INTEGRATING LESSONS INTEGRATING LESSONS FROM 2005 WITH PAST FROM 2005 WITH PAST

HURRICANES IN THE NORTH HURRICANES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST

2005—A RECORD SEASON2005—A RECORD SEASON

Dr. Walter Hays,

Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

HURRICANES IN THE NORTH HURRICANES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTATLANTIC AND GULF COAST

2005 WAS A RECORD SEASON2005 WAS A RECORD SEASON

DYNAMIC DYNAMIC LABORATORIESLABORATORIES FOR LEARNING FOR LEARNING AND FOR AND FOR BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY FOR FOR

DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER- DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER- RESILIENT COMMUNITESRESILIENT COMMUNITES

TROPICAL STORMS AND TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES IN 2005HURRICANES IN 2005

Twenty-sevenTwenty-seven storms storms occurred during occurred during the the 2005 2005 seasonseason..

Over $100 Over $100 billion in billion in losses.losses.

TROPICAL STORMS-TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2005HURRICANES IN 2005

ARLENEARLENE BRETBRET CINDYCINDY DENNISDENNIS EMILY EMILY FRANKLINFRANKLIN

GERTGERT HARVEYHARVEY IRENEIRENE JOSEJOSE

KATRINAKATRINA LEELEE

TROPICAL STORMS-TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2005HURRICANES IN 2005

MARIAMARIA NATENATE OPHELIAOPHELIA PHILIPPEPHILIPPE

RITA RITA STANSTAN

TAMMYTAMMY VINCEVINCE

WILMAWILMA ALPHAALPHA BETABETA GAMMAGAMMA DELTADELTA EPSILONEPSILON ZETAZETA

SCIENCE OF HURRICANESSCIENCE OF HURRICANES

TRACKS OF CINDY, DENNIS, TRACKS OF CINDY, DENNIS, KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMAKATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

EVERY HURRICANE EVERY HURRICANE TEACHES TEACHES IMPORTANT IMPORTANT LESSONS ON LESSONS ON ““WHYWHY”” COASTAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES SHOULD BECOME SHOULD BECOME DISASTER-DISASTER-INTELLIGENT AND INTELLIGENT AND DISASTER-RESILIENT.DISASTER-RESILIENT.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL ALL HURRICANESHURRICANES

RECOVERY RECOVERY USUALLY USUALLY TAKES TAKES LONGER LONGER AND AND COSTS COSTS MOREMORE THAN THAN EXPECTED.EXPECTED.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES..

DISASTER-DISASTER-INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES USE COMMUNITIES USE TIMELY TIMELY COMMUNICATION OF COMMUNICATION OF CRITICAL CRITICAL INFORMATION INFORMATION TO TO IMPROVE THE ODDS IMPROVE THE ODDS FOR FOR SAVING LIVES. SAVING LIVES.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES INFORMED INFORMED

LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDSUNDERSTANDS THE RISKS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ASSOCIATED WITH STORM SURGE STORM SURGE AND BUILDS AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR CAPACITY FOR EVACUATION. EVACUATION.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURICANES ALL HURICANES INFORMED INFORMED

LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDS UNDERSTANDS THAT HIGH THAT HIGH VELOCITY WINDS VELOCITY WINDS WILL LIFT ROOFS WILL LIFT ROOFS OFF OF BUILDINGSOFF OF BUILDINGS. .

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES INFORMED INFORMED

LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH HIGH HIGH VELOCITY WINDS VELOCITY WINDS AND BUILDS TO AND BUILDS TO RESIST THE WIND RESIST THE WIND FIELD.FIELD.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURICANESALL HURICANES HURRICANES ARE HURRICANES ARE

ACCOMPANIED BY ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY HEAVY PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION THAT WILL THAT WILL INUNDATE THE INUNDATE THE LOW-LYING AREAS LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY.COMMUNITY.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES INFORMED INFORMED

LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH FLOODINGFLOODING AND BUILDS AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR CAPACITY FOR RESILIENCE.RESILIENCE.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL ALL HURRICANESHURRICANES

INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE QUANTITES OF QUANTITES OF DEBRISDEBRIS WILL BE WILL BE CREATED BY CREATED BY WIND, STORM WIND, STORM SURGE, AND SURGE, AND FLOODING.FLOODING.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES INFORMED INFORMED

LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP INCLUDES THE INCLUDES THE UNTHINKABLE UNTHINKABLE IN IN THE COMMUNITY’S THE COMMUNITY’S DISASTER DISASTER SSCENARIOS.SSCENARIOS.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL ALL HURRICANESHURRICANES

INFORMED INFORMED LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP KNOWS THAT KNOWS THAT POWER OUTAGESPOWER OUTAGES ARE INEVITABLE ARE INEVITABLE AND WILL AND WILL PARALYZE THE PARALYZE THE COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY..

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL ALL HURRICANESHURRICANES

INFORMED INFORMED LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP KNOWS THAT KNOWS THAT EVACUATION IS EVACUATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL IF UNSUCCESSFUL IF THE THE SAFE HAVENS SAFE HAVENS ARE UNSAFE. ARE UNSAFE.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES

HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD PETSPETS ARE ARE OFTEN LEFT OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE OUT OF THE EVACUATION EVACUATION PLANS.PLANS.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES INFORMED INFORMED

LEADERSHIP PLANS LEADERSHIP PLANS FOR FOR LAPSES IN LAW LAPSES IN LAW AND ORDERAND ORDER THAT THAT OCCUR DURING THE OCCUR DURING THE MOST CHAOTIC MOST CHAOTIC MOMENTS OF THE MOMENTS OF THE DISASTER.DISASTER.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES IT ONLY TAKES A FEW IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

HOURS OF WIND AND HOURS OF WIND AND STORM SURGE AND A STORM SURGE AND A MONTH TO RECOVER MONTH TO RECOVER FROM FLOODING FOR FROM FLOODING FOR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY BUSINESSESBUSINESSES AND AND JOBSJOBS TO DISAPPEAR TO DISAPPEAR FOREVERFOREVER..

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ALL HURRICANESALL HURRICANES ADVERSE ADVERSE

ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSIMPACTS WILL WILL HAPPEN WHEN HAPPEN WHEN HAZARDOUS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE MATERIALS ARE SUBJECTED TO WIND, SUBJECTED TO WIND, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, FLOODING, OR FLOODING, OR MUDFLOWS. MUDFLOWS.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

DENNISDENNIS, JULY 5, 2006., JULY 5, 2006. INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENT

COMMUNITIES USE COMMUNITIES USE RELIABLE WARNINGS RELIABLE WARNINGS TO FACILITATE TO FACILITATE EVACUATION AND EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY EMERGENCY RESPONSE.RESPONSE.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

KATRINA, RITA, AND KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMAWILMA

EVACUATION EVACUATION IS A IS A COMPLEX ENDEAVOR COMPLEX ENDEAVOR IN ANY SUTUATION IN ANY SUTUATION THAT HAS THE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR POTENTIAL FOR DISASTERDISASTER..

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

KATRINAKATRINA, AUGUST , AUGUST 29, 200529, 2005

THE THE PROTECTION PROTECTION OF OF BARRIER BARRIER ISLANDS ISLANDS SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANTLY LESSENED THE LESSENED THE DAMAGE IN THE DAMAGE IN THE LANDFALL ZONE.LANDFALL ZONE.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

KATRINAKATRINA NEW ORLEANS’ NEW ORLEANS’

STRATEGIC AND STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANSTACTICAL PLANS DID NOT WORK DID NOT WORK DURING THE DURING THE EMERGENCY EMERGENCY PERIOD. PERIOD.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

KatrinaKatrina, August 29-, August 29-30, 200530, 2005

Instead of being a Instead of being a safe haven, as safe haven, as envisioned, envisioned, New New Orleans’ Super Orleans’ Super DomeDome became a became a setting for setting for disaster.disaster.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

KATRINAKATRINA WHEN THE WHEN THE

LEVEES FAILED, LEVEES FAILED, NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS FOUND THAT IT FOUND THAT IT WAS NEITHER WAS NEITHER INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENT NORNOR RESILIENT RESILIENT..

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

KATRINA, KATRINA, AUGUST AUGUST 28-29, 200528-29, 2005

A FEW HOURS OF A FEW HOURS OF WIND AND STORM WIND AND STORM SURGE FOLLOWED SURGE FOLLOWED BY A MONTH OF BY A MONTH OF FLOODING FLOODING PARALYZED PARALYZED TULANE TULANE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY INDEFINETLY. INDEFINETLY.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

KatrinaKatrina, August 29-, August 29-30, 200530, 2005

Removal of Removal of 350,000 water-350,000 water-damaged carsdamaged cars was not part of was not part of anyone’s anyone’s disaster scenario.disaster scenario.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

BETABETA, OCTOBER , OCTOBER 29, 200529, 2005

INTELLIGENTINTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES SAVE LIVES BY SAVE LIVES BY USING USING INFORMATION ON INFORMATION ON THE THREAT AS IT THE THREAT AS IT DEVELOPS HOUR DEVELOPS HOUR BY HOUR.BY HOUR.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

ARLENEARLENE, JUNE , JUNE 20052005

INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES ARE COMMUNITIES ARE READY, READY, WHETHER WHETHER THE THE FIRST STORM FIRST STORM OROR THE LAST THE LAST STORM OF THE STORM OF THE SEASON.SEASON.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

STANSTAN: OCTOBER : OCTOBER 20052005

INFORMED INFORMED LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP EXPECTS EXPECTS DEVASTATING DEVASTATING MUDSLIDESMUDSLIDES TO BE TO BE TRIGGERED BY TRIGGERED BY PROLONGED, PROLONGED, HEAVY HEAVY PRECIPITATIONPRECIPITATION..

LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY BUILDING

STAN, OCTOBER STAN, OCTOBER 20052005

THE UNTHINKABLE THE UNTHINKABLE IS FOR A MUDSLIDE IS FOR A MUDSLIDE

TO TO BURY A BURY A TOWN, TOWN, AND MAKE AND MAKE SEARCH AND SEARCH AND RESCUE VERY RESCUE VERY URGENT AND VERY URGENT AND VERY COMPLICATED.COMPLICATED.