Green Ike

HURRICANE IKE – SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

22nd & Strand

Sept 12 on the seawall

Sept 12 on at 22nd & Strand Sept 12 at 22nd & Strand

Hurricane Ike Chinese FY1-D MVISR September 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM CDT

Storm Surge Captured by Spaceborne Radar Canadian RADARSAT 2 September 12, 2008, at 7:39:14 PM CDT Synthetic aperture radar data processed by the UT Center for Space Research Storm Surge in Progress

Synthetic aperture radar data processed by the UT Center for Space Research Storm Surge Captured by Spaceborne Radar European ESA ENVISAT ASAR September 12, 2008, at 11:23:04 PM CDT Ike Storm Surge in Progress

Storm Surge Captured by Spaceborne Radar Canadian RADARSAT 2 September 13, 2008, at 7:10:06 PM CDT Synthetic aperture radar data processed by the UT Center for Space Research Residual Storm Surge

F GALVESTON ISLAND GULF OF MEXICO West Bay San Luis Pass Development as of 2000

I CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA

SURGE SIMULATION Hurricane Carla September 5-11, 1961 A large, slow-moving storm that made landfall near Port Lavaca Sustained winds of 150 mph (Category 4) Peak wind gusts of 175 mph Storm surge of 22 feet (Matagorda Bay) 18.5 feet (Port Lavaca), 14.5 feet (Port O’Connor), 14.8 feet (Houston Ship Channel) Rainfall of 16.49 inches (Galveston), 6.25 inches (Victoria), 5.15 inches (Corpus Christi) 34 Deaths in Texas $400,000,000 of storm damage (1961 dollars) MODELING PREPARED BY U.T. CENTER FOR SPACE RESEARCH

Hurricane Carly Houston-Galveston Study Area Landfall

Hurricane Ike Chinese FY1-D MVISR September 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM CDT

Houston-Galveston Study Area Mean Sea Level HOUSTON Texas City Galveston La Porte League City Alvin Baytown JSC

HOUSTON Texas City Galveston La Porte League City Alvin Hurricane Carly 4/22 at 0800 CDT MEOW NW at 8 MPH Surge: 4.8 Feet Baytown JSC

Houston-Galveston Study Area Mean Sea Level HOUSTON La Porte Pasadena Baytown Webster Bacliff Deer Park JSC

Hurricane Carly 4/22 at 0800 CDT MEOW NW at 8 MPH Surge: 4.8 Feet HOUSTON La Porte Pasadena Baytown Webster Bacliff Deer Park JSC

Estimated Total Wind Damage from Hurricane Carly Hurricane Carly Houston-Galveston Study Area Landfall Counties Affected: 31 Population Affected: 5,425,334 Households Affected: 1,913,906 Residences Destroyed: 119,626 Debris Generated: 124,023,000 tons Damage Amount: $73,612,335,000

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Over $120 billion in damages

Estimated 2752 lives lost

Over $257 billion spent on Homeland Security (Sept 11 th 2001- Dec 2006)

“ Number of people killed since 9/11 by al Qaeda or al Qaedalike operatives outside of Afghanistan and Iraq is not much higher than the number who drown in bathtubs in the United States in a single year…the lifetime chance of an American being killed by international terrorism is about one in 80,000 -- about the same chance of being killed by a comet or a meteor.” Council on Foreign Affairs, Oct. 2006

EVACUATION ZONE POPULATION PROJECTIONS ZONE 2005 2020 2035 A 104,159 131,129 166,144 B 297,467 384,850 474,065 C 622,292 747,933 921,388

Hazardous Waste

Landfills - (White) Closed / (Grey) Open

Radioactive Sites

Outfalls – Municipal/Commercial (Green)

FLOOD PLAINS AND CRITICAL FACILITIES

Galveston Flooding Behind Seawall 4 ft rise in Galveston Bay

FUTURE OF U.S. 87?

CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES

SEA LEVEL RISE – APPROX. 3 FEET OVER 100 YEARS

INCREASE IN SEVERITY OF RAINFALL EVENTS

DOCUMENTED IN HOUSTON

3 STORMS GREATER THAN 19” IN 24 HOURS SINCE 1975

8 STORMS GREATER THAN 13” IN 24 HOURS SINCE 1975

3. INCREASE IN NUMBER AND SEVERITY OF HURRICANES?

THE IKE DIKE

Bolivar Roads

Maeslant Barrier

Animation of the closing of a Maeslant Barrier

When the gates have closed, the barrier drops down

San Luis Pass

Total Costs

Seawall Extension:~$882,240,000

Bolivar Roads Floodgate:~$ 391,677,000

San Luis Pass Floodgate:~$ 54,232,200

Intracoastal Floodgate:~$ 43,192,934

Total Building Cost: ~$ 1,371,342,134

Note that additional costs may incur if purchase of land is required

BOLIVAR NATIONAL SEASHORE?

EXPAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

HARDEN CRITICAL AREAS

New Haz Waste and Storage Regulations Best Land Management Regulations and $ Expanded Wildlife Refuges Bolivar National Seashore and $ Strict Development Regulations Conceptual Future $

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