Hurricane Damage: Recovering from Nature's Fiercest Storm
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DOCUMENT RESTORATION FOR CRITICAL BUSINESS PAPERS Polygon can work to restore important documents and keep operations running smoothly August 2011 HURRICANE IRENE $20 BILLION DAMAGE $45 BILLION ECONOMIC LOSS Hurricanes begin as tropical disturbances in warm ocean waters with surface temperatures of at least 80°F. These low pressure systems are fed by energy from the warm seas. Hurricanes spin around a 20- to 30-mile-wide low-pressure center called the “eye.” The eye is surrounded by a circular “eye wall” which hosts the storm’s strongest winds and rain. WHAT IS A HURRICANE? RESPECT THE WIND EYE EYE WALL SURFACE TEMPERATURES 80°F+ STORMS ARE GIVEN A CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THEIR SUSTAINED WIND SPEED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 0 – 38mph TROPICAL STORM 39 – 73mph HURRICANE 74+mph HURRICANES ARE GIVEN A CATEGORY RATING BASED ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE 0 mph 20 mph 80 mph 100 mph 120 mph 140 mph 160 mph 180 mph 40 mph 60 mph CATEGORY 1: 74 – 95mph CATEGORY 2: 96 – 110mph CATEGORY 3: 111 – 130mph CATEGORY 4: 131 – 155mph CATEGORY 5: 155+mph Hurricanes can unleash more than 2.4 TRILLION GALLONS of rain a day PACIFIC OCEAN Hurricane season starts May 15* PACIFIC OCEAN Hurricane season starts May 15* ATLANTIC OCEAN Hurricane season starts June 1* * Hurricane seasons end on November 30 HURRICANES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS: CYCLONES in the northern Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal HURRICANES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS: TYPHOONS in the western Pacific Ocean HURRICANE DAMAGE The consequences of these natural disasters are life and property casualties, ecological destruction and great financial loss. 40% 10X MORE destructive than the third most financially expensive hurricane, Andrew 80%+ of Atlantic City was underwater $29 BILLION of the hurricanes that hit the United States hit Florida HURRICANE KATRINA 1 $96-$125 BILLION DAMAGE SUPERSTORM SANDY 2 October 2012 August 2005 3 August 1992 HURRICANE ANDREW 4 September 2008 HURRICANE IKE 5 DAMAGE $25-$26.5 BILLION DAMAGE $20 BILLION DAMAGE INSURED LOSSES $40-$66 BILLION $16 BILLION INSURED LOSSES $50 BILLION ECONOMIC LOSS $250 BILLION ECONOMIC LOSS as high as 8+ MILLION people were without power, as stations flooded and trees fell on power lines MAKE A RECOVERY PLAN The most common result of a natural disaster is flooding. Pre-planning with an emergency drying specialist such as Polygon is crucial to the recovery process. DRY TO SCALE ™ Custom designed drying systems engineered to meet the specific needs of your restoration job ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY DRYING SERVICES 19% of U.S. oil production affected $260 MILLION in damage caused to the port and city of New Orleans TOP 5 MOST FINANCIALLY DESTRUCTIVE STORMS Sources: National Geographic, About.com, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Insurance Information Institute, National Hurricane Center, Huffington Post, Risk Management Solutions Copyright 2015 © POLYGON Infographic designed by Mad Fish Digital ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS The state-of-the-art desiccant dehumidifiers are designed to achieve the driest possible air in the shortest amount of time AIR MOVERS high-velocity, high-volume air movers for structural surface drying DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFIERS remove moisture from the air and warm it, allowing the air to dry LOW GRAIN REFRIGERANT DEHUMIDIFIERS (LGR) designed for drying flooded structures AIR SCRUBBERS filters bacteria, chemicals, gases, mold spores, odors, allergens and odors from the air WET/DRY VACUUMS canister-style portable vacuums to clean surfaces $12 BILLION INSURED LOSSES HURRICANE DAMAGE RECOVERING FROM NATURE’S FIERCEST STORM
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Transcript of Hurricane Damage: Recovering from Nature's Fiercest Storm
DOCUMENT RESTORATION FOR CRITICAL BUSINESS PAPERS
Polygon can work to restore important documents and keep
operations running smoothly
August 2011
HURRICANE IRENE
$20 BILLIONDAMAGE
$45 BILLIONECONOMIC LOSS
Hurricanes begin as tropical disturbances in warm ocean waters with surface temperatures of at least 80°F. These low pressure systems are fed by energy from the warm seas. Hurricanes spin around a 20- to 30-mile-wide low-pressure center called the “eye.” The eye is surrounded by a circular “eye wall” which hosts the storm’s strongest winds and rain.
WHAT IS A HURRICANE?
RESPECT THE WIND
EYE
EYE WALLSURFACE TEMPERATURES
80°F+
STORMS ARE GIVEN A CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THEIR SUSTAINED WIND SPEED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 0 – 38mph
TROPICAL STORM 39 – 73mph
HURRICANE 74+mph
HURRICANES ARE GIVEN A CATEGORY RATING BASED ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE
0 mph
20 mph
80 mph
100 mph
120 mph
140 mph
160 mph
180 mph
40 mph
60 mph
CATEGORY 1: 74 – 95mph
CATEGORY 2: 96 – 110mph
CATEGORY 3: 111 – 130mph
CATEGORY 4: 131 – 155mph
CATEGORY 5: 155+mph
Hurricanes can unleash more than 2.4 TRILLION GALLONS of rain a day
PACIFIC OCEANHurricane season
starts May 15*
PACIFIC OCEANHurricane season
starts May 15*
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Hurricane season starts June 1*
* Hurricane seasons end on November 30
HURRICANES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS:CYCLONES in the northern Indian Oceanand Bay of Bengal
HURRICANES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS:TYPHOONS
in the western Paci�c Ocean
HURRICANE DAMAGE
The consequences of these natural disasters are life and property casualties, ecological destruction and great �nancial loss.
40%
10X MORE destructive than the third most �nancially expensive hurricane, Andrew
80%+ of Atlantic City was underwater
$29 BILLION
of the hurricanes that hit the United States hit Florida
HURRICANE KATRINA1
$96-$125 BILLIONDAMAGE
SUPERSTORM SANDY2October 2012August 2005
3August 1992
HURRICANE ANDREW 4September 2008
HURRICANE IKE 5
DAMAGE
$25-$26.5 BILLIONDAMAGE
$20 BILLIONDAMAGEINSURED LOSSES
$40-$66 BILLION
$16 BILLIONINSURED LOSSES
$50 BILLIONECONOMIC LOSS
$250 BILLION
ECONOMIC LOSSas high as
8+ MILLION people were without power, as stations �ooded and trees fell on power lines
MAKE A RECOVERY PLAN
The most common result of a natural disaster is �ooding. Pre-planning with an emergency drying specialist such as Polygon is crucial to the recovery process.
DRY TO SCALE ™Custom designed drying systems engineered to meet the speci�c
needs of your restoration job
ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY DRYING SERVICES
19% of U.S. oil production affected
$260 MILLION in damage caused to the port and city of New Orleans
TOP 5 MOST FINANCIALLY DESTRUCTIVE STORMS
Sources: National Geographic, About.com, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Insurance Information Institute, National Hurricane Center, Huf�ngton Post, Risk Management Solutions
Copyright 2015 © POLYGON Infographic designed by Mad Fish Digital
ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS The state-of-the-art desiccant dehumidi�ers are designed to achieve the driest possible air in the shortest amount of time
AIR MOVERShigh-velocity, high-volume
air movers for structural surface drying
DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFIERS
remove moisture from the air and warm it, allowing
the air to dry
LOW GRAIN REFRIGERANT DEHUMIDIFIERS (LGR)designed for drying �ooded structures
AIR SCRUBBERS�lters bacteria, chemicals, gases, mold spores, odors, allergens and odors from the air
WET/DRY VACUUMScanister-style portable vacuums to clean surfaces
$12 BILLIONINSURED LOSSES
HURRICANE DAMAGERECOVERING FROM NATURE’S FIERCEST STORM
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