TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 4 (Continued)

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

2. HURRICANE IRENE (Continued)

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

4. THE NATURE OF IRENE’S CAPACITY TO CAUSE A DISASTER CHANGED FRON WIND TO WATER FLOODING BECAME THE CAUSE OF COMMUNITY DISASTERS AS IRENE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST August 28, 2011

5. Cities in the northeast (e.g., New York City, Long Island, Philadelphia, Trenton, and others) had to face Irene’s storm surge, rain fall, and New Moon high tides

6. WHAT NORTHEAST CITIES FACED • Storm surge (5-8 ft in NY City), and “new moon” tides (2-3 ft)—, flooding with potential for deaths, especially if people drive through standing water or get trapped in autos or buildings. • Overflowing/encroaching rivers--

7. WHAT NORTHEAST CITIES FACED • Rain (2 to 20 in) over a wide area from the eye—major flooding exacerbated by slow runoff • Wind (40 + mph)—damage to trees, homes, buildings, and infrastructure

8. WHAT NORTHEAST CITIES FACED • Beach erosion and mudslides--irreversible loss due to permanent changes in the landscape. • Tornadoes---no warning; deadly on the local level

9. FEMA WAS READYThe Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster-response teams in place along the East Coast, with stockpiles of food, water and mobile communications equipment ready to go.

10. New York, Connecticut joined NC, VA, MD. DE and NJ in declaring a state of emergency

11. Hundreds of thousands told to evacuate in NC, MD, NJ, and VA.

12. AUG 26: EVACUATIONS BEGIN IN NEW JERSEY

13. New York City ordered hospitals, nursing homes in low-lying areas to evacuate.

14. AUG 28: FORECAST OF IRENE’S PATH

15. NEW YORK CITY AREA

16. AUG 28: IRENE APPROACHING NEW YORK CITY

17. AUGUST 28: NY LANDFALLIrene made landfall over New York’s Coney Island with winds of 100 kph (65 mph) before reaching New York City at 9 A.M., bringing a storm surge that sent 1 m (3 1/2-ft) of water into New York Harbor.

18. BAD NEWSIrene Became a Regional and Local Flooding Event With a Mix of Fresh and Salt Water

19. NEW YORK CITY:Heavy rainfall overflowed sewers, seawater lapped at sidewalks at the edges of the city, and water cascaded toward Wall Street, which had been fortified with sandbags.

20. AUG 28: FLOODING IN NEW YORK

21. AUG 28: WATER OVERTOPS THE BOARDWALK

22. AUG 28: FLOODING IN STATEN ISLAND

23. MAYOR BLOOMBURG CALLS FOR “RESTORE AND RECOVERY” TO START MONDAY, AUGUST 29th A Ray of Hope for New York City, Which was Drenched, but still Operating

24. In upstate New York and Vermont, normally placid streams turned into raging torrents and rapidly moved tree limbs, cars, and parts of bridges down stream.

25. VERMONT’S FLOODING

26. VERMONT: FLOODING

27. VERMONT: FLOODING

28. WATERBURY, VT

29. PITTSFIELD, VT: COMMUNITY TURNED INTO AN ISLAND

30. WINOOSKI RIVER: WATERBURY, VT

31. VERMONT: ROADS WASHED OUT

32. VERMONT: ROADS WASHED OUT

33. VERMONT FLOODING

34. VERMONT: 3 OF THE ICONIC BRIDGES FAILED

35. VERMONT: FLOODING

36. Vermont's mountainous terrain amplified the effects of Irene's flooding by increasing the velocity of stream flow and increasing the runoff time.

37. VERMONT: Worst flooding in the state since 1927 • Whole communities under water: businesses, homes, roads, bridges, rail systems, and crops • Vermont’s Emergency Operations Center was under-water and had to be relocated.

38. IMPACTS IN VERMONT: In Vermont, “epic” flooding from Irene’s heavy rainfall left a number of towns in southern Vermont underwater

39. NEW JERSEY’S FLOODING

40. SPRING LAKE, NJ: BOARDWALK DESTROYED

41. AUGUST 28: IMPACTS IN NEW JERSEYRestoration of Trenton, the Capitol, Under Water, and Restoration of the Beaches are High-Priorities for New Jersey

42. ATLANTIC CANADA’S FLOODING

43. IRENE’S ARRIVAL IN ATLANTIC CANADA

44. QUEBEC: 3,500 homes in 20 municipalities were affected by the swollen Richelieu River and Lake Champlain in the flood zone between Montreal’s south shore and to the New York border.

45. OVERALL IMPACTS

46. OVERALLIMPACTS: The storm that marched up the East Coast on August 27th had pounded the coast with torrential rains and fierce winds and was blamed for power outages involving more than 6 million homes and businesses.

47. OVERALLIMPACTS (continued): The storm caused an unprecedented shutdown of the transit systems in Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and New York; It left rail and airline service in the Northeast paralyzed, and hundreds of thousands of people without power.

48. OVERALLIMPACTS (continued): Government officials issued evacuation orders for about 3 million people along the Eastern Seaboard, ranging from 100,000 people in Delaware to a million people in New Jersey

49. Irene smashed power poles, ripped transmission wires and flooded electrical stations over the weekend, blacked out more than 7.4 million homes and businesses from South Carolina to Maine, and killed 44 people in 13 states

50. TOWARDS HURRICANE DISASTER RESILIENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION RESPONSE RECOVERY