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Riders in the Storm: Surviving Disasters

What Do You Do?. It's Sunday night, September 12, 2004. You're checking the Weather Underground website of computer models and discussion of a Category 4-5 hurricane named Ivan in the Gulf. The models show possible landfall over a several hundred mile area. You are in the landfall zone in some model

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Riders in the Storm: Surviving Disasters

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    1. Riders in the Storm: Surviving Disasters John C. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. President University of West Florida Presented to ACUA, September 2005

    2. What Do You Do? It’s Sunday night, September 12, 2004. You’re checking the Weather Underground website of computer models and discussion of a Category 4-5 hurricane named Ivan in the Gulf. The models show possible landfall over a several hundred mile area. You are in the landfall zone in some models, but not others. Landfall is projected in about 76-80 hours. You are the President. What do you do?

    3. Why Are We Here Today? Disasters happen Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, fires, blizzards, ice storms, threat of terrorist attacks Disasters do not discriminate Are you ready for yours?

    4. UWF Knows Storms! 2004 Hurricane Ivan (September 16) 2005 Tropical Storm Arlene (June 18) Tropical Storm Cindy (July 6) Hurricane Dennis (July 10) Hurricane Katrina (August 29) Hurricane Rita?

    5. UWF Factoids Approximately 10,000 students 1,500 reside in campus housing Multiple Campuses across the Florida Panhandle Main campus in Pensacola Largest branch in Fort Walton Beach (60 miles east) Florida’s only university in the Central Time Zone

    6. Hurricane Ivan September 16, 2004 6th worst natural disaster in U.S. history Estimates are that in Pensacola area 50,000 people were displaced (about 10% of the total population) 52% of homes were damaged or destroyed; does not include Alabama University of West Florida $12 million in damage 10% of employees with catastrophic damage; many students as well Closed for three weeks

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