Post on 28-Dec-2015
TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT
WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE
PART 4
Dr. Walter Hays,
Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction
GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE
FLOODS
SEVERE WIND STORMS
EARTHQUAKES
DROUGHTS
LANDSLIDES
WILDFIRES
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
TSUNAMIS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS
INCREASE TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE
INCREASE TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE
INCREASE OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
INCREASE OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
USE DISASTER’S INFO TO USE DISASTER’S INFO TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE RESILIENCE
USE DISASTER’S INFO TO USE DISASTER’S INFO TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE RESILIENCE
NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011
FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA
EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN
WILDFIRES IN FLORIDA, TEXAS, AND ARIZONA , ETC
HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPIAL STORM LEE
FLOODS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI River
SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK
CATALYSTS FOR CHANGECATALYSTS FOR CHANGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONRISK REDUCTION
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONRISK REDUCTION
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
2011’S KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE BASE
INCLUDED 12 TROPICAL STORMS AND 4 HURRICANES
JUNE 1 – OCTOBER 17
NOTE: SEASON ENDS NOVEMBER 30
2011’S ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS
TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2011
• ARLENE
• BRET
• CINDY
• DON
• EMILY
• FRANKLIN
• GERT
• HARVEY
• IRENE
• JOSE
• KATIA
• LEE
• MARIA
• NATE
TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2011
• OPHELIA • PHILIPPE
A DISASTER is ---
--- the set of failures that overwhelm the capability of a community to respond without external help when three continuums: 1) people, 2) community (i.e., a set of habitats, livelihoods, and social constructs), and 3) complex events (e.g., floods, earthquakes, ...,) intersect at a point in space and time.
Disasters are caused by single- or multiple-event natural hazards that, (for various reasons), cause
extreme levels of mortality, morbidity, homelessness,
joblessness, economic losses, or environmental impacts.
THE THREE CONTINUUMS OF EVERY DISASTER
• PEOPLE
• COMMUNITY
• COMPLEX EVENTS
A DISASTER IMPACTS ALL SOCIETAL ELEMENTS
AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE
• Transforms information and experience gained from a disaster into knowledge, best practices, and new tech-nology to help a disaster- prone community become disaster resilient.
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• Identify the gaps in community capacity in the four critical elements of the solution: Preparedness, Protection, Response, and Recovery.
• Concentrate resources on filling the perceived gaps in Preparedness, Protection, Response, and Recovery, and start creating turning points for change.
CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• PREPAREDNESS (READY FOR ANY COMPLEX EVENT)
• PROTECTION (BUILD ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND)
• PREPAREDNESS (READY FOR ANY COMPLEX EVENT)
• PROTECTION (BUILD ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND)
CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• RESPONSE (SAVING LIVES, AND ENSURING CONTINUITY)
• RECOVERY (BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY AND RESUMING LIFE AGAIN)
• RESPONSE (SAVING LIVES, AND ENSURING CONTINUITY)
• RECOVERY (BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY AND RESUMING LIFE AGAIN)
BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE
• Intensifies efforts to protect essential (schools) and critical (hospitals, dams, transportation, systems, and power plants) facilities.
EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY INFORMED
IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT
APATHY TO EMPOWERMENT
BOUNDARIES TO NETWORKS
STATUS QUO TO GOOD POLITICAL DECISIONS
EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A COM-MUNITY’S RISK
EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A COM-MUNITY’S RISK
TURNING POINTS FOR CHANGETURNING POINTS FOR CHANGETURNING POINTS FOR CHANGETURNING POINTS FOR CHANGE
NEW RESOURCES
NEW DELIVERY MECHANISMS
NEW PROFESSIONAL LINKAGES
NEW LEGISLATIVE MANDATES
NEW DIALOGUE ON BUILDING A CULTURE OF DISASTER-RISK REDUCTION
EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL RESULT IN …
EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL RESULT IN …
EDUCATIONAL SURGEEDUCATIONAL SURGEEDUCATIONAL SURGEEDUCATIONAL SURGE
ADD VALUE
INCREASE AWARENESS
INCREASE UNDERSTANDING
INCREASE POLITICAL WILL
BUILD EQUITY
AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE WILL
AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE WILL
BENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGESBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGESBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGESBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES
EXPAND CAPABILITY
IMPROVE DELIVERY MECHANISMS
OVERCOME UNIVERSAL BARRIERS
CREATE TURNING POINTS OF CHANGE
INCREASE COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE
EDUCATIONAL SURGESEDUCATIONAL SURGES
HURRICANE IRENE
IRENE: 2011’s NINTH STORM
NAMED ON AUGUST 20th
FIRST HURRICANE OF SEASON: AUGUST 22nd
MADE LANDFALL IN NC ON AUGUST 27th
AND IN NY ON AUGUST 28th
CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING IN NEW YORK, VERMONT, NEW JERSEY, AND CANADA
45 DEATHS; $10 BILLION + LOSSES
STORM TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE
AUGUST 21: TROPICAL STORM IRENE OVER PUERTO RICO
AUGUST 21: TROPICAL STORM IRENE FORECAST TO BE FIRST HURRICANE OF 2011
IN PUERTO RICO ON AUGUST 22, IRENE---
• ---caused loss of power for 1 million people, loss of water for 100,000 people, downed trees, damaged homes, forced evacuations and school and office closures in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but no deaths,
• ---strengthened and became the first hurricane of 2011.
(Continued) ON AUGUST 22, IRENE---
• --- missed Haiti where 600,000 refugees were still living in tents, but exacerbated flooding and mudslides in the treeless northern region where past storms have killed thousands, and
• --- made it harder to fight the cholera epidemic that had already killed some 6,000 people.
FLOODING: NAGUABO, PR; AUG 22
DOWNED TREES: LORIZA, PR; AUG 22
PONCE AGOSTO, PR: FLOODING; AUGUST 24th
(Continued) ON AUGUST 22, IRENE---
• ---- threatened the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic with storm surge, wind, and rain, which would last 15 hours.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23:Moving west-northwest at 17 kph
(10 mph) Irene had maximum sustained winds around 160
km/hr (96 mi/hr) and was centered about 90 km (54 mi)
northeast of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic at 8 a.m. ET.
HISPANOLA: BEFORE STORM SURGE; AUG 22nd
HISPANOLA: SWOLLEN NIGUA RIVER SAN CRISTOBAL; AUG 24th
HISPANOLA: FLOODING IN SAN CRISTOBAL (1 DEATH); AUG 24th
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23:Along with gusts and heavy
rains, Irene was also pushing a 5-to-8-foot (2-3 m) storm surge into the southeastern Bahamas that could reach 7-to-11 feet by the time it reaches the Central
Bahamas.
HUNDREDS OF HOMES DESTROYED IN THE
BAHAMAS
BARACOA, CUBA: AUG 24:
AUG 25th: CAT 3 STORM APPROACHING NW BAHAMAS WITH 115 MPH WINDS
BAHAMAS: NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND; AUGUST 25th
BAHAMAS: NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND; AUGUST 25th
AUG 23 FORECAST: IRENE COULD IMPACT ENTIRE EASTERN SEABOARD BY SUN (28th)
EVACUATION UNDERWAY IN NORTH CAROLINA
• Residents in some parts of North Carolina were advised to evacuate on Wednesday morning (August 24th) as Irene intensified to a CAT 3 hurricane, with a high probability of becoming CAT 4.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL: BUYING SUPPLIES TO COPE WITH IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 25th
NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATIONS STARTING FOR REAL; AUGUST 24th
CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA: PREPARATION FOR IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 24th
NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATION OF OUTER BANKS; AUGUST 25th
EACUATION IN VIRGINIA: On Thursday, August 24th for the first time since 2003, the
US Navy ordered 27 ships out to sea, including an aircraft
carrier, destroyers and submarines, in anticipation of a high storm surge and waves.
AUG 24: NAVY DESTROYER LEAVING NORFOLK NAVAL STATION
NAG’S HEAD, NORTH CAROLINA: PREPARATION FOR IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 25th
FRIDAY MORNING, AUG 26: EYE OF STORM EAST OF FLORIDA MOVING TOWARD NC
LANDFALL IN NORTH CAROLINA ON AUGUST
27TH
WHAT HAPPENED IN NC
• Storm surge and waves destroyed a pier
• Winds howled through the power lines and downed trees,
• Rain fell in sheets along the North Carolina coast, causing flooding.
• The wind ripped siding and shingles off homes and buildings in Nags Head.
AS EXPECTED: At 8:30 a.m., Progress
Energy said that almost 200,000 customers had lost power in North Carolina, a
number that grew during the day, as expected.
AUG 27: PIER COLLAPSE; THE FIRST FAILURE
AUG 27: WIND DAMAGE
AUG 28: HATTERAS ISLAND, NC
AUG 27: FORECAST AFTER 7:30 AM LANDFALL IN OUTER BANKS, NC