAN
HAPPEN IN ANY
COMMUNITY.
44. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
KATRINA
NEW ORLEANS’
STRATEGIC AND
TACTICAL PLANS
DID NOT WORK
DURING THE
EMERGENCY
PERIOD.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
CAPACITY BUILDING
ARLENE, JUNE
2005
INTELLIGENT
COMMUNITIES ARE
READY, WHETHER
THE FIRST STORM
OR THE LAST
STORM OF THE
SEASON.
48. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
CAPACITY BUILDING
STAN: OCTOBER
2005
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PLANS
FOR DEVASTATING
MUDSLIDES THAT
CAN BE TRIGGERED
BY PROLONGED
RAIN.
49. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
STAN, OCTOBER
2005
AFTER A MUDSLIDE
BURIES A
TOWN, SEARCH
AND RESCUE, A
VERY COMPLICATED
TASK, BECOMES
VERY URGENT.