1. INTEGRATING LESSONS FROM 2005 WITH PAST HURRICANES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST 2005—A RECORD SEASON Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

2. HURRICANES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST 2005 WAS A RECORD SEASON DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR LEARNING AND FOR BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER- RESILIENT COMMUNITES DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR LEARNING AND FOR BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER- RESILIENT COMMUNITES

3. TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES IN 2005  Twenty-seven storms occurred during the 2005 season.  Over $100 billion in losses.

4. TROPICAL STORMS- HURRICANES IN 2005  ARLENE  BRET  CINDY  DENNIS  EMILY  FRANKLIN  GERT  HARVEY  IRENE  JOSE  KATRINA  LEE

5. TROPICAL STORMS- HURRICANES IN 2005  MARIA  NATE  OPHELIA  PHILIPPE  RITA  STAN  TAMMY  VINCE  WILMA  ALPHA  BETA  GAMMA  DELTA  EPSILON  ZETA

6. SCIENCE OF HURRICANES

7. TRACKS OF CINDY, DENNIS, KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA

8. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  EVERY HURRICANE TEACHES IMPORTANT LESSONS ON “ WHY” COASTAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD BECOME DISASTER- INTELLIGENT AND DISASTER-RESILIENT.

9. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  RECOVERY USUALLY TAKES LONGER AND COSTS MORE THAN EXPECTED.

10. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES.  DISASTER- INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES USE TIMELY COMMUNICATION OF CRITICAL INFORMATION TO IMPROVE THE ODDS FOR SAVING LIVES.

11. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH STORM SURGE AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR EVACUATION.

12. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDS THAT HIGH VELOCITY WINDS WILL LIFT ROOFS OFF OF BUILDINGS.

13. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH VELOCITY WINDS AND BUILDS TO RESIST THE WIND FIELD.

14. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURICANES  HURRICANES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY PRECIPITATION THAT WILL INUNDATE THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.

15. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR RESILIENCE.

16. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INCREDIBLE QUANTITES OF DEBRIS WILL BE CREATED BY WIND, STORM SURGE, AND FLOODING.

17. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP INCLUDES THE UNTHINKABLE IN THE COMMUNITY’S DISASTER SSCENARIOS.

18. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP KNOWS THAT POWER OUTAGES ARE INEVITABLE AND WILL PARALYZE THE COMMUNITY.

19. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP KNOWS THAT EVACUATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL IF THE SAFE HAVENS ARE UNSAFE.

20. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  HOUSEHOLD PETS ARE OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE EVACUATION PLANS.

21. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  INFORMED LEADERSHIP PLANS FOR LAPSES IN LAW AND ORDER THAT OCCUR DURING THE MOST CHAOTIC MOMENTS OF THE DISASTER.

22. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  IT ONLY TAKES A FEW HOURS OF WIND AND STORM SURGE AND A MONTH TO RECOVER FROM FLOODING FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESSES AND JOBS TO DISAPPEAR FOREVER.

23. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ALL HURRICANES  ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WILL HAPPEN WHEN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE SUBJECTED TO WIND, STORM SURGE, FLOODING, OR MUDFLOWS.

24. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  DENNIS, JULY 5, 2006.  INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES USE RELIABLE WARNINGS TO FACILITATE EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

25. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  KATRINA, RITA, AND WILMA  EVACUATION IS A COMPLEX ENDEAVOR IN ANY SUTUATION THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER.

26. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  KATRINA, AUGUST 29, 2005  THE PROTECTION OF BARRIER ISLANDS SIGNIFICANTLY LESSENED THE DAMAGE IN THE LANDFALL ZONE.

27. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  KATRINA  NEW ORLEANS’ STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANS DID NOT WORK DURING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD.

28. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  Katrina, August 29- 30, 2005  Instead of being a safe haven, as envisioned, New Orleans’ Super Dome became a setting for disaster.

29. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  KATRINA  WHEN THE LEVEES FAILED, NEW ORLEANS FOUND THAT IT WAS NEITHER INTELLIGENT NOR RESILIENT.

30. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  KATRINA, AUGUST 28-29, 2005  A FEW HOURS OF WIND AND STORM SURGE FOLLOWED BY A MONTH OF FLOODING PARALYZED TULANE UNIVERSITY INDEFINETLY.

31. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  Katrina, August 29- 30, 2005  Removal of 350,000 water- damaged cars was not part of anyone’s disaster scenario.

32. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  BETA, OCTOBER 29, 2005  INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES SAVE LIVES BY USING INFORMATION ON THE THREAT AS IT DEVELOPS HOUR BY HOUR.

33. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  ARLENE, JUNE 2005  INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES ARE READY, WHETHER THE FIRST STORM OR THE LAST STORM OF THE SEASON.

34. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  STAN: OCTOBER 2005  INFORMED LEADERSHIP EXPECTS DEVASTATING MUDSLIDES TO BE TRIGGERED BY PROLONGED, HEAVY PRECIPITATION.

35. LESSONS LEARNED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING  STAN, OCTOBER 2005  THE UNTHINKABLE IS FOR A MUDSLIDE TO BURY A TOWN, AND MAKE SEARCH AND RESCUE VERY URGENT AND VERY COMPLICATED.