INCIDENT 2007-05 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFONSO

2007-07-26T0930 PST

EMERGENCY

FROM: NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER/OPERATIONS//GLENCOE//

TO: ALL MINISTRIES

ALL GOVERNMENTS

SUBJ: PRELIMINARY DISASTER SURVEY - TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFONSO

UNCLASS

1.  PRELIMINARY SURVEY BASED ON JURISDICTION REPORTS, AERIAL SURVEY, AND GROUND RESCUE REPORTS:

A.  PETROPORT - 132 DEAD, 245 KNOWN INJURED. 13,456 SHELTERED IN LAST RESORT CONDITIONS.  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,000 RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES EITHER DESTROYED OR SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE.  PORT FACILITIES SEVERELY DAMAGED WITH ALL PIERS OUT OF SERVICE.  APPROXIMATELY 100 FISHING VESSELS SUNK OR CAST ASHORE ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 PLEASURE CRAFT.  SOME AREAS REMAIN FLOODED. ESTIMATED TIME TO CLEAR HARBOR FOR MINIMAL OPERATIONS 2 WEEKS.  ESTIMATED MASS FEEDING AND WATER REQUIREMENTS NEXT 72 HOURS 300,000 MEALS, 200,000 GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER.

B.  GEORGETOWN - 43 DEAD, 187 KNOWN INJURED.  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WITH APPROXIMATELY 8,000 RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES EITHER DESTROYED OR SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE.  SOME AREAS REMAIN FLOODED.  ORIENTAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING WITHOUT ELECTRICITY; 173 PATIENTS REQUIRE EVACUATION BY 2007-07-26T1800; 8 DEATHS IN HOSPITAL DUE TO FAILURE OF ELECTRICALLY POWERED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS OR HEAT EXPOSURE.  23,348 SHELTERED IN LAST RESORT CONDITIONS.  ESTIMATED MASS FEEDING AND WATER REQUIREMENTS NEXT 72 HOURS 800,000 MEALS 1,000,000 GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER.  

C.  PICKETTS FERRY - 1803 PEOPLE SHELTERED WITH MORE EVACUEES ARRIVING ON FOOT OR BICYCLES, MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO 12 STRUCTURES, MAJOR DAMAGE TO 5.  13 RESIDENTS AND 432 EVACUEES INJURED, MOST MINOR.  WATER SYSTEM SHUT DOWN DUE TO FLOODING; WILL BE RESTORED TO OPERATION WHEN FLOODING SUBSIDES, ESTIMATED 2007-07-27T1200.  ESTIMATED MASS FEEDING AND WATER REQUIREMENTS NEXT 72 HOURS 18,000 MEALS, 6,000 GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER. 

D.  ENTERPRISE - MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO 18 STRUCTURES, MAJOR DAMAGE TO 3. 2189 PEOPLE SHELTERED.  2 RESIDENTS AND 100 EVACUEES INJURED.

E.  INDUSTRY - MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO 9 STRUCTURES, MAJOR DAMAGE TO 6. 1786 PEOPLE SHELTERED.  4 INJURED.

F.  COMPANY SHOPS - 1034 PEOPLE SHELTERED.  MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO 5 STRUCTURES

G.  PLANK ROAD JUNCTION - 4876 PEOPLE SHELTERED.  MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO 8 STRUCTURES. 

H.  NUEVA LEON - FLOODING ALONG THE RIO BRAVO WITH 15 STRUCTURES IN LOW LYING PARTS OF THE TOWN DAMAGED AND 50 PERSONS DISPLACED.

I.  ASHBY - COSTAL EROSION, FLOODING IN HARBOR AREA AND ALONG THE RIO BRAVO, TWO PIERS DAMAGED, 4 FISHING VESSELS SUNK, 20 PLEASURE CRAFT SUNK OR BADLY DAMAGED.  3 PERSONS INJURED.  HEAVY DAMAGE TO 7 STRUCTURES, MINOR DAMAGE TO 20.

J.  OVERWASH - COASTAL EROSION, MINOR DAMAGE TO 5 STRUCTURES, 1 FISHING VESSEL SUNK AT DOCK.

K.  LOPEZ ISLAND - COASTAL EROSION AND DAMAGE TO ISLAND ROAD, MINOR DAMAGE TO 8 STRUCTURES, 3 PLEASURE CRAFT DAMAGED.

L.  LAWRENCE ISLAND - COASTAL EROSION AND DAMAGE TO ISLAND DOCK, MINOR DAMAGE TO 4 STRUCTURES.

M.  CAPE SAN BLAS - EXTENSIVE COASTAL EROSION, MINOR DAMAGE TO 28 STRUCTURES.

N.  TRIXX - POINT OVERWASHED WITH DESTRUCTION OF 8 STRUCTURES AND HEAVY DAMAGE TO 30.  VILLAGE PIER DESTROYED.  1 DEAD.

O.  DERAY - EXTENSIVE COASTAL FLOODING WITH 22 STRUCTURES HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  8 DEAD, 16 INJURED. 

P.  CHAMBERSBURG - EXTENSIVE COASTAL FLOODING WITH 23 STRUCTURES HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  2 DEAD, 19 INJURED. 

Q.  CASTLE RAE - EXTENSIVE COASTAL FLOODING WITH 35 STRUCTURES HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  12 DEAD, 15 INJURED. 

R.  FORT MATANZSAS - 38 PEOPLE SHELTERED IN LAST RESORT CONDITIONS IN COLONIAL ERA FORT MATANZAS.  VILLAGE OVERWASHED AND ALL STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES DESTROYED.  

S.  FORT MICHELLE - VILLAGE OVERWASHED - NOTHING REMAINS.

T.  KING 1 OIL FIELD - PLATFORMS ALPHA, CHARLIE, AND FOXTROT SUSTAIN SEVERE DAMAGE, OTHER PLATFORMS SOME DAMAGE.  ESTIMATED TIME TO RESUME PRODUCTION 1 WEEK FOR LIMITED PRODUCTION, 6 MONTHS FULL PRODUCTION.  LIMITING FACTOR SCALE OF DAMAGE AND ACCESS.

U.  HIGHWAYS - COASTAL HIGHWAY WASHED OUT OR BLOCKED BY SAND IN AT LEAST 15 LOCATIONS BETWEEN PETROPORT AND ASHBY.  TRAVEL ONLY POSSIBLE TO 20 MILES WEST OF ASHBY.  WESTERN DEFENSE HIGHWAY IMPASSABLE FOR DEBRIS SOUTH OF PICKETTS FERRY.  ESTIMATED TIME TO CLEAR ROAD ACCESS INTO GEORGETOWN AND PETROPORT 1 WEEK.  LIMITING FACTORS ARE ACCESS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 

V.  AERODROMES AND AIR ROUTE STRUCTURE - AERODROMES AT MITCHELL AIR BASE, GALLAND FIELD, PETROPORT, TRIXX, FORT MATANZAS, FORT MICHELLE, FORT ERIKA CLOSED.  23 BEACONS FOR LOW ALTITUDE AIRWAYS GREEN 1, GREEN 1 OIL FIELD EXTENSION, GREEN 2, AND GREEN 3 NOT OPERABLE.  ESTIMATED TIME TO CLEAR AIRFIELDS FOR EMERGENCY FLIGHTS: MITCHELL AIR BASE WILL BE CLEARED TODAY,  2 DAYS TO CLEAR FOR GALLAND FIELD AND PETROPORT.  LIMITING FACTOR AVAILABILITY OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND DEBRIS TRANSPORT TRUCKS.  ESTIMATED TIME TO RESTORE LOW ALTITUDE BEACON SYSTEM 1 YEAR.

W.  NAVIGABLE WATERS AND AIDS TO NAVIGATION - MAIN CHANNEL AT PETROPORT PARTLY BLOCKED BY SUNKEN TANKER.  ESTIMATED TIME TO CLEAR CHANNEL 2 WEEKS.  LIMITING FACTOR IS AVAILABILITY OF MARITIME SALVAGE RESOURCES.

X.  RAILWAYS - NATIONAL RAILWAY SOUTHERN DIVISION HAS EXTENSIVE YARD DAMAGE IN PETROPORT AND GEORGETOWN.  TRESTLE AND ROADBED DAMAGE AT THREE POINTS BETWEEN PETROPORT AND GEORGETOWN AND 2 POINTS BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND PICKETTS FERRY.  DERAILED TRAIN 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKETTS FERRY WITH 198 DEAD, 602 INJURED.  ESTIMATED TIME TO CLEAR AND REPAIR DAMAGE AND RESTORE FULL OPERATIONS 2 WEEKS.  LIMITING FACTORS ARE SINGLE ROUTE OF ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 

Y.  POWER GENERATION AND WATER - ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE IS OUT TO AN AREA BOUNDED BY MAHONES FORT TO A POINT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COMPANY SHOPS TO ASHBY.  ESTIMATED 2,500,000 CUSTOMERS IMPACTED.  ESTIMATED TIME TO RESTORE SERVICES - 10 PERCENT TODAY, 50 PERCENT 1 WEEK, 80 PERCENT 1 MONTH, 90 PERCENT 2 MONTHS, 100 PERCENT 4 MONTHS.  LIMITING FACTORS ARE SCALE OF DAMAGE, ACCESS, AND REPAIR CREW AVAILABILITY.  POTABLE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS OUT OF SERVICE IN GEORGETOWN AND PETROPORT.  ESTIMATED TIME TO RESTORE 1 WEEK.  LIMITING FACTOR IS SCALE OF DAMAGE.  WIDESPREAD CONTAMINATION OF LOCAL WELL  SYSTEMS IN SMALL COMMUNITIES BY FLOOD WATERS.  ESTIMATED TIME TO DECONTAMINATE 2 WEEKS.  LIMITING FACTOR ACCESS. 

Z.  COMMUNICATIONS - EXTENSIVE TELEPHONE OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE IMPACT AREA WITH AN ESTIMATED 400,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT SERVICE.  PUBLIC SAFETY AND AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SEVERELY LIMITED BY DAMAGE TO ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER.  SOME PUBLIC SAFETY AND AMATEUR COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE RESTORED TODAY WITH EXPEDIENT ANTENNAS AND BATTERIES.  ESTIMATED TIME TO RESTORE CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS 1 WEEK.  LIMITING FACTOR IS LACK OF PORTABLE CELL SYSTEMS.  

2.  ESTIMATED COST OF RESTORATION OF LIFELINES AND STABILIZATION OF THE SITUATION - 500,000,000 DB.  ESTIMATED COST OF RECONSTRUCTION AND REDEVELOPMENT - 1,000,000,000 DB.

GREEN SENDS