SCEMD 2013 Hurricane Table Top Exercise

SCEMD Background Ten plus years since last major hurricane Twenty four years since last major landfall Hurricanes all around us – Katrina – Rita – Ike – Hanna – Irene – Sandy

SCEMD August 31, 2013, 1100 hrs Advisory # hours from Evacuation OPCONs, situations and issues

SCEMD September 2, 2013, 0500 hrs Advisory # hours from Evacuation OPCONs, situations and issues

SCEMD September 3, 2013, 1700 hrs Advisory # hours from Evacuation OPCONs, situations and issues

SCEMD September 4, 2013, 0500 Advisory # hours from Evacuation OPCONs, situations and issues

SCEMD September 4, 2013, 1700 hr Advisory # hours from Evacuation OPCONs, situations and issues

SCEMD September 5, 2013, 0800 hrs Advisory # 42 Mandatory Evacuation OPCONs, situations and issues

SCEMD Part 2: Landfall / Initial Response

SCEMD Part 2: Landfall / Initial Response Situation: September 5, 2013  Wind: 125+ mph in Charleston, 100+ in Clarendon, 90+ in Sumter, max 80 all the way through Lancaster County  Storm surge/tide: 16 plus ft barrier islands, ft peninsula, Mount Pleasant and East Cooper area.  Big picture impacts: 35,000 residences destroyed  Injured: 650  Missing or trapped: 68 in Charleston, more elsewhere  Deceased: 22  Sheltered statewide: 21,000  Much of the Charleston barrier islands and most of Mt Pleasant are destroyed, peninsula and the Charleston Neck is significantly damaged.

SCEMD Part 2: Landfall / Initial Response Situation: September 5-6, 2013  Majority of the infrastructure in Charleston County has been impacted, with some facilities either destroyed or inoperative.  An estimated 20% of the county’s population did not or could not evacuate.  Tree blowdowns and other debris are blocking all access to the county. There are significant road blockages and trees on houses in Berkeley, Clarendon, and Sumter counties.  Power, water, wastewater, and telephone service is inoperative in Berkeley, Clarendon and Sumter counties, and sporadic in Lee, Kershaw and Lancaster counties.

SCEMD Landfall / Initial Response Situations and issues – Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, Berkeley, Dorchester, and Charleston EOCs are non-functioning – 75% of hospitals are non-functioning immediately following the event – Massive debris fields on lifeline routes – 15 – 45% of all homes in the path of the storm are destroyed – People still in disaster areas

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