stormsurge
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What’s Inside?
• Anatomy of the Surge
• SLOSH, MOMs, and MEOWs
• Spatial Analysis
• Local Impact/ Demographics
Storm Surge vs. Storm Tide
• Storm surge – abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides• Storm tide – water level rise due to the combination of storm surge
and the astronomical tide
SLOSH, MOMs and MEOWs
Katrina2005Cat. 4
Hugo1989Cat. 5
1) St. Mary’s River2) Amelia River3) Lofton Creek4) Nassau River5) Trout River, Broward Creek,
Dunn’s Creek6) Arlington River7) Ortega River8) Doctor’s Inlet9) Julington Creek10)Black Creek11)Pablo Creek12)Guana River
Katrina 2005
Demographic Info• Nassau County• ~ 60,000 residents displaced• ~ 23,000 homes flooded/ destroyed• Appx. $1.1b USD
• Duval County• ~ 643,000 residents displaced• ~ 283,000 homes flooded/destroyed• Appx. $13b USD