Perspectives on Disaster Responses
Case Study:
Hurricane Katrina
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Disaster Response Perspectives: Hurricane Katrina's First Four Days and Transit's Role, Exams of Communication
A detailed account of Hurricane Katrina's first four days, focusing on its impact on Louisiana and Mississippi, the evacuation process, and the roles of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and transit agencies. It also discusses the challenges faced during the disaster and the lessons learned for future responses.
What you will learn
- What challenges were faced during Hurricane Katrina and how were they addressed?
- How did the evacuation process unfold during Hurricane Katrina?
- What were the roles of FHWA and transit agencies during Hurricane Katrina?
- What were the key events during Hurricane Katrina's first four days?
- What lessons were learned from Hurricane Katrina for future disaster responses?
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Perspectives on Disaster Responses
Case Study:
Hurricane Katrina
The First Four Days
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Tropical Depression Twelve
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Tropical Storm Katrina
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Category 1 hurricane
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Weakens to tropical storm
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Strengthens to Category 2 over Gulf of Mexico
Saturday August 27th
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Strengthens to Category 3, and doubles in size
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Louisiana implements Evacuation Plan
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Highway contra-flow on key routes
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Evacuation orders
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Shelters begin opening
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Staging disaster resources
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Activating disaster response teams
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Presidential emergency declarations
Monday August 29th
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Landfall as a Category 4 hurricane
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Moves inland and weakens
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Storm surge
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Fatalities
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Damage
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Transportation impact
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Power outage
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Communications outage
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Damage to medical facilities
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Superdome roof damaged
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Levees overtopped and breached
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Pumping stations incapacitated
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Lack of information
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Search and rescue is top priority
Tuesday August 30th
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Levee breaches confirmed
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New Orleans floods
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Facilities damaged
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Communications impact on response
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Establishing incident command structure
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Key response missions
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Drinking water and wastewater facilities
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Search and rescue
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“Lily pads”
Post-Landfall Evacuation
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State and local officials organize a mass evacuation
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The Superdome
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FEMA requests
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Department of Transportation responds
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Other locations
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Evacuee airlift
Additional Challenges
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Federal communication resources
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Communication industry recovery
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Ongoing response resource needs
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Fuel for generators
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Supplies for responders
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Additional federal response supplies
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Providing public reassurance
Perspectives on Disaster Responses
Highways
FHWA Organization
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1 office in each statecapital• 3 federallandshighwayoffices• 5 resourcecenters• 2 adminsupport teams
WFL
CFL
EFL
Puerto Rico
•Approximately 2900 employees
•900 in headquarters/2000 in field offices
Daily interface with Statehighway agencies/DOT