COLUMBIA COUNTYDECEMBER 2008 ICE STORM

Columbia County hit with worst storm in over 20-years on December 11 – 12, 2008

A State of Emergency and Travel BanWere Initiated on December 12, 2008

12/12/08 12/13/08 12/14/08 12/15/08 12/16/08 12/17/08 12/18/080

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Utility Customers Without Power

+/- 36,000 total customers served in Columbia County

Final Restoration took over 7-Days

APPROXIMATELY 70-PERCENT OF Utility Customers Without Service

Storm sparks fires, outages

Area of most intensity

Central and Western Part of County Worst Affected

County Road ClosuresDecember 12, 2008

17-County Roadsclosed for 1-3 days

3-roads in Austerlitz

1-road in Cannan

1-road in V/O Chatham

5-roads in T/O Chatham

13-roads in Claverack

1-road in Clermont

4-roads in Copake

12-roads in Hillsdale

Town RoadsImpaired or Impassable

9-roads in Kinderhook

2-roads in Stockport

6-roads in Stuyvesant

3-roads in Taghkanic

16-roads in Ghent

Approximately 40% of State, County and Town RoadsImpassable or Impaired

NYS RoadsImpaired or Impassable

Rt. 9J in StuyvesantRt. 9H in KinderhookRt. 9H in GhentRt. 66 in GhentRt. 203Rt. 22 in AusterlitzRt. 23 in ClaverackRt. 82 in TachkanicRt. 82 in GallatinTSP from Rt. 23 southto County line

76-Town RoadsImpaired or Impassable

Shelters and Warming Stations EstablishedThroughout County

Shelters and Warming Stations EstablishedThroughout County

Location of Shelters,Warming Stations and Distribution Centers

Shelter

Hudson Middle SchoolTaghkanic Fire House

Ichabod Crane High School

Stuyvesant Town Hall

Kinderhook Fire House

Warming Stations

Distribution Points

Warming Stations

Distribution Points

New Lebanon Fire House

Kinderhook Town Hall

Stuvyesant Fire House

Chatham Fire House

Philmont Fire House

Claverack Fire House

Clermont Hwy Garage

Gallatin Hwy Garage

Germantown Youth &

Activity Bldg

Livingston Town Hall

Shelters keep victims warm

Shelters provide a place to gather and enjoy a warm meal

Columbia County EOC Opens 4:50 am Friday December 12, 2008

Columbia County Emergency Management

Columbia County Board of Supervisors

Columbia County Attorney’s Office

Columbia County Highway Department

Columbia County Emergency 911

Columbia County Emergency Medical Services

Columbia County Health Department

Columbia County Office for the AgingColumbia County Sheriff’s OfficeColumbia County Social Services

American Red Cross

NYS Troopers

NYS Department of Transportation

State Emergency Management Office

National Grid

NYSEG

Central Hudson

Columbia County Fire Coordinator

Columbia County Treasurer’s Office

City of Hudson Police Department

Columbia County Facilities Department

Columbia County Solid Waste Department

14 County Departments / AgenciesWere utilized to address Storm Effects

Other Agency Involvement Included:

Fairpoint CommunicaltionGermantown TelephoneGreene County Highway Department

County Organizes Response ThroughEmergency Operations Center

Columbia County Emergency Operations Center

Provided leadership and coordination throughout the ice storm event

Held update meetings twice daily

Facilitated the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to mitigate theeffects if the incident

Maintained up-to-date status reports for the condition of utilities and roadways

Networked through other state agencies to obtain the critical services needed withinColumbia County during the incident

Coordinated the needs of other important service providers during the event, such as: Columbia County Emergency Management Services, Columbia County Fire Coordinator, Columbia County 911 and the American Red Cross.

Columbia County Department of Public Works

Picked-up and distributed cots, blankets and pillows to shelters at moments notice

Picked-up and distributed dry ice and water to shelters and distribution points

Picked-up generators and supplies from SEMO throughout the week

Coordinated the hook-up of a generator for a family with special health needs

Entire Highway Department worked Saturday & Sunday clearing County roads

Highway Department assisted Towns in the County with local road clean-up

Made fuel available for municipalities and not-for-profit agencies during power outage

Provided daily updates of road conditions in Columbia County

Provided school districts with information they needed to make decisions

Assisted municipal water / wastewater facilities with generator failures

Assisted Taghkanic Fire House with their generator failure

Assisted Town of Germantown with wastewater pump station failure

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office

Conducted health and welfare checks for residents with special needs

Provided traffic control for down power lines and unsignalized intersections

Provided security at shelters and warming stations

Provided communicationsAssisted utility companies

Safeguarded road hazards

Office For The Aging

323 recipients of Home Delivered Meals were contacted

Health and Welfare visits scheduled if no answer

Staff delivered shelf stable meals to recipients

County extends State of Emergency, two school districts remain closed

Thousands of Pounds of Dry Ice and Gallons of Water were provided ToStorm Bound Residents

Consumable Commodities Distributed During the period 12/12/08 – 12/18/08

Organization Dry Ice(pounds)

Water(cases)

NYSEG 10,000 300

Nat’l Grid 15,000

Central Hudson 12,000

Wal-Mart -Pepsi Bottling

2,640

Columbia County 1,600 250

Total 38,600 3,190

NYSEG, Central Hudson and National Grid offers dry ice and water at local points

The Financial Impact of the Storm to the County and Towns is Significant…And FEMA reimbursement is uncertain

Cost EstimateCounty Agencies

  Total Estimated Agency Cost

    

Highway $890,500Solid Waste $203,000

Facilities $6,000Office for the Aging $10,000Health Department $4,000

Sheriff $33,000911 $2,000

EOC $65,000Pine Haven $5,000

DSS $2,000BOS $3,000

Health Care Consortium $3,000   

Total $1,226,500   

Cost EstimatesLocal Municipalities

 

Municipality County Estimate   to compelte clean-up

Towns   

Ancram $72,400Austerlitz $145,076Cannan $63,277

Chatham $366,358Claverack $346,601Clermont $52,416Copake $71,656Gallatin $260,694

Germantown $66,276Ghent $376,034

Greenport $78,246Hillsdale $189,882

Kinderhook $283,198Livingston $207,522

New Lebanon $59,913Stockport $85,882

Stuyvesant $103,723Taghkanic $311,346

   Subtotal Towns $3,140,500

 Villages  

Village of Chatham $9,600Village of Kinderhook $9,600

Village of Philmont $67,200Village of Valatie $37,200

   Subtotal Villages $123,600

  

City of Hudson $40,800 

Total $3,304,900

Cost EstimatesFire Departments

Fire Departments County Estimate   

ANCRAM $2,500AUSTERLITZ DISTRICT $2,500

CANAAN $2,500CHATHAM $7,500

CHURCHTOWN $2,500CLAVERACK $10,000CLERMONT $5,000

COPAKE $2,500CRARYVILLE $2,500

EAST CHATHAM $2,500GERMANTOWN $5,000

GHENT $2,500GREENPORT $2,500HILLSDALE $2,500HUDSON $2,500

KINDERHOOK $62,500LEBANON VALLEY PROTECTIVE $5,000

LIVINGSTON DISTRICT $5,000MELLENVILLE $2,500NIVERVILLE $12,800

NORTH CHATHAM $2,500PHILMONT $5,000RED ROCK $2,500

STOCKPORT $2,500STOTTVILLE $2,500

STUYVESANT FALLS $2,500STUYVESANT $11,500TAGHKANIC $27,500TRI-VILLAGE $8,500

VALATIE $2,500WEST GHENT $2,500

   Total $212,800

Cost EstimatesRescue Squads

  County EstimateName  

 Greenport RS $17,600Chatham RS $13,200Philmont RS $13,200Copake RS $13,200

Northern Dutchess Paramedics $17,600Valatie RS $13,200

Lebanon Valley Protective Assoc. $13,200   

Total $101,200$1700/day/RS for OT and backfilling positions only

equipment and disposables = $500/day   

 

District County Estimate

   

 

Chatham School $5,000

Ichabod School $15,000

Germantown School $5,000

Taconic Hills School $5,000

New Lebanon School $5,000

Hudson School $5,000

Berkshire Union $7,500

Hawthorn valley School $5,000

Questar $2,500Columbia Greene Community

College $5,000

   

Total $60,000

   

Cost EstimatesSchool Districts

Cost EstimatesSummary

Cost Summary SheetColumbia County Ice Event

December 2008

 

Towns / Villages / City $3,304,900

County Agencies $1,226,500

Fire Departments $212,800

Rescue Squads $101,200

Schools $60,000

Non-for-Profits $36,500

 

Total $4,941,900

Columbia County EOC Closes 4:00 pm Friday December 18, 2008

A special thanks is given to all that participated:

Columbia County Emergency Management

Columbia County Board of Supervisors

Columbia County Attorney’s Office

Columbia County Highway Department

Columbia County Emergency 911

Columbia County Emergency Medical Services

Columbia County Health Department

Columbia County Office for the AgingColumbia County Sheriff’s OfficeColumbia County Social Services

Columbia County Fire Coordinator

Columbia County Treasurer’s Office

Columbia County Facilities Department

Columbia County Solid Waste Department

County Agencies

Columbia County EOC Closes 4:00 pm Friday December 18, 2008

A special thanks is given to all that participated:

School Districts

Hudson City School DistrictIchabod Crane School District

Towns

Town of ClermontTown of GallatinTown of GermantownTown of KinderhookTown of Stuyvesant

Fire Departments

Chatham Fire DepartmentClaverack Fire DepartmentKinderhook Fire DepartmentLivingston Fire DepartmentNew Lebanon Fire DepartmentPhilmont Fire DepartmentStuyvesant Fire DepartmentTaghkanic Fire DepartmentIchabod Crane School District

State Agencies

NYS Department of CorrectionsNYS Department of OPRHPNYS Department of TransportationNYS Emergency Management OfficeNYS Police

Other Agencies

Greene County Highway DepartmentCentral HudsonNational GridNYSEG

COLUMBIA COUNTYDECEMBER 2008 ICE STORM