TURNING 2011’S DISASTERS INTO DISASTER RESILIENCE EDUCATIONAL SURGES PART 1 Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE FLOODS SEVERE WIND STORMS EARTHQUAKES DROUGHTS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS TSUNAMIS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS INCREASE TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE INCREASE OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE USE DISASTERS INFO TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

EXAMPLES OF 2011’s DISASTERS

NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011 FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN WILDFIRES IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPIAL STORM LEE FLOODS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI River SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

A DISASTER is the set of failures that overwhelm the capability of a community to respond without external help when three continuums: 1) people, 2) community (i.e., a set of habitats, livelihoods, and social constructs), and 3) complex events (e.g., floods, earthquakes,...,) intersect at a point in space and time.

BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE Transforms information and experience gained from a disaster into knowledge and technology for educational surges that can be used to make the stricken community disaster resilient.

BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE Identify the gaps in community capacity in the four critical elements of the solution. Concentrate resources on filling the gaps in the four critical elements of the solution and start creating turning points for change.

STRICKEN COMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK FOCUS ON FOUR CRITICAL AREAS BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR: PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION RESPONSE & RECOVERY DISASTER RESILIENCE

CRITICAL E;EMENTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE PREPAREDNESS (READY FOR ANY COMPLEX EVENT) PROTECTION (BUILD ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND) PREPAREDNESS (READY FOR ANY COMPLEX EVENT) PROTECTION (BUILD ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND)

COMMON AGENDA FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE RESPONSE (SAVING LIVES, AND ENSURING CONTINUITY) RECOVERY (BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY AND RESUMING LIFE AVAIN) RESPONSE (SAVING LIVES, AND ENSURING CONTINUITY) RECOVERY (BOUNCING BACK QUICKLY AND RESUMING LIFE AVAIN)

BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE Intensifies efforts to protect essential (schools) and critical (hospitals, dams, transportation, systems, and power plants) facilities.

EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY INFORMED IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT APATHY TO EMPOWERMENT BOUNDARIES TO NETWORKS STATUS QUO TO GOOD POLITICAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A COM- MUNITY’S RISK EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A COM- MUNITY’S RISK

TURNING POINTS FOR CHANGE NEW RESOURCES NEW DELIVERY MECHANISMS NEW PROFESSIONAL LINKAGES NEW LEGISLATIVE MANDATES NEW DIALOGUE ON BUILDING A CULTURE OF DISASTER- RISK REDUCTION EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL RESULT IN …

EDUCATIONAL SURGE ADD VALUE INCREASE AWARENESS INCREASE UNDERSTANDING INCREASE POLITICAL WILL BUILD EQUITY AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE WILL

BENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES EXPAND CAPABILITY IMPROVE DELIVERY MECHANISMS OVERCOME UNIVERSAL BARRIERS CREATE TURNING POINTS OF CHANGE INCREASE COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE EDUCATIONAL SURGES

THE THREE CONTINUUMS OF EVERY DISASTER PEOPLE COMMUNITY COMPLEX EVENTS

A DISASTER IMPACTS ALL SOCIETAL ELEMENTS

COMPLEX EVENTS THAT CAN CAUSE A DISASTER Single- or multiple-event natural hazards that, (for various reasons), cause extreme levels of morbidity, mortality, homelessness, joblessness, economic losses, and environmental impacts.

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA DECEMBER 10, 2010 – JANUARY 11, 2011

LOCATION MAP

LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN FLOODS INUNDATION INTERACTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STRUCTURAL/CONTENTS DAMAGE FROM WATER WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS) EROSION AND MUDFLOWS CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER CAUSES OF RISK CASE HISTORIES

GREAT QUEENSLAND FLOOD INUNDATES 22 TOWNS, DISPLACES 200,000, KILLS 35, AND CAUSES LOSSES OF OVER $5 BILLION IN AUSTRALIA

Catastrophic flooding in Queensland was fed by one of the most intense La Nina weather events in decades.

75 PERCENT OF QUEENSLAND STATE DECLARED A DISASTER ZONE

RECORD FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES ROCKHAMPTON TOOWOOMBA BRISBANE DECEMBER 10, 2010 – JANUARY 11, 2011

QUEENSLAND: WIDESPREAD IMPACTS Socioeconomic impacts for 200,000 people included: evacuations, industrial slow- down, a plague of snakes and crocodiles, health care problems, missing persons, deaths, and losses of 5+ Billion.

WORST FLOODING IN A DECADE REACHES CITY AFTER CITY Floodwaters drained slowly towards the country's northeast coast, filling bulging rivers and inundating at least 22 towns and cities in the cattle and fruit and vegetable farming region.

THE FIRST PHASE OF RECORD FLOODING BEGAN IN DECEMBER DECEMBER 10, 2010

DECEMBER STORMS BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL: DEC. 17, 2010

NEW SOUTH WALES: 45 FLOOD DISASTER ZONES

TOWN OF BUNDABERG INUNDATED

ROCKHAMPTON BECAME AN ISLAND:JANUARY 3, 2011

INUNDATED AIRPORT RUNWAYS: JANUARY 3, 2011

FLEEING WITH POSSESSIONS: JANUARY 3, 2011

TRADITIONAL SANDBAGGING HAD LIMITED VALUE

FITZROY RIVER PEAKED AT 9.2 M: JANUARY 6, 2011

FLOOD WATERS CRIPPLE COAL INDUSTRY: JAN 7, 2011

THE THIRD PHASE OF FLOODING WAS TRIGGERED BY FLASH FLOODING JANUARY 11, 2011

QUEENSLAND: WIDESPREAD IMPACTS Socioeconomic impacts for about 200 thousand people included: industrial slow-down, evacuations, a plague of snakes and crocodiles, and health care problems associated with evacuation and water-borne diseases.

INUNDATED ROADWAYS SHUT DOWN TRUCKS

TOWN OF THEODORE: FLOODED

THEODORE’S HOUSES INUNDATED

TOWN OF BUNDABERG INUNDATED

IMPACTS Cars were transformed into “boats” and became scrap metal as they collided with infrastructure; giant metal industrial bins were tossed about as if made of paper; and houses were torn off foundations.

STRATEGIES FOR FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCE

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION REAL TIME WEATHER FORCASTING AND WARNING SYSTEMS MEASURMENT TECHNOLOGIES (E.G., STREAM GAGUES) RISK MODELING (E.G., HAZUS, INSURANCE UNDERWRITING) REAL TIME WEATHER FORCASTING AND WARNING SYSTEMS MEASURMENT TECHNOLOGIES (E.G., STREAM GAGUES) RISK MODELING (E.G., HAZUS, INSURANCE UNDERWRITING) DATABASES MAPS: 100-YEAR AND 500-YEAR FLOODS FLOOD DISASTER SCENARIOS DRONE PLANES HAZMAT MANAGEMENT DATABASES MAPS: 100-YEAR AND 500-YEAR FLOODS FLOOD DISASTER SCENARIOS DRONE PLANES HAZMAT MANAGEMENT

FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCE STRATEGIES PURPOSE PREVENTION PROTECTION LAND USE CONTROL PURPOSE PREVENTION PROTECTION LAND USE CONTROL TECHNIQUE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FLOOD CONTROL (DIKES, LEVEES, AND DAMS) HAZARD MAPS (RISK ZONES) TECHNIQUE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FLOOD CONTROL (DIKES, LEVEES, AND DAMS) HAZARD MAPS (RISK ZONES)

FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCE STRATEGIES PURPOSE SITE MODIFICATION ALERT/WARNING MONITORING RISK ZONES IMPROVE PREPAREDNESS PURPOSE SITE MODIFICATION ALERT/WARNING MONITORING RISK ZONES IMPROVE PREPAREDNESS TECHNIQUE EMBANKMENTS; SANDBAGS EVACUATION STREAM GAGUES; DRONE PLANES YEAR FLOOD MAPS SCENARIOS TECHNIQUE EMBANKMENTS; SANDBAGS EVACUATION STREAM GAGUES; DRONE PLANES YEAR FLOOD MAPS SCENARIOS