HURRICANE HARVEY FIFTH DAY AFTER LANDFALL WEDNESDAY, AUG., 30 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA lecture by Walter Hays Uploading date: August 31, 2017 More lectures at Disasters Supercourse - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/disasters/BADisasterSupercourse.htm PPT original - http://www.pitt.edu/~super7/55011-56001/55631.ppt

SUMMARY: After its third Landfall, Harvey’s Center of Circulation is Closer to Louisiana and Moving Northward Towards Ar. TN, and MO. Port Arthur, TX and Beaumont in Dire Emergency Situation as Their Shelters Begin to Flood. Saving Lives is Priority One. Planning for Recovery Is Beginning.

THE USA HAS NEVER SEEN ANOTHER HURRICANE LIKE HARVEY THAT MADE LANDFALL AS A CAT 4 HURRICANE AND THEN JUST SAT THERE FOR 4 DAYS, DUMPING 15TRILLION+ GALLONS OF RAIN THAT HAD NO PLACE TO GO EXCEPT TO FLOOD CITIES.

AUG. 29: FINALLY, HARVEY IS BEGINNING TO MOVE

REDUCING RAINFALL IN TEXAS, INCREASING IT IN LOUISIANA

MORE GOOD NEWS Houston’s airports reopened late Wednesday afternoon.

AND- - -, FINALLY, THE SUN SHONE TODAY IN HOUSTON, AS THE RATE OF RAINFALL SLOWED..

BUT, DOWNTOWN HOUSTON IS STILL FLOODED

AND HOUSTON NEIGHBOR-HOODS ARE STILL FLOODED

AND, THE WATER FROM: A) THE CONTINUING RAINFALL IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA, B) OVERFLOWING RIVERS, AND C) OVERFLOWING DAMS AND RESERVOIRS STILL HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE---SO, EXPECT MORE DEEP-WATER FLOODING IN HOUSTON, PORT ARTHUR, BEAUMONT, AND LOUISIANA CITIES

“OUR NEIGHBORS” IN BEAUMONT AND PORT ARTHUR, TX AND LOCATIONS IN LOUISIANA ARE BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEEP-WATER FLOODING

BEAUMONT, 90 MILES EAST OF HOUSTON, UNDER WATER

PORT ARTHUR UNDER WATER

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29: PORT ARTHUR UNDER WATER

BUT, THE SHELTERS IN PORT ARTHUR AND BEAUMONT ARE NOW TAKING ON WATER, CREATING AN URGENT NEED FOR TRANSFER TO A SAFE LOCATION

BEAUMONT: CIVIC CENTER SHELTER FLOODED

DEATH TOLL (AT 37 NOW) IS STILL VERY LOW COMPARED WITH KATRINA’s 1,880, BUT IT COULD RISE DRAMATICALLY IF BODIES ARE FOUND AFTER THE RAIN STOPS AND FLOOD WATERS FINALLY RECEDE IN HOUSTON, PORT ARTHUR, BEAUMONT, AND OTHER CITIES

THE GOAL IS STILL: SAVE LIVES AND RESTORE HOPE FOR THOUSANDS OF “OUR NEIGHBORS” IN TEXAS AND LOIUISIANA; CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE THOUSANDS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM THROUGHOUIT THE USA, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, SAMARITAN’S PURSE, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

BOATS, HELICOPTERS, AND HIGH-WATER VEHICLES IN THE HANDS OF EXPERT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARE KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL HIGH-WATER RESCUES

RESCUES IN HOUSTON Emergency responders have now completed OVER 8,500 high-water rescues, which also include pets, more than 26,000 evacuations and have more than 1,400 shelters in place, and welfare checks ready.

RESCUES IN LOUISIANA At least 500 people have already been rescued as deep-water flooding begins in Louisiana cities.

FEMA’S CURRENT SHELTERS IN TEXAS ARE BECOMING OVERWHELMED AS THE NUMBER BEING RESCUED INCREASES; FOOD SUPPLIES LOW.

WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN NEXT?

NEW RISK: LOUISIANA IS AT RISK FROM FLOODING AND TORNADOES.

LOUISIANA: AT RISK FROM TORNADOES

NEW RISKS: TEXAS A heavily flooded Crosby, Texas chemical plant is at risk from exploding, so the workers have been evacuated. Most of Houston’s roads are still impassable.

NOW,100 BILLION DOLLARS+ IN LOSSES?? OIL REFINERIES AND PIPELINES SHUT DOWM FOR INDEFINITE PERIOD. BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN FOR LONG PERIODS. THOUSANDS OF HOMES NEEDING REHABILITATION/DEMOLITION THOUSANDS OF REFRIGERATORS NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED

NOW,100 BILLION DOLLARS+ IN LOSSES?? 500,000 CARS NEEDING TO BE DEMOLISHED AREAS OF SOME CITIES WILL BE UNINHABITABAL FOR MONTHS TO YEARS LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY LOSS OF COMMERCE IIMPACTS ON ALL SCHOOLS

NOW,100 BILLION DOLLARS+ IN LOSSES?? RESTORATION OF HIGHWAYS, INTERSTATE FREEWAY SYSTEMS, AND BRIDGES RESTORATION OF WATER SYSTEMS RESTORATION OF AIRPORTS RESTORATION OF HOSPITALS RESTORATION OF SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES