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HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER AND ECONOMIC

EFFECTS

Dr. John Y. D. Liou, P.E.; CFMVisiting Scholar at National Science & Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taipei, TaiwanF

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Two Major Festivals in New Orleans

1. New Orleans Annual Mar.di gras in April

2. 34th Annual homosexual “Southern Decadence” Festival by August 31

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Hurricane Katrina Event

• Tropical Storm Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005

• Category 1 Hurricane Katrina crossed southern Florida on August 25, 2005

• Katrina became Category 3 in the Gulf of Mexico at the dark of August 26, 2005

• Katrina was declared as a Category 5 storm with wind speed of 175 mph in the morning of August 28

• Katrina made her second and third landfalls as a Category 3 storm on the morning of August 29 in southeast Louisiana and at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line, respectively

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Approximate Total Damages Caused By Hurricane Katrina

1. Total Property Damages Estimated $82 Billion U S Dollars

2. At Least 1,836 people lost Their Lives3. 80% of City of New Orleans Flooded4. It is the Costliest Natural Disaster in U S

History5. Over 500,000 People Evacuated to All 50

States

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Preparation For The Hurricane Katrinain Florida

• National Hurricane Center forecasts had correctly issued the hurricane watches and warnings on August 24, 2005

• Florida Governor declared a state of emergency on August 24 in advance of Katrina’s landfall in Florida

• Shelters were opened and school closed in several counties in the southern part of Florida state

• A number of evacuation orders were issuedFO

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Preparation and Response in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama

Coastlines, and New Orleans

1. NHC issued a hurricane watch on the 27th of August2. On August 26, the US Coast Guard began to get prepared and

activated more than 400 reservists3. On August 29, Many Aircrews began a round-the-clock

rescue effort along three major disaster states4. By August 26, hurricane computer models had estimated the

storm surge along the Lake Pontchartrain in the City Of New Orleans was about 28 feet

5. FEMA and Corps of Engineers had warned that a direct hurricane strike on New Orleans could lead to catastrophic flooding damages and possible lost thousands of lives

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Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Responses

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National Response Plan(NRP)

1. Disaster response is the first and foremost a local government responsibility

2. It, then, requests the specific additional resources from the county, the state and to the federal governments as additional resources

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FEMA RESPONSE

1. Ranged from the logistical deployments to a mortuary team with refrigerated trucks

2. The Coast Guard and Army Service rescued more than 33,000 people of the 60,000 people stranded in New Orleans

3. Early in September, Congress authorized a total of $62.3 billion dollars in aid for victims

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4. FEMA provided emergency and temporary housing assistance to more than 700,000 applicants, families and individuals

5. FEMA paid for the motel costs of 12,000 individuals and families

6. FEMA, up to early July 2006, provided 100,000 trailers for the victims

7. FEMA evacuated about 500,000 people to all 50 states

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Aftermath Katrina Disaster Assistance From Other Countries

1. There are over 90 countries contributed monetary donations or other assistance

2. Kuwait, Qatar, South Korea, India, China, Pakistan and many others are contributed the dollars and goods

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Hurricane Katrina Disaster Response Criticism

The major criticism focused on the Government Delayed the

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Why?

1. Pre-disaster inadequate disaster response planning in all levels of governments

2. Lack of communications at various levels

3. Mismanagement in all level of governments

4. Lack of leadership in response to the storm and its aftermath

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Hurricane Katrina Disaster Economic Impacts

1. As of April 2006, The Bush Administration has estimated that there is $105 billion dollars for repairs and reconstruction in the disaster region

2. Katrina damaged 30 oil platforms and caused the closure of nine refineries

3. The total shut-in oil production from the Gulf of Mexico was approximately 24% of the annual production

4. The forest industry in Mississippi had 1.3 million acres of forest land were destroyed

5. Hundreds of thousands of local residents were left unemployed

6. The total economic impact in Louisiana and Mississippi may exceeded $150 billion dollars

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Other Impacts

1. Environmental Effects such as substantial beach erosion, obliterated the Chandeleur Island, closed 16 National Wildlife Refuges

2. Looting and Violence in the city of New Orleans

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Thank You For Your Attention

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