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Immediate Response to Natural Disasters that Damage Critical Infrastructure

Immediate Response to Natural Disasters that Damage Critical Infrastructure. Grand Forks Herald Photo. Disaster Response. Disasters Happen and cause damage. Disaster Response. Quality of response determines speed of recovery. Pittsburgh Post Gazette Photo. Disaster Response.

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Immediate Response to Natural Disasters that Damage Critical Infrastructure

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  1. Immediate Response to Natural Disasters that Damage Critical Infrastructure Grand Forks Herald Photo

  2. Disaster Response Disasters Happen and cause damage

  3. Disaster Response Quality of response determines speed of recovery Pittsburgh Post Gazette Photo

  4. Disaster Response • Checklist for infrastructure managers • Preventative measures • Immediate response • Cleanup funding options • Permit requirements

  5. Disaster Response • Methods • Case studies for disasters: • What worked • What didn’t • How have new regulations changed response options (NPDES II)

  6. Disaster Response Example: Mt. St. Helens Eruption, 1980 • 27 bridges damaged • 3 municipal water supplies disabled • 5.5 Billion cubic yards of sediment

  7. Disaster Response • Cleanup required sediment removal and disposal • Infrastructure Repairs included new water supply and treatment, transportation nodes

  8. Disaster Response • This was just one event • Some are more frequent than others • Some are bigger, some smaller • Natural and man-made • Disasters will always happen • Pretending they don’t is unrealistic

  9. Disaster Response Infrastructure managers need a clear procedure to follow during a time of emergency so they don’t have to worry about funding and permits Grand Forks Herald Photo

  10. Disaster Response • Questions? • References: • Schuster, R. L. (1981). Effects of the Eruptions on Civil Works and Operations in the Pacific Northwest, chap. in P. W. Lipman, and Mullineaux, D. R. (Eds.), The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1250, pp. 701-718. • Cascade Volcano Observatory photo archive, USGS. Photos by Austin Post and Lyn Topinka • Flood Photos from the Grand Forks Herald, 1997. • Bridge photo of Kinzua Bridge, PA, by V.W.H. Campbell, Jr., Pittsburgh Post- Gazette. • Topinka, Lyn, 1997, From: Brantley and Myers, 1997, Mount St. Helens -- From the 1980 Eruption to 1996: USGS Fact Sheet 070-97 and Tilling, Topinka, and Swanson, 1990, Eruption of Mount St. Helens - Past, Present, and Future: USGS General Interest Publication

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