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Hurricane Categories
Category 1 74 – 95 mph Category 2 96 – 110 mph Category 3 111- 130 mph Category 4 131 – 155 mph Category 5 156 + mph
Hurricane Dennis By the end of the first week in July 2005; moving north-
westerly across Cuba, Hurricane Dennis became the first full fledged hurricane for the U.S. Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2005.
FEMA national headquarters in Washington DC, had put me on standby for deployment (much to Chief Martin’s surprise at CFD, since he had not been contacted at this point.) However, since I was on standby in 2004 for Hurricane Charley, Frances, Gene, and Ivan – to no avail – I adopted a rather apathetic attitude towards a deployment assignment for Hurricane Dennis.
But nonetheless, I heeded Martin’s advice: “Do what you have to do, if you can do it. Good Luck.”
(hmmm….thanks Chief.)
Hurricane Dennis Battering winds of over 135 mph,
Hurricane Dennis imposed an evacuation for the lower Keys of Florida. Staying on the original projected path as predicted, Hurricane Dennis hit landfall near Pensacola on July 11th - where only 10 months earlier, Hurricane Ivan made impact on the Florida panhandle.
Because the panhandle was still
recovering from Hurricane Ivan in 2004, recovery operation for Hurricane Dennis seemed nothing more, at best, than just a continuous recovery operation from the previous year.
Hurricane Emily On the 16th of July, Emily became the strongest
hurricane ever to form before the end of July. At one point, her winds reached up to 155 mph as she
barreled her way across the Caribbean Sea towards the Yucatan Peninsula. But with varying Atlantic water temperatures and atmospheric pressures, her Category status would erratically change within hours.
Upon landfall in Mexico (about 3-4 hrs. from southern TX), she was a Category 3. …two Category 3’s in one month.
Between Hurricane Dennis and Emily, there was a reported 46 direct fatalities.
on the average of every 3 weeks, a new hurricane was being developed.
But by the 16th of August, Hurricane Irene had briefly encountered the Category 2 phase. She posed as a threat to the U.S. East coast, but she dissipated back into the Atlantic without ever making landfall.
Hurricane Katrina
What might be considered as Mother Nature’s finest revenge, or at least the epitome of her
costliest destruction upon the United States,
Mother Nature showed us her very besthaunting performance …
to date.
This satellite photo from NASA shows the average temperature (82F) of the Atlantic over a 3 day period. The warm Gulf water temperatures merely kept Katrina fueled & directed her to aim for only one area. . .
…Hurricane Katrina had reached Category 5, with a relentless warpath
towards the Gulf of Mexico.
She skimmed through southern Florida, and ruthlessly aimed towards
Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana.
The eye of the storm passed about 12 miles from New Orleans on the 29th of August. Adding insult to injury,
the levees in the city broke and in some areas,
the water rose up to 25 feet deep.
Katrina’s vengeance was not just in
New Orleans and Mississippi
substantial wind damage was evident in Kentucky as well…
Hurricane Katrina spawned tornadoes
...this one in Georgia.
Over 200,000 ‘Katrina Survivors’ escaped to Texas.Below – the Astrodome in Houston, served as one of 4 major shelters that could accommodate thousands of
survivors under one roof.
Search, Rescue, Recovery and Relief operations begin to take place. Due to the overwhelming demands of organizing an unprecedented national disaster operation at this magnitude, it was imperative that the Incident Command System [ ICS ] was fully reinforced.
Is there a possibility, that there can be a hurricane
that is greater than aCategory 5 ?
…hell, why not ?
(…well, obviously no one from the National Hurricane Center has asked me whether or not we can have Categories greater than 5)
Fortunately, Rita was reduced to a Fortunately, Rita was reduced to a Category 3 when she struck Texas and Category 3 when she struck Texas and Louisiana on September 24th. Louisiana on September 24th.
but the city of Houston, itself, (4but the city of Houston, itself, (4thth largest city with 4 million residents) largest city with 4 million residents) was spared by Rita’s havoc.was spared by Rita’s havoc.
It’s a continuum of a living nightmare.
Family members still unaccounted for. Where is FEMA ?No home to return to.Decomposing bodies in attics.Make-shift hospitals in airport terminals.Sex offenders preying.Missing children. Separated children.
Cold bloody murdering.Toxic water. Toxic air to breathe.Accumulated mold 2-4” thick.Severely limited accessibility for EMS.Diseased carcasses infestations.Dead bodies found high up in trees as the water receded.
Blaming FEMA.Rescuers being shot at deliberately.
3rd week of October, Hurricane Wilma rips through southern Florida – as the strongest inland hurricane.
DISASTER. It strikes anytime, anywhere. It DISASTER. It strikes anytime, anywhere. It takes many forms -- a hurricane, an takes many forms -- a hurricane, an earthquake, a tornado, a flood, a fire or a earthquake, a tornado, a flood, a fire or a hazardous spill, an act of nature or an act of hazardous spill, an act of nature or an act of terrorism. It builds over days or weeks, or terrorism. It builds over days or weeks, or hits suddenly, without warning. Every year, hits suddenly, without warning. Every year, millions of Americans face disaster, and its millions of Americans face disaster, and its terrifying consequences.terrifying consequences.
On March 1, 2003, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
This 1.2 million square foot, downtown This 1.2 million square foot, downtown Houston Convention Ctr. was turned into a Houston Convention Ctr. was turned into a shelter.shelter.
Cargo aircrafts from all over the U.S. bring supplies into the National Guard airfield.
(Gulfport, Mississippi)
The Missouri gang – down in West Palm Beach, FLRepresentatives from:
Boone County Fire / Columbia Fire / St. Robert
…dubbed as the “FEMA baby” …
she was the youngest Hurricane Wilma survivor at the last shelter for Palm Beach County, FL.
“Solidarity is learned through contactnot concepts…
when the heart is touchedby direct experience
the mind is challenged to change.”
Peter Hans Klovenbach, SJ
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Back Draft soundtrack Score composed by Hans Zimmer:Back Draft soundtrack Score composed by Hans Zimmer:- The Arsonist’s Waltz” - - The Arsonist’s Waltz” - ““Burn It All” - Burn It All” -
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- photographers: Andrea Booher, Ed Edahl, Mark Wolfe,, Nicholas Britto- photographers: Andrea Booher, Ed Edahl, Mark Wolfe,, Nicholas Britto