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IMPACTS: TROPICAL CYCLONES and their effects on the Department of Defense and others

IMPACTS: TROPICAL CYCLONES and their effects on the Department of Defense and others. Typhoon Omar (15W) , Guam, August 1992. HQ AFWA/XOGM. TROPICAL CYCLONES. DoD Resource Protection Mission Aviation Low Level Wind Shear Naval Shipping Costs Position/Forecast. General Winds

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IMPACTS: TROPICAL CYCLONES and their effects on the Department of Defense and others

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  1. IMPACTS: TROPICAL CYCLONES and their effects on the Department of Defense and others Typhoon Omar (15W) , Guam, August 1992 HQ AFWA/XOGM

  2. TROPICAL CYCLONES • DoD • Resource Protection • Mission • Aviation • Low Level Wind Shear • Naval Shipping • Costs • Position/Forecast • General • Winds • Sea State / Surf • Storm surge • Precipitation • Destructive potential • Loss of Life

  3. WINDS • Wind Damage: • Small Objects become missiles. • Great threat to personnel safety • Damage to living quarters, military and civilian infrastructure Courtesy: Dr. Steve Businger Univ. Hawaii/Manoa Hurricane Iniki, Hawaii, 1992

  4. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  5. SEA STATE/SURF • Difficult conditions for vessels at sea. • Beach Erosion, and difficulty in rescue operations Courtesy: Dr. Steve Businger Univ. Hawaii/Manoa

  6. STORM SURGE • Large “mound of water”. • Most Deaths occur in Storm surge • Damage to Low lying areas near coast • Extensive flooding

  7. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  8. STORM SURGE • Large “mound of water”. • Most Deaths occur in Storm surge • Damage to Low lying areas near coast • Extensive flooding

  9. STORM SURGE • Large “mound of water”. • Most Deaths occur in Storm surge • Damage to Low lying areas near coast • Extensive flooding

  10. STORM SURGE • Large “mound of water”. • Most Deaths occur in Storm surge • Damage to Low lying areas near coast • Extensive flooding

  11. PRECIPITATION • Extensive flooding over inland areas • Large Loss of life ; no protection • Dramatic Economic impact; Humanitarian relief needed

  12. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  13. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  14. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  15. Appropriate name for this street….. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  16. PRECIPITATION • Extensive flooding over inland areas • Large Loss of life ; no protection • Dramatic Economic impact; Humanitarian relief needed

  17. Destructive Potential Hurricane Iniki, Hawaii, August 1992

  18. Destructive Potential Hurricane Bob, Rhode Island, August 1991

  19. Destructive Potential Hurricane Bob, Rhode Island, August 1991

  20. Destructive Potential Hurricane Bob, Rhode Island, August 1991

  21. Destructive Potential Hurricane Bob, Rhode Island, August 1991

  22. Destructive Potential Typhoon Omar (15W), Guam, August 1992

  23. Destructive Potential Note car turned upside-down Typhoon Omar (15W), Guam, August 1992 Typhoon Omar (15W) August 1992

  24. Destructive Potential Note car turned upside-down

  25. Destructive Potential Typhoon Omar (15W), Guam, August 1992 Typhoon Omar (15W) August 1992

  26. Destructive Potential Typhoon Omar (15W), Guam, August 1992 Typhoon Omar (15W) August 1992

  27. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  28. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  29. Loss of Life In just four Tropical Cyclones from 1999, the following happened: Dead: Nearly 300 people Injured: Nearly 700 people Damaged Homes: Nearly 400 Homes Homeless People: Hundreds * TC Vance, Typhoons Olga, Bart, & Sam

  30. Loss of Life The 10 Deadliest Hurricanes In The United States 1900-1996 RANK HURRICANE YEAR CATEGORY DEATHS 1. TX (Galveston) 1900 4 8000+ 2. FL (Lake Okeechobee) 1928 4 1836 3. FL (Keys)/S. TX 1919 4 600# 4. NEW ENGLAND 1938 3* 600 5. FL (Keys) 1935 5 408 6. AUDREY (SW LA/TX) 1957 4 390 7. NE U.S. 1944 3* 390@ 8. LA (Grand Isle) 1909 4 350 9. LA (New Orleans) 1915 4 275 10. TX (Galveston) 1915 4 275

  31. Loss of Life

  32. Loss of Life

  33. Department of Defense • Resource Protection/Mission • Aviation • Cross winds • Naval Shipping • Costs • Position/Forecast

  34. Hurricane Floyd (15W), US Eastern Seaboard, September 1999

  35. Tropical Cyclone Vance (30S) Learmonth needed advanced warning before Vance hit JTWC provided them with a 72 hours heads up

  36. Resource Protection The eye passage of Typhoon Omar (15W) from August 1992 This storm impacted Five major military installations on Guam, shutting down all normal operations Thus the DoD mission is impeded….. . NCTAMS

  37. These photos taken from the same location on Andersen AB, Guam Resource Protection The onset of gale force winds: Typhoon Omar (15W) from August 1992 The eye wall passage of Typhoon Omar (15W) from August 1992

  38. Aviation Hazards Aircraft operating near a tropical cyclone will be subjected to significant Low Level Wind Shear. Also, some aircraft cannot take off if the crosswinds over an airstrip exceed a certain value. In the overwhelming majority of cases, 35 knot winds (tropical gale wind envelope) exceeds this threshhold for military aircraft (Can’t take off, can’t launch helicopter for rescue operations). These turbulent conditions can become a very dangerous hazard to equipment and personnel safety.

  39. Aviation Hazards

  40. Aviation Hazards

  41. Aviation Hazards

  42. Aviation Hazards

  43. DATELINE: October 31, 2000 -- Updated 06:14 p.m. EST, 2314 GMT (From CNN.com) Taiwan says 65 dead in Singapore Airlines crash Taiwanese officials say that at least 65 people died when Los Angles-bound Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashed during takeoff in stormy weather in Taipei late Tuesday. James Boyd, an airline spokesman in Los Angeles, said that according to the latest information available from the crash site, 75 people on board the Boeing 747-400 were unaccounted for.

  44. DATELINE: October 31, 2000 -- Updated 06:14 p.m. EST, 2314 GMT (From CNN.com) Taiwan says 65 dead in Singapore Airlines crash CNN Meteorologist Orelon Sydney reports the weather at the time of takeoff "was the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane making landfall on the island. Shortly after the crash, bands of bad weather extending outward from Typhoon Xangsane were creating winds measured from 40 to 73 mph, Sydney said.

  45. Singapore Airlines crash 747 Aircraft CRASHES …..THEN BURNS….. …..THE AFTERMATH…..

  46. Aviation Hazards Aircraft operating near a tropical cyclone will be subjected to significant Low Level Wind Shear. These turbulent conditions can become a very dangerous hazard to equipment and personnel safety.

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