Fort Bend County: Responding and Recovering from Hurricane Ike

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Fort Bend County Responding and Recovering from
Hurricane Ike
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Tropical Storm Edouard Hurricane Gustav
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Mon, Sept 1, Tropical Depression 9, 35 mph
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Tues, Sept 2, Tropical Storm Ike, 65 mph
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Wed, Sept 3, Hurricane Ike, 75 mph
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Thurs, Sept 4, Hurricane Ike, 145 mph
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Fri, Sept 5, Hurricane Ike, 120 mph
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Sat, Sept 6, Hurricane Ike, 115 mph
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Sun, Sept 7, Hurricane Ike, 125 mph
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Mon, Sept 8, Hurricane Ike, 80 mph
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Sept 8, Pre Landfall Proclamation Issued

• Readiness Level 3
• County HHS staff begins contacting Special Needs
  Individuals
• HHS Coordinates with Other Jurisdictions

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Tues, Sept 9, Hurricane Ike, 80 mph
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Sept 9, Ike Heading Toward Corpus Christi

• Logistics staff confirmed pre-positioned
  contracts with debris removal contractor and
  monitoring firm
• Also, confirmed contracts for fuel and water

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Wed, Sept 10, Hurricane Ike, 100 mph
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Sept 10, Ike Moving East Toward Galveston

• Readiness Level 2 Declared
• Conditions Become More Critical
• Readiness Level 1 Declared
• County EOC Fully Activated at 1900

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Thurs, Sept 11, Hurricane Ike, 100 mph
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Sept 11, Coastal Evacuation Underway

• County and cities declaring State of Disaster
• Traffic Mgmt Plan Implemented at 1300
• Hurricane Force Winds Predicted for Fort Bend
  County

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Sept 11, Richmond State School Evacuates

• Begins at 0730
• County, FBISD, LCISD, and RSS vehicles used
• 923 people moved in 54 vehicles
• Takes about 13 hours to complete

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Fri, Sept 12, Hurricane Ike, 105 mph
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Sept 12, Ike Aiming at Bolivar Peninsula

• Govt. Offices Closed
• Schools Closed
• Public Transportation suspended
• Shelters being set up by some cities
• Fuel Outages reported

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Sat, Sept 13, Hurricane Ike, 110 mph
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Sat, Sept 13, Galveston Landfall, 110 mph

• Landfall in Galveston at 0200 on Saturday
• In Fort Bend County, duration of tropical storm
  force winds approximately 14 hours

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Sept 13, Hurricane Ike Strikes the County

• 20 homes destroyed
• 7,000 homes damaged
• 130,000 homes affected
• 3 dead, 8 injured, 4 hospitalized

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Sept 14, Widespread Power Outages in County

• 67 of electrical services out
• One week later, still 25 of services out
• Impacts water and wastewater utilities severely
• Impacts traffic signals severely

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Sept 14, Debris and Debris and more Debris

• 750,000 cubic yards of debris
• FEMA grants waiver to allow County to pickup from
  Gated Communities
• County and cities move quickly to activate debris
  plan

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Information Sharing Emphasized During Ike

• Conf Calls GDEM
• Conf Calls NWS
• Conf Calls Mayors
• Conf Calls Debris
• County Phone Bank Handled 4500 calls
• Press Conferences

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Using New Technology to Send the Message

• PIER System used to send over 50 news releases
  and advisories
• PIER System received over 600,000 hits
• Judge recorded 15 messages for playback on 1670 AM

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Sept 15, Richmond State School Clients Return

• County Public Transportation Department
  coordinates the repatriation of 848 clients and
  staff back to Richmond from Brenham
• 111 vehicles are utilized to complete the transfer

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Sept 16, Debris Removal Plan Implemented

• First County in State to Start Debris Removal
  Activities
• 5 TDSRS Sites
• Over 16,000 truck loads transported

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Sept 16, County Recovery Actions Underway

• 6 POD sites open
• Re-supply Site at County Fairgrounds
• Stafford POD site serves over 150,000 people
• Red Cross Opens 2 shelters in County

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Sept 23, FEMA Blue Roof Center

• Blue Roof Registration Center opens at Sugar Land
  Community Center on September 23rd
• Center closes on October 13th
• Over 875 blue tarps installed in Fort Bend County!

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Sept 25, FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers

• Three FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers opened in
  Fort Bend County
• Rosenberg, Sugar Land, Missouri City
• September 25, 2008 to January 16, 2009
• Over 1,750 individuals assisted

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FEMA Housing Assistance Needs in County

• Fort Bend County Over 27,000 citizens
  registered for FEMA assistance over 5 million
  in assistance has been approved but for
  comparison..
• Galveston County Over 72,000 citizens
  registered for FEMA assistance over 180 million
  in assistance has been approved

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Neighbors Help Neighbors in Fort Bend

• Citizens all over County assist in cleaning up
  streets and neighborhoods
• Social service agencies assist in debris removal,
  providing food, home repair, and more!

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Fort Bend Helps Neighboring Counties

• 685 bales of hay and 3 ½ tons of feed sent to
  Chambers County
• 42 pallets of ice/water/MREs sent to City of
  Manvel
• Fire Apparatus and crews sent to Galveston County

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During Ike, some things went very well..

• The elected officials in this county certainly
  get their fair share of criticism throughout
  their tenure from the media. Over the past week,
  as the County endured Hurricane Ike. All of them
  deserve a huge round of applause.
• -Cheryl Skinner, Fort Bend Star

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Some other things--- not so well
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And sometimes It is what it is
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Fort Bend County Returning to Normal
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Thank You

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