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Hurricane Isabel

Hurricane Isabel. Lessons Learned James Mock Operations Engineer Hampton Roads Smart Traffic Center April 5, 2004. In Virginia. 23 Deaths 626 Homes Destroyed 6000 Homes Sustained Major Damage 16,000 Sought Refuge in 140 Shelters 1.6 million without power. Isabel: 9/17/03.

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Hurricane Isabel

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  1. Hurricane Isabel Lessons Learned James Mock Operations Engineer Hampton Roads Smart Traffic Center April 5, 2004

  2. In Virginia • 23 Deaths • 626 Homes Destroyed • 6000 Homes Sustained Major Damage • 16,000 Sought Refuge in 140 Shelters • 1.6 million without power

  3. Isabel: 9/17/03

  4. 11:00 A.M. 9/17 • Governor Warner Authorizes Local Governments to Designate Mandatory Evacuations for Low-lying Areas in Tidewater • No noticeable evacuation in Hampton Roads

  5. Hampton Roads 9/18 • Dawn -- Winds gusting to 45 mph in Virginia Beach • The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is closed to empty trucks and later to all traffic. • 11:40 a.m. -- Brian Williams of NBC News positions himself on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk to show viewers the effects of 60 mph winds. Mike Seidel of The Weather Channel joins him and attempts to get a wind reading with a hand-held anemometer. Winds snare him, flinging him about 30 feet.

  6. HAMPTON ROADS 9/18 • 1 p.m. -- Waves begin to break over the Virginia Beach Boardwalk as winds gust to hurricane force. • 2:30 p.m. -- The Midtown Tunnel is closed because of flooding. Later, the Downtown Tunnel also will close. • 4:45 p.m. -- Winds ripping at Portsmouth's Pavilion tear the top of the amphitheater

  7. HAMPTON ROADS 9/18 • 5:15 p.m. -- Windows are shattered on several businesses at the Oceanfront. Throughout the afternoon, windows also have been blown out of several high-rise buildings in downtown Norfolk • 5:30 p.m. -- Gov. Mark Warner asks President Bush for federal aid

  8. HAMPTON ROADS 9/18 • 9 p.m. -- Isabel is a hurricane no more as it steers into south-central Virginia with winds steadily dropping; cities that ordered emergency personnel off the streets begin responding to calls again. • 11 p.m. -- With 95 percent of Hampton Roads in the dark, Dominion Power reports 1.6 million customers in its service area are in the dark

  9. VDOT

  10. Lessons Learned • Maintain Floodgates at Tunnels • Establish a written policy on Bridge and Tunnel Closings. • Review strategy of having pre-positioned equipment at ramps.

  11. Lessons Learned • Review inter-agency understanding of when field forces are sent to shelter. • Statewide approach to Hurricane Planning.

  12. Hurricane Isabel Lessons Learned James Mock Operations Engineer Hampton Roads Smart Traffic Center April 5, 2004

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