An Overview of The

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An Overview of
The ICE STORMofDecember 2006
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STORM 1 December 19-21, 2006
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Power Outages

• Eustis and other portions of eastern Frontier
  County
• The entire Gosper County area to include Johnson
  Lake area
• The western portions of Phelps County that was
  fed from Dawson Public Power to include the
  Village of Bertrand
• Areas of the City of Holdrege also received
  temporary loss of power

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Shelters Opened

• Red Cross shelter operations in Eustis (Frontier
  County) and Elwood (Gosper County). Local
  volunteers assisted in operations and food
  preparation. Volunteer Fire/EMS helped in
  transporting the elderly to the shelters, and
  maintaining generator operations.

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Frontier County Storm Pictures
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Frontier County Storm Pictures
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Gosper County Storm Pictures
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Gosper County Storm Pictures
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Gosper County Courthouse, Elwood
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Gosper County Courthouse, Elwood
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Gosper County Storm Pictures
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Gosper County Storm Pictures
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View From Highway 23
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View From Highway 23
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Phelps County Storm Picture
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Phelps County Storm Picture
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Phelps County Storm Picture
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Phelps County Storm Picture
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Phelps County Storm Picture
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Phelps County Storm Picture
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STORM 2 December 29, 2006-Jan 1, 2007
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System Condition January 1
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345/115 kV Structure in Kearney County
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345/115 kV Structures in Kearney County
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Transmission Lines Outside Holdrege
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Transmission Lines Outside of Holdrege
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Transmission Lines Outside of Holdrege
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Power Outages

• Eastern Gosper County was out late evening on
  December 29th
• Entire Phelps County area
• Atlanta (Morning of December 29)
• Bertrand Loomis (Late evening on December 29)
• Holdrege Funk by late afternoon of the 30th

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Power Outage Problems

• Emergency Radio Communications failed
• Public Radio Communications failed
• Telephone landline systems marginal in service
• Telephone wireless systems failed
• Citizens purchasing and installing personal
  generators

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Initial Concerns

• Safety
• Communications
• Shelters
• Food
• Water
• Closing Highways (Downed lines across roadways
  RRs)

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Shelters

• Red Cross shelters were opened in Bertrand and
  Loomis by 400 P.M. on the 30th.
• Shelter in Holdrege was opened at about 600 P.M.
  on the 30th
• Shelter operations in Funk started about 1000
  A.M. on the 31st
• A private shelter opened in Atlanta during the
  day time hours on the 30th

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Mobile Generators

• 6 - 2 Mw units in City of Holdrege
• 7 - 2 Mw units at the BD plant in Holdrege
• 1 - 2 Mw unit in the Village of Bertrand
• 1 2 Mw unit at Holdrege Schools
• 1 - 1 Mw unit and 1- 950 Kw unit in Loomis
• 1 - 800 Kw unit in Funk
• 1 - 400 Kw and 500 Kw units at the Christian
  Home facility
• 1 - 750 Kw unit at Holdrege Homes
• 1 - 1 Mw unit at the Phelps Memorial Health
  Center

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National Incident Management System
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EM Operations

• Daily briefings were conducted with the Village
  Board Officials, County Board, Elected Officials,
  School District, Public Health, Law Enforcement,
  Fire EMS, Red Cross, and the local media until
  some form of normalcy had returned to the area.

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EM Operations

• Numerous updates, consultations, and requests
  with the Multi-Agency Coordination Center in
  Grand Island.
• Assisted with all phone calls into the local 911
  center. (Averaged 300-350 calls per day related
  to the storm itself)
• Updates with the Governors Office as well as U.S.
  Senator Nelsons Office and Nebraska Senator
  Carlson

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GENERATOR PICTURES
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Crews dedicated to restoring power
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Portable Generator Unit at Bertrand
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Portable Generator Unit at Loomis
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Portable Generator Unit at Funk
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Portable Generator Unit at Funk
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Portable Generator at Holdrege (2400 Line)
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Portable Generator Units in East Holdrege (13.8
kV)
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Portable Generator Units in East Holdrege (13.8
kV)
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Portable Generator Units in West Holdrege (13.8kV)
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Spare Generator Unit in Holdrege
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Portable Generator Unit for Chrisoma West
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Portable Generator at Christian Homes
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Portable Generator at Holdrege Homes
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Portable Generator for Phelps Memorial Health
Center
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Portable Generator Unit at Holdrege Schools
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Lesson Learned

• Proper resources were not available in LEOP for
  such an event
• Communications issues-radio and public
• Need proper equipment on back up power systems
• Health Care Facilities can not sustain their
  operations without assistance of external sources
• Shelters need to have climate control and good
  back-up power

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Lesson Learned

• Transportation systems were lacking
• Red Cross volunteers are needed
• PLANNING FOR SUCH FUTURE EVENTS IS NEEDED

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Where we are now

• Power was restored to the last community on the
  30th of January
• Power crews continued to repair temporary fixes
  and worked to bring irrigation service back on
  line for summer
• Continued debris removal and insurance claim
  issues
• Working with FEMA and NEMA on disaster documents
• The ongoing recovery process
• PLANNING

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Thank you!