1. HIGHLIGHTS OF NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012 PART 1: 2012 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON (In Reverse Chronological Order) Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. 2012’S ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES 316 DEATHS $68.5 BILLION LOSSES

3. 2012 ATLANTIC BASIN STORM TRACKS AS OF DEC. 1

4. NAMED STORMS IN 2012 ALBERTO - Tropical storm; May 19 BERYL - Tropical storm; May 27 CHRIS – Hurricane; June 21 DEBBY – Tropical storm; June 23 ERNESTO –Hurricane; Aug 3 FLORENCE –Tropical storm: Aug 5 GORDON –Hurricane, August 16

5. NAMED STORMS FOR 2012 HELENE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 19 ISAAC – Hurricane, August 21 JOYCE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 25 KIRK –Tropical Storm. Aug. 27 LESLIE –Hurricane, Sept. 5 MICHAEL –Hurricane, Sept. 5 NADINE – Hurricane, Sept. 12

6. NAMED STORMS IN 2012 OSCAR – Tropical Storm, Oct. 4 PATTY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 11 RAFAEL – Hurricane, Oct. 12 SANDY – Super Storm, Oct. 22 TONY – Tropical Storm, Oct. 24 VALERIE– Did not happen WILLIAM– Did not happen

7. TWO STORMS WERE ESPECIALLY NOTABLE ISAAC -- A RAINMAKER FOR THE ENTIRE GULF COAST SANDY – A SUPER STORM

8. HIGHLIGHTS OF SANDY October 22- November 1, 2012

9. SANDY FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A HURRICANE TO A ONCE- IN- A- CENTURY- HISTORIC “SUPER STORM” IN EIGHT DAYS

10. AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM ON OCTOBER 22

11. SANDY MADE LANDFALL IN NEW JERSEY: 8:00 PM, OCT. 29

12. SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012

13. AT 8:00 PM ON OCTOBER 29, SANDY BECAME THE MOST DEVASTATING SUPER STORM TO HIT THE EASTERN USA IN RECORDED HISTORY (PRESSURE– 940 Mb) October 22– November 1, 2012

14. CAT 1 HURRICANE SANDY MADE LANDFALL AT 8:00 PM ON MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 29 TH Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, merging with a winter storm system to become a unique, once-in-a- century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s natural cycles, NOT global warming

15. FIFTY DEATHS ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD (as of Oct. 30) Preliminary Loss Estimate: $50 Billion

16. SANDY CAUSED 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO BE PLACED ON HOLD FOR THREE DAYS Election took place on November 6th

17. FLOODING IN BROOKLYN

18. NY HOSPITALS IMPACTED FLOODING, POWER OUTAGES, AND AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION LIMITED SERVICES

19. NEW YORK CITY ON LOCK DOWN ROADS CLOSED TUNNELS CLOSED SUBWAY, TRAINS, AND AIRPORTS CLOSED WIDE-SPREAD POWER OUTAGES HIGH VOLUME OF 911 CALLS THAT CAN’T BE ANSWERED EFFICIENTLY STOCK EXCHANGES CLOSED SCHOOLS CLOSED

20. WATER AND FIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN QUEENS, NY Fire fighters unable to cope with flooding and fire as 80 houses burn to ground

21. OCT. 29: FLOODED STREETS IN QUEENS

22. OCT. 29: FIRE IN QUEENS

23. NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC CITY UNDER WATER

24. NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING

25. NEW JERSEY: STREET FLOODING

26. HIGHLIGHTS OF ISAAC August 21-31, 2012

27. ISAAC: FROM TS ON AUG, 21 TO HURRICANE ON AUG. 26

28. AUGUST 21-31, 2012

29. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC: AUGUST 21, 2012

30. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC: AUGUST 23  The storm brought rain and gusty winds to Haiti, Puerto Rico, the eastern Caribbean Islands, and Cuba on Thursday (Aug. 23), leading to 22 deaths.

31. ISAAC DUMPS RAIN ON PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI: AUG. 23

32. ISAAC’S FORECAST: AUGUST 23, 2012

34. ISAAC, MISSED TAMPA BAY, FL, BUT ITS RAIN AND WIND CAUSED A 1-DAY DELAY OF THE 5-DAY REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN TAMPA, FLORIDA

35. EVACUEES LEAVING NEW ORLEANS ON INTERSTATE 10

36. EVACUEES IN A LOUISIANA SAFE HAVEN

37. BAY ST LOUIS, MISS: ISAAC-GENERATED WAVES:

38. GULFPORT, MISS: ISAAC- GENERATED WAVES:

39. MOBILE BAY, AL: ISAAC- GENERATED WAVES:

40. MOBILE BAY, AL: SAND BAGS TO PREVENT FLOODS

41. ISAAC AT LANDFALL: LATE TUESDAY

42. At landfall, Isaac had winds of 133 kph (80 mph) and rain bands affecting a circular area 330 km (200 miles) wide.

43. NEW ORLEANS IN 2012 When Isaac arrived in Tuesday, New Orleans was a “ghost town” as the result of evacuations, and houses and businesses being boarded up.

44. NEW ORLEANS: BUSINESSES BOARDED UP

45. NEW ORLEANS

46. NEW ORLEANS: WIND DAMAGE

48. NEW ORLEANS: A GHOST TOWN

49. DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS: BEFORE BEING FLOODED

50. NEW ORLEANS: FLOODED

51. NEW ORLEANS: FLOODING

52. NEW ORLEANS: POLICE DEPLOYED, BUT NO LOOTING

53. NEW ORLEANS: FLOODING

55. LAKE PONCHARTRAIN: LOOKING LIKE AN OCEAN

56. ISAAC’S FORECAST AFTER LANDFALL: AUGUST 29, 2012

57. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS New Orleans, south Mississippi, and southeast Louisiana took a beating" from Isaac’s storm surge, heavy rain, and wind field. 725,000 people across five states were without power. 520,00 lost power in Louisiana for a week

58. ISAAC WAS, THANKFULLY, NOT AS DEVASTATING FOR NEW ORLEANS AS HURRICANE KATRINA WAS IN 2005 NEW ORLEANS’ IMPROVED LEVEES PERFORMED WELL

59. NEW ORLEANS IN 2005: LEVEE FAILURE LEFT 1,000,000 HOMELESS