Hurricane Elena, Gulf Coast, August 29-September 2, 1985 / / prepared by Peter Sparks ... [et al.] for Committee on Natural Disasters, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.3/492
• Soggetto topico: Hurricane Elena, 1985; Hurricanes - Mexico - Gulf Coast; Buildings - Natural disaster effects - Mississippi; Buildings - Natural disaster effects - Alabama
• Altri autori: SparksPeter R
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-104).
• Nota di contenuto: NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES -- Copyright -- NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES -- INVITATION FOR DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Executive Summary -- METEOROLOGY -- WARNINGS AND EVACUATION -- INJURIES AND DEATHS -- DAMAGE -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Need for In-Depth Study Following Postdisaster Investigation -- Forecasting, Warning, and Evacuation -- Need for Surface Wind-Speed Measurement -- Structural Performance and Building Codes -- 2 Meteorological Aspects -- SYNOPTIC HISTORY -- NEARSHORE AND LANDFALL STORM CHARACTERISTICS -- Wind Speeds -- Tides -- Rainfall -- Tornadoes -- Pressure -- FORECAST GUIDANCE -- STORM SURGE AND THE SLOSH MODEL -- SLOSH for Hurricane Elena -- 3 Preparedness and Response -- THE WARNING PROCESS -- ELENA AND THE GULF COAST'S RESPONSES -- EVALUATION -- Emergency Response Decision Making -- Multiple Evacuations -- Vacationer Response -- Public Response in the Tampa Bay-to-Sarasota Area -- Use of Regional Hurricane Evacuation Studies -- Evacuation Zones -- Behavioral Analyses -- Clearance Times -- Regional Boundaries -- 4 Wind Damage to Buildings -- WIND DAMAGE IN MISSISSIPPI -- Building Regulations -- Design Wind Speeds and Pressures -- Wind Resistance of Structural Systems -- Load Combinations -- Wind-Load-Resisting Systems -- Workmanship and Materials -- Nonengineered" Structures -- Detailed Damage Descriptions of Classes of Structures -- Schools -- Commercial Structures -- Motels -- Churches -- Single-Family Dwellings -- Multifamily Dwellings -- Mobile Homes -- Metal Building Systems -- Fully Engineered Buildings -- Other Structures -- WIND DAMAGE IN ALABAMA -- Single-Family Dwellings -- Other Structures -- Comparison with Hurricane Frederic -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- POSTDISASTER STUDIES -- 1. Need for In-Depth Postdisaster Studies -- WIND CONDITIONS. ; 2. Better Wind-Speed Data -- OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES -- 3. Continued Cooperation between NHC and the Local and National Media -- 4. Use of Amateur Radio and Hurricane Drills -- 5. Need for Improvement of Numerical Forecast Models -- 6. Continued Effective Use of Telephone Hurricane Information Service -- 7. Need for Quick Information Dissemination from SLOSH Runs -- THE EVACUATION PROCESS -- 8. Incorporation of Forecast Uncertainties in Evacuation Planning -- 9. Need for Multiagency Hurricane Evacuation Studies -- 10. Hypothetical Behavioral Assumptions Underlying Evacuation Plans -- 11. Calculation of Clearance Time in Evacuation Studies -- PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES -- 12. Need for Nationally Applicable Wind-Loading Provisions -- 13. Design Needs for Nonengineered Structures -- 14. Need for Design Checks of Professionally Designed Buildings -- 15. Insurance against Wind Damage -- 16. Concern about Industry Standards -- 17. Concern about Using School Buildings as Shelters -- 18. Concern about Preengineered and Masonry-Walled Buildings -- 19. Roof Performance -- 20. Performance of Signs and Building Appurtenances -- References -- Appendix A STRUCTURAL FAILURES IN MISSISSIPPI SCHOOLS -- Appendix B SHOPPING CENTER DAMAGE: A DETAILED ANALYSIS -- Appendix C DAMAGE TO METAL BUILDINGS: A DETAILED ANALYSIS.
• Sommario/riassunto: Hurricane Elena, following an erratic and difficult-to-forecast course along an unusually large section of the Gulf Coast, posed special problems from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Sarasota, Florida, well before it came ashore on September 2, 1985. Considerable wind damage occurred in this area to structures that were ostensibly designed to resist such extreme wind conditions. Because similar design conditions and building control procedures exist along other U.S. hurricane-prone coasts, the conclusions drawn in this detailed book catalog the structural damage caused by the hurricane and emergency response actions, establish the wind conditions of the storm, review in-depth the building control process used in the area, and conduct necessary structural and wind tunnel tests relevant to a large number of communities along the coastal areas.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hurricane Elena, Gulf Coast, August 29-September 2, 1985
• ISBN: 9786610203918; 9781280203916; 1280203919; 9780309565141; 0309565146; 9780585154084; 0585154082
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970042703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Natural disaster studies ; ; v. 2.