Case Study: Hurricane Sandy 2012 Flashcards
1
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Causes
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- Sandy was classified as a tropical depression after forming south of Kingston, Jamaica. Warm sea temperature allowed to gain large amounts of energy
- 2 days later on 24th October an eye began developing, and the storm eventually reached a diameter of 1100 miles.
- A computer mode, predicted its path and also noted that it would turn west towards land on October 29 rather than heading out to sea
2
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Effects
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- Political;
- Interrupted the presidential electron campaign
- Gave good publicity to Obama and Romney after they were photographed helping with relief.
- Environmental;
- Flooding inland from storm surge
- Social
- Death toll of 111
- Most roads unusable
- 1 million people without power in New Jersey
- Over 1 million forced to evacuate
- Many people stranded
- Crime rates greatly increased
- Economic impacts
- $63 billion in damages
- New York’s 3 airports closed
- Stock exchange closed for 2 days
- Tens of millions of dollars lost in revenue
3
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Risk Management before the event
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- After Hurricane Katrina, the US government began fi place staff and resources in the predicted impact areas
- The charity direct relief positioned hurricane preparation supplies prior to the storm hitting land
4
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Short term responses
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- The Red Cross send 17.5m meals and snacks, 17000 volunteers and 7 million relief packages including hats and gloves due to the snow storm
-The US department of energy send 67000 personal to restore power to the areas - Direct relief sent 50 cases of nutritional supplements to New York
- The red cross also supplied emergency generators
5
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Long term responses
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- Billions of dollars were spent on building storm walls
