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TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 4

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 . FLOODS. USE DISASTER’S INFO TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE . SEVERE WIND STORMS.

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TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 4

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  1. TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT WILL ADVANCE DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 4 Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

  2. GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE FLOODS USE DISASTER’S INFO TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE SEVERE WIND STORMS EARTHQUAKES INCREASE TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE DROUGHTS INCREASE OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS TSUNAMIS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS

  3. NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011 FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN WILDFIRES IN FLORIDA, TEXAS, AND ARIZONA , ETC CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPIAL STORM LEE FLOODS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI River SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

  4. 2011’S KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE BASE INCLUDED 12 TROPICAL STORMS AND 4 HURRICANES JUNE 1 – OCTOBER 17 NOTE: SEASON ENDS NOVEMBER 30

  5. 2011’S ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS

  6. ARLENE BRET CINDY DON EMILY FRANKLIN GERT HARVEY IRENE JOSE KATIA LEE MARIA NATE TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2011

  7. OPHELIA PHILIPPE TROPICAL STORMS-HURRICANES IN 2011

  8. A DISASTER is --- --- the set of failures that overwhelm the capability of a community torespond 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.

  9. 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.

  10. THE THREE CONTINUUMS OF EVERY DISASTER PEOPLE COMMUNITY COMPLEX EVENTS

  11. A DISASTER IMPACTS ALL SOCIETAL ELEMENTS

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • PREPAREDNESS (READY FOR ANY COMPLEX EVENT) • PROTECTION (BUILD ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND)

  15. CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • RESPONSE (SAVING LIVES, AND ENSURING CONTINUITY) • RECOVERY (BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY AND RESUMING LIFE AGAIN)

  16. BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE • Intensifies effortsto protect essential (schools) and critical (hospitals, dams, transportation, systems, and power plants) facilities.

  17. EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY INFORMED IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A COM-MUNITY’S RISK APATHY TO EMPOWERMENT BOUNDARIES TO NETWORKS STATUS QUO TO GOOD POLITICAL DECISIONS

  18. TURNING POINTS FOR CHANGE NEW RESOURCES NEW DELIVERY MECHANISMS EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL RESULT IN … NEW PROFESSIONAL LINKAGES NEW LEGISLATIVE MANDATES NEW DIALOGUE ON BUILDING A CULTURE OF DISASTER-RISK REDUCTION

  19. EDUCATIONAL SURGE ADD VALUE INCREASE AWARENESS AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE WILL INCREASE UNDERSTANDING INCREASE POLITICAL WILL BUILD EQUITY

  20. BENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES EXPAND CAPABILITY IMPROVE DELIVERY MECHANISMS EDUCATIONAL SURGES OVERCOME UNIVERSAL BARRIERS CREATE TURNING POINTS OF CHANGE INCREASE COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE

  21. HURRICANE IRENE

  22. 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

  23. STORM TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE

  24. AUGUST 21: TROPICAL STORM IRENE OVER PUERTO RICO

  25. AUGUST 21: TROPICAL STORM IRENE FORECAST TO BE FIRST HURRICANE OF 2011

  26. 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.

  27. (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.

  28. FLOODING: NAGUABO, PR; AUG 22

  29. DOWNED TREES: LORIZA, PR; AUG 22

  30. PONCE AGOSTO, PR: FLOODING; AUGUST 24th

  31. (Continued) ON AUGUST 22, IRENE--- • ---- threatened the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic with storm surge, wind, and rain, which would last 15 hours.

  32. 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.

  33. HISPANOLA: BEFORE STORM SURGE; AUG 22nd

  34. HISPANOLA: SWOLLEN NIGUA RIVER SAN CRISTOBAL; AUG 24th

  35. HISPANOLA: FLOODING IN SAN CRISTOBAL (1 DEATH); AUG 24th

  36. 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.

  37. HUNDREDS OF HOMES DESTROYED IN THE BAHAMAS

  38. BARACOA, CUBA: AUG 24:

  39. AUG 25th: CAT 3 STORM APPROACHING NW BAHAMAS WITH 115 MPH WINDS

  40. BAHAMAS: NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND; AUGUST 25th

  41. BAHAMAS: NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND; AUGUST 25th

  42. AUG 23 FORECAST: IRENE COULD IMPACT ENTIRE EASTERN SEABOARD BY SUN (28th)

  43. 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.

  44. WEST PALM BEACH, FL: BUYING SUPPLIES TO COPE WITH IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 25th

  45. NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATIONS STARTING FOR REAL; AUGUST 24th

  46. CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA: PREPARATION FOR IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 24th

  47. NORTH CAROLINA: EVACUATION OF OUTER BANKS; AUGUST 25th

  48. 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.

  49. AUG 24: NAVY DESTROYER LEAVING NORFOLK NAVAL STATION

  50. NAG’S HEAD, NORTH CAROLINA: PREPARATION FOR IRENE’S WIND; AUGUST 25th

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