CHATHAM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

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CHATHAM COUNTY 2008 HURRICANE CONFERENCE
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
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CHATHAM COUNTY 2008 HURRICANE CONFERENCE
INCIDENT COMMAND
Establishes jurisdictional agency
response Small to large incidents Single command
structure
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CONFERENCE CALLS
NWS WATCH initiates Conference Calls

• National Hurricane Center
• NWS Charleston
• GEMA
• Municipalities (one number each)
• Chairman
• CEMA

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CHATHAM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

• HURRICANES

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FORECASTING ?

• Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain
  dance
• All it takes is one!

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Run from the water, hide from the wind. You can
breathe in a 100 mph wind not under 10 feet of
storm surge water.
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SURGE INNUNDATION
4-10
13-21
6-15
18-25
9-18
Whitmarsh Wilmington
Tybee Island
Skidaway Island
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DURATION

• Category 3 Storm
• 300 mile Diameter
• 150 mile Radius
• Moving at 10 miles per hour
• 10 mph X 150 mi radius
• 15 hours over land
• High tide every _at_12 hours

150 mi rad.
300 mi dia.
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Mother Nature Never a dull moment. HURRICANE
CAMILLE Mississippi 1969
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WIND
CAT WIND 1 74-95 2 96-110 3 111-130
4 131-155 5 155lt
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TORNADOES Guaranteed to be unpredictable
exciting
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EVACUATION

• Rubber-made Box Principle
• Wheres that pesky passport?
• Pets need immunizations, food water too
• Cell phone wont work in Atlanta with charger in
  Savannah
• Plan now what to take where to go
• Inventory, video photograph
• Irreplaceable Items
• Scan pictures
• Gas lines waste precious time
• Establish primary alternate destinations now
• Emergency phone numbers for family friends
• LEAVE EARLY!

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EVACUATION by PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

1. Not a means of improving gas mileage.
2. Refrigerators are not hand carry.
3. Pet possums need immunization records too.
4. Earlier you, go the shorter the ride.

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RE-ENTRY

• No electricity
• No potable water
• Downed utility lines
• Impassable roads without signs
• No food, shelter or fuel
• No medical care
• Chemical spills
• Bridges out (300)

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WELCOME HOME
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SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION

• Where are you going?
• How are you getting there?
• What are you taking?
• Can you help someone else?
• Do you have a full tank of gas?
• Pets?
• Do family friends know your plan?
• LEAVE DURING THE VOLUNTARY!!!

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CEMA

• CLAYTON S. SCOTT
• Chatham Emergency Management Agency
• 124 Bull Street, Suite 140
• Savannah, GA 31201
• 912.201.4500
• ltcsscott_at_chathamcounty.orggt
• http//cema.chathamcounty.org

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