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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina has been estimated to be the costliest storm in U.S. history, with total losses exceeding $100 billion. Hurricane Katrina was at Category 5 strength while in the Gulf of Mexico, and reportedly diminished to a strong Category 3 when it struck the Louisiana and Mississippi coast on August 29, 2005. The hurricane surge forces breached protective levees in New Orleans, and resulted in catastrophic flooding in the City. Although the flooding catastrophe in New Orleans drew world-wide attention and the media's focus during the reporting of the hurricane aftermath, the strongest winds and highest storm surge from Hurricane Katrina ravaged Mississippi coastal communities. The Mississippi coast was vulnerable to the destructive forces developed on the "right side" of the hurricane, and had little or no protection from levees, barrier reefs, or breakwater structures. Given the severity of this storm and resultant damages to the Mississippi coastal communities, the structural engineering profession has a unique opportunity to evaluate our approaches to hurricane damage assessment. The purpose of this paper is to provide structural engineers with lessons learned from building damages that occurred along the Mississippi coastline during Hurricane Katrina. The authors personally inspected and/or supervised the damage assessment of over 300 buildings and structures in Mississippi as a result of Hurricane Katrina. This paper presents an approach to assessing hurricane damages from this storm in order to provide answers to society so as to rebuild from this catastrophe. The insurance industry requires that specific questions be answered by structural engineers who assess hurricane damages, and we will address those issues in this paper.
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina has been estimated to be the costliest storm in U.S. history, with total losses exceeding $100 billion. Hurricane Katrina was at Category 5 strength while in the Gulf of Mexico, and reportedly diminished to a strong Category 3 when it struck the Louisiana and Mississippi coast on August 29, 2005. The hurricane surge forces breached protective levees in New Orleans, and resulted in catastrophic flooding in the City. Although the flooding catastrophe in New Orleans drew world-wide attention and the media's focus during the reporting of the hurricane aftermath, the strongest winds and highest storm surge from Hurricane Katrina ravaged Mississippi coastal communities. The Mississippi coast was vulnerable to the destructive forces developed on the "right side" of the hurricane, and had little or no protection from levees, barrier reefs, or breakwater structures. Given the severity of this storm and resultant damages to the Mississippi coastal communities, the structural engineering profession has a unique opportunity to evaluate our approaches to hurricane damage assessment. The purpose of this paper is to provide structural engineers with lessons learned from building damages that occurred along the Mississippi coastline during Hurricane Katrina. The authors personally inspected and/or supervised the damage assessment of over 300 buildings and structures in Mississippi as a result of Hurricane Katrina. This paper presents an approach to assessing hurricane damages from this storm in order to provide answers to society so as to rebuild from this catastrophe. The insurance industry requires that specific questions be answered by structural engineers who assess hurricane damages, and we will address those issues in this paper.
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Jordan, James W. (author) / Paulius, Saul L. (author)
Fourth Forensic Engineering Congress ; 2006 ; Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Forensic Engineering (2006) ; 43-58
2006-10-03
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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