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