INCIDENT 2007-05 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFONSO
2007-07-25T0900 PST
EMERGENCY
FROM: NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER/PLANS//GLENCOE//
TO: ALL MINISTRIES//
PROVINCE OF THE SOUTHWEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//GEORGETOWN//
PROVINCE OF THE EAST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//PORTSMOUTH//
PROVINCE OF THE NORTH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//ASTORIA//
PROVINCE OF THE NORTHWEST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER//HOGBEN//
INLAND RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER//DOUHET AIR BASE//GLENCOE//
MARITIME RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER//COAST GUARD STATION PORTSMOUTH//PORTSMOUTH//
INFO: KING OIL COMPANY/OPERATIONS CENTER//PETROPORT//
ALL DISASTER DETECTION NETWORK STATIONS//
SUBJ: TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFONSO SITUATION REPORT
UNCLASS
1. EVENT KEY METRICS:
A. NAME: CYCLONE ALFONSO
B. NATIONAL DECLARATION: 2007-07-23T0900
C. NATIONAL EOC ACTIVATED: 2007-07-23T1300
C. EMERGENCY PLAN EXECUTED: 2007-07-23T1300
D. EVACUATION: 25,000
E. SHELTERING: 13,000
F. KILLED/INJURED: 352/1100
G. DISPLACED: UNKNOWN
H. BUILDINGS: UNKNOWN
I. SHIPS/AIRCRAFT/VEHICLES: UNKNOWN
2. THREAT STATUS:
A. DECLARATIONS, WARNINGS, AND WATCHES:
(1) PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION
(2) PROVINCIAL DECLARATIONS IN PROVINCES OF THE SOUTHWEST, EAST, NORTHWEST, AND NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
(3) LOCALITY DECLARATIONS IN INDUSTRY, PICKETTS FERRY, GEORGETOWN, PETROPORT
B. REPUBLIC OF PERILO: TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFONSO MADE LANDFALL BETWEEN FORT MATANZAS AND PETROPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 2007-07-24T1200 AS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. AS THE STORM TRACKED NORTHEAST IT RAPIDLY LOST STRENGTH WITH WINDS DECREASING TO GALE FORCE WITHIN 6 HOURS. HOWEVER, PASSAGE OF THE DECAYING SYSTEM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN, LOCALLY REACHING 12 INCHES. COASTAL AREAS ALL ALONG THE COAST SUFFERED HEAVY SURF AND BEACH EROSION. THE CITIES AND PORT FACILITIES OF GEORGETOWN AND PETROPORT WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING AND DEBRIS IN THESE AREAS IS HAMPERING ACCESS. INLAND FLOODING IS NOW A MAJOR CONCERN FOR THE BIG MUDDY, BLUE, AND RIO BRAVO RIVERS.
D. LOCALITIES AND INCIDENTS:
(1) A NATIONAL RAILWAYS EVACUATION TRAIN WAS BLOWN OFF THE TRACKS INTO A SWAMPY AREA BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND PICKETTS FERRY - 200 DEAD, 600 INJURED, 50 UNINJURED.
(2) PETROPORT - EXTENSIVE FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, SEVERE DAMAGE TO PIERS AND HARBOR AND OIL FACILITIES, APPROXIMATELY 100 FISHING VESSELS ASHORE, SOME IN CITY STREETS. TANKER WHICH REMAINED IN HARBOR DRAGGED ANCHOR, GROUNDED, BROKE UP, AND SANK PARTLY BLOCKING THE MAIN CHANNEL. STATUS OF 7563 PERSONS IN 3 PUBLIC SHELTERS UNKNOWN.
(3) GEORGETOWN - EXTENSIVE FLOODING AND BUILDING DAMAGE, MARGINALLY LESS SEVERE THAN PETROPORT.
(4) RAIL YARDS IN GEORGETOWN AND PETROPORT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH RAILCARS BLOWN OVER AND ONE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.
(5) PICKETTS FERRY - WESTERN DEFENSE HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE BIG MUDDY WAS CLEARED AND REOPENED TO TRAFFIC OVERNIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 4000 EVACUEES SHELTERED IN THE PERILO CONSTABULARY BARRACKS, MANY BEING FORCED BY THE NUMBER TO SHELTER IN THE COURTYARD DURING STORM PASSAGE, APPROXIMATELY 350 HAVE MINOR INJURIES.
(6) WESTERN DEFENSE HIGHWAY - FROM GEORGETOWN NORTH TO PLANK ROAD JUNCTION EXTENSIVE FLOODING, SOME WASHED OUT CULVERTS AND BRIDGES, NUMEROUS WRECKED VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF PICKETTS FERRY, WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF HUMAN REMAINS OBSERVED FROM THE AIR.
(7) FORT MICHELLE, FORT PINDER, AND OTHER OUTLYING ISLANDS OFF THE BIG MUDDY DELTA - ISLANDS WERE OVERWASHED BY STORM SURGE, ONLY SCATTERED REMAINS OF STRUCTURES.
(8) FORT MATANZAS - 38 INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK REFUGE OF LAST RESORT IN THE OLD FORT APPEAR TO HAVE SURVIVED, WERE OBSERVED ON THE FORT ROOF SIGNALLING SURVEY AIRCRAFT.
(9) COASTAL HIGHWAY EAST FROM PETROPORT TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES WEST OF ASHBY - NUMEROUS SECTIONS OF THE ROAD ARE WASHED OUT OR BUCKLED, NO SIGN OF VEHICLE REPORTED IN DISTRESS WITH 5 PASSENGERS 5 MILES EAST OF CASTLE RAE.
(10) TRIXX - POINT AND VILLAGE WAS OVERWASHED, ONLY REMAINS OF STRUCTURES
(11) BIG MUDDY DELTA - EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF SWAMPY AND LOW LYING AREAS. ALL ROADS HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS BLOCKAGES WITH DOWNED TREES, UTILITY LINES, ABANDONED (OR POSSIBLE OCCUPIED) VEHICLES, AND PORTIONS OF STRUCTURES.
(12) PROVINCE OF THE SOUTHWEST - SMALL WATERCOURSES THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. UNIMPROVED LOCAL ROADS APPEAR GENERALLY IMPASSABLE.
(13) FISHING VESSEL TOMMIE SUE REPORTED IN DISTRESS 35 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMBERSBURG WITH 7 CREW ABOARD REMAINS MISSING.
(14) LOCALITIES UP THE WESTERN DEFENSE HIGHWAY AS FAR AS GLENCOE ARE SHELTERING AT LEAST 25,000 EVACUEES, IN PUBLIC FACILITIES, IN HOTELS, OR IN HOMES OF RELATIVES OR FRIENDS.
3. ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIONS/STATUS:
A. ACTIVATION OF PLANS AND AGREEMENTS: NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN ACTIVATED
B. MINISTRY OF EXTREME SITUATIONS: CONTINUES TO COORDINATE RESPONSE ACTIONS AND TO DEVELOP PICTURE OF THE EXTENT OF THE DISASTER.
C. PERILO GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES: ACTING TO RESOLVE SPECIFIC REPORTED INCIDENTS AND TO RESTORE LIFELINE SERVICES.
4. NATIONAL RESOURCE STATUS: NOTE - MOST YELLOW RATINGS REFER TO ACCESS ISSUES
A. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS: GREEN
B. COMMUNICATIONS: RED - TELEPHONES REMAIN OUT OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE OF THE SOUTHEAST
C. DISASTER DETECTION NETWORK: YELLOW - NUMBER OF STATIONS OUT OF CONTACT IN PROVINCE OF SOUTHEAST
D. AMATEUR RADIO DISASTER CORPS: GREEN
E. AIR SEARCH AND RESCUE: GREEN
F. GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE: YELLOW
G. MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE: YELLOW
H. HEAVY RESCUE: YELLOW
I. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: YELLOW
J. HOSPITALS: YELLOW
K. MASS FATALITY RESPONSE: YELLOW
L. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE: YELLOW
P. POTABLE WATER SUPPLY: RED - WATER SYSTEMS IN GEORGETOWN AND PETROPORT OUT OF SERVICE, MANY SMALLER SYSTEMS CONTAMINATED IN FLOOD AREAS
Q. MASS FEEDING: RED
R. SHELTERING: RED
U. WEATHER OBSERVATION AND FORECASTING: YELLOW
V. TRANSPORTATION - AIR: YELLOW
W. TRANSPORTATION - GROUND: YELLOW
X. TRANSPORTATION - WATER: YELLOW
Y. POWER GENERATION: RED - ELECTRICITY SERVICE OUT THROUGHOUT PROVINCE OF THE SOUTHEAST
5. PLANNED ACTIONS:
A. REESTABLISH RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS.
B. GENERATE AIR SEARCH AND RESUPPLY EFFORTS TO LOCATE AND ASSIST THOSE TRAPPED.
C. CLEAR LOCAL JURISDICTION AIRSTRIPS TO ALLOW RELIEF FLIGHTS.
D. DEPLOY TERRITORIAL ARMY UNITS TO ASSIST IN RESCUE AND RELIEF AND TO SUPPLEMENT SURVIVING LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES.
E. PROVIDE FOOD AND MASS FEEDING.
F. PROVIDE POTABLE WATER.
G. INITIATE CONTRACTING PROCESS FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
H. DEPLOY AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO RESTORE FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN IMPACT AREA,
I. ASSESS AND MEET SHELTERING REQUIREMENTS SHORT TERM AND START PLANNING FOR LONG TERM SHELTERING SOLUTIONS.
6. MINISTER OF EXTREME SITUATIONS EXECUTIVE ASSESSMENT: DIRECT CYCLONE EFFECTS HAVE DISSIPATED, ALTHOUGH WE REMAIN VULNERABLE TO FLOOD IMPACTS OVER THE NEXT WEEK. WE MUST ADDRESS THREE CRITICAL AREAS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS:
A. ACCESS TO THE IMPACT AREA WITH RESCUE FOR THOSE TRAPPED IN THE AREA DURING THE STORM.
B. RESTORAL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER LIFELINE SERVICES.
C. SIZE OF INITIAL EVACUATION AND ITS BURDEN ON LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FOLLOW-ON EVACUATION AND SHELTERING OF THOSE DISPLACED BY THE EVENT.
8. RELEASER: GREEN