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Texas Counties under State of Emergency as of May 25th 58 Tornadoes this month Ft. Worth area May 2015 Weather Tornadoes, Storms, & County Roads 2

How Bad Did the Weather Mess Up Your Roads? Flooded Roadways, Bridges Low Water Crossings Trees, Brush, Storm Debris 3

Eroded, Collapsing Roads, Waterways Washed-out Road Material, Culverts, Guardrails, Signs Undermining, Sinkholes 4

Storms Continue… For Weeks CR1200 5/10/15 5

Where Do You Start? Communicate with Local Media & First Responders on Road Closures & Possible Timeframe Place Barricades, Cones, Warning Signs, Close Flood Gates Prioritize: Passable-Impassable Clear Obstructions Where Ingress/Egress is Blocked 6

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What Needs to be Done:  Get Information to First Responders  Prioritize Incoming Information to Meet Most Crucial Needs  During Business Hours Have Employee/ Volunteer Take Phone Calls, Especially in Aftermath  Assess Greatest Impact Areas  Have County Funds Available for Other Than Trees/Brush & Debris Clean-up, Roll-off Dumpsters 8

To Be Done-Continued  Get Release Forms/Permissions TCEQ Approvals for Tree/Brush Debris Storage and Disposal Sites  Located on Private Property  Cannot Enter Private Property Before State of Disaster Declared  Have Rental Agreements in Effect Prior to Emergency Equipment Needs  Coordinate with Departments, Cities, TxDOT, TCEQ, & Other Entities on Waste Disposal Sites/Container Locations 9

The Work  Many Storm Responses at Night  Usually Pitch Black on Roads  Beware of Downed Power Lines, High Water, Trees, Debris, Stuck and/or Overturned Vehicles, Livestock  Need Safety Lights, Equipment  Bring in Crew  Decide What Equipment  Chainsaws, Backhoes/Loaders 10

Work Continued  Communication with Crew  Who is Out There & Where  Complete a Task – Notify Supervisor  Watch for Vehicles That Come Up Suddenly – Signs & Barricades May be Ignored  Can Not Have Enough Signs Prepared  Floods Sweep Away  Signs are Stolen, Moved, Crashed  Brush/Tree Removal -- Crews Cut, Clear Roadway  Make Necessary Road, Bridge, and Culvert Repairs 11

Anticipate  With Continual Flooding/Storms, Expect More Work  Longer Process to Complete Clean-up  Will Make Some Repairs Several Times  Expect Disintegrating/Undermining  More Time Needed to Finish Repairs  Be Sure Employees are Hydrated, Focused  Becomes Overwhelming & Exhausting 12

Continuation of Flooding 5/29/2015 CR1200 5/29/

Sinkhole Spring underneath Third Repair - Water still Rising CR1107A The Unexpected CR1107B Undermining Actually a foot deep 14

Above & Beneath 15

IT TAKES TIME TO RECOVER Keep Public Informed Give Realistic Timeframes Be Patient With Slow Process 16

Special Thanks Local Municipalities and First Responders Fort Worth Regional TXDOT office Local TXDOT – Keene, Texas Other TXDOT - Counties: Brown, Brownwood, Mills, Erath Somervell, Wise, Palo Pinto Texas Baptist Men Texas Forestry Service Texas National Guard County employees Johnson County Residents Local Communities and HOA members All Those Volunteers who brought their personal tractors and chainsaws to help their fellow man in crisis 17

This is How We Do a Ground Breaking Ceremony in Johnson County Rick Bailey, Comm. PCT 1 6/4/