Hurricane Katrina Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis E. Link ◽  
Jeff Harris
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Evaluation Task

Failure analysis of the breached levee at the 17th Street Canal in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 812-834
Author(s):  
X. Wang ◽  
Mark Castay
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strain ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Effective Stress ◽  
Task Force ◽  
17Th Street ◽  
Evaluation Task ◽  
Effective Stress Analysis ◽  
Levee System ◽  
Lacustrine Clay ◽  
Stress Analyses

The breached levee system at the 17th Street Canal has been independently studied by conducting total and effective stress analyses. Performance of the levee system during the hurricane duration was investigated with special attention focused on the formation of a gap between the levee fills and the floodwall, and on the localized shear strain in the lacustrine clay layer. In contrast to the total stress analyses conducted by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) and the Independent Levee Investigation Team (ILIT), the effective stress analysis presented in this paper considered the soil – pore water interaction, and demonstrated evidences of initiation and mobilization of the localized shear strain.

Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems

2008 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Governing Board ◽  
State University ◽  
Program Administration ◽  
Hurricane Rita ◽  
Louisiana State University ◽  
Relief Program

<em>Abstract.</em>—Hurricane Katrina (landfall 29 August 2005) and Hurricane Rita (landfall 24 September 2005) devastated large portions of Louisiana and Mississippi and caused significant impacts to Alabama, Florida, and Texas. Immediately following these storms, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) established the AFS Hurricane Relief Task Force (HRTF). The HRTF was composed of AFS chapter officers from Louisiana and Mississippi as well as state and government agency personnel and university faculty and staff from the impacted region. Because essential members of the HRTF were dealing with personal, professional, and agency needs in the months immediately following these storms, a meeting of the HRTF could not be scheduled until 13 January 2006. This 1-d meeting, held on the campus of Louisiana State University, resulted in the drafting of the AFS Hurricane Relief Initiative Action Plan. During January–February 2006, the HRTF worked primarily through the organizational structure and leadership of the Louisiana and Mississippi chapters and coordinated these activities with the southern division of AFS (SDAFS), and the parent society’s officers, governing board, and executive director. The AFS Hurricane Relief Initiative Action Plan was approved and renamed the AFS Disaster Relief Program by the governing board during its midyear meeting in March 2006. In accordance with the approved program, administration and programmatic responsibility for the initiative were transferred from the HRTF to the SDAFS in June 2006, and funds to support the program were made available to the chapters through the SDAFS.

Performance Analysis of HRO-B+ Scheme for the Nested Mobile Networks using OPNet

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 522
Author(s):  
Shayma Senan ◽  
Aisha Hassan A. Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Route Optimization ◽  
Optimal Routing ◽  
Network Mobility ◽  
Optimization Scheme ◽  
Delay Response ◽  
Mobile Router ◽  
Binding Update

<p>As a demand of accessing Internet is increasing dramatically, host mobility becomes insufficient to fulfill these requirements. However, to overcome this limitation, network mobility has been introduced. One of its implementation is NEMO Basic Support protocol which is proposed by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). In NEMO, one or more Mobile Router(s) manages the mobility of the network in a way that its nodes would be unaware of their movement. Although, it provides several advantages, it lacks many drawbacks in term of route optimization especially when multiple nested mobile networks are formed. This paper presents a new hierarchical route optimization scheme for nested mobile networks using Advanced Binding Update List (BUL+), which is called HRO-B+. From performance evaluation, it shows that this scheme performs better in terms of throughp<em>ut, delay, response time, and traffic, and achieves optimal routing.</em></p>

Task Force St. Bernard: Operational Issues and Medical Management of a National Guard Disaster Response Operation

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 440-447
Author(s):  
Carl J. Bonnett ◽  
Tony R. Schock ◽  
Kevin E. McVaney ◽  
Christopher B. Colwell ◽  
Christopher Depass
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Task Force ◽  
National Guard ◽  
The United States ◽  
Army National Guard ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Operational Issues ◽  
National Emergency

AbstractAfter Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States on 29 August 2005, it became obvious that the country was facing an enormous national emergency. With local resources overwhelmed, governors across the US responded by deploying thousands of National Guard soldiers and airmen. The National Guard has responded to domestic disasters due to natural hazards since its inception, but an event with the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina was unprecedented. The deployment of >900 Army National Guard soldiers to St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana in the aftermath of the Hurricane was studied to present some of the operational issues involved with providing medical support for this type of operation. In doing so, the authors attempt to address some of the larger issues of how the National Guard can be incor- porated into domestic disaster response efforts. A number of unforeseen issues with regards to medical operations, medical supply, communication, preventive medicine, legal issues, and interactions with civilians were encoun- tered and are reviewed. A better understanding of the National Guard and how it can be utilized more effectively in future disaster response operations can be developed.

Covariance Analysis in the Evaluation of an Enrichment Program

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-137
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Samaniego ◽  
Scott T. Rickard
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Orientation Program ◽  
College Curriculum ◽  
Evaluation Task ◽  
Summer Enrichment ◽  
Enrichment Program ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The Summer Enrichment Program at the Davis campus of the University of California is an academic and orientation program which is directed toward aiding low-income and minority students in making the transition to the college curriculum. Participants in the program are high-potential students who are admitted to the University via waivers of standard requirements. An evaluation of the program is described in which analysis of covariance is used to focus on the impact of the program on college academic work. The integration of this statistical study into the decision making process of an evaluation task force is also described.

A Community Approach to Improved Prediction and Characterization of Coastal Storm Hazards

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Ebersole ◽  
Donald T. Resio ◽  
Joannes J. Westerink
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Wind Fields ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
Insurance Rate

This paper discusses the value of a community approach to characterizing the coastal storm hazard, e.g., hurricane water levels and wave conditions, through field measurements, data analysis, and modeling. Value is illustrated using experiences and results from recent and ongoing projects. One example is recently completed work by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), which was commissioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The IPET was charged with gathering the facts regarding performance of the hurricane protection system in Southeast Louisiana in response to Hurricane Katrina. A second example is ongoing work being lead by the Corps to design projects that can greatly reduce the likelihood and consequences of flooding for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi. These investigations are being closely coordinated with work of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to update flood insurance rate maps for the region. Findings and lessons learned are discussed, and challenges in making accurate surge and wave predictions are identified, including: 1) inaccuracy in coastal and estuarine wind fields, 2) specification of a wind drag law in shallow coastal areas, and 3) problems in treating nearshore wave set-up and coupling into surge models. A new Corps research program that is addressing many of these issues, also a community effort, is described as are results from early progress in selected problem areas. The paper presents advantages to developing open-source, community-based computer software for coastal storm wave and surge predictions, and some problems with today's over-reliance on proprietary software.

scholarly journals How Hurricane Katrina influenced the design of hurricane protection and risk reduction systems and national approaches to risk and resilience. Part 2: Designing the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System and resulting long-term engineering guidance and practice changes

Water Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
pp. 174-187
Author(s):  
Lewis E. Link
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Flood Mitigation ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Storm Damage ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Reduction System ◽  
Damage Risk

Abstract Following Hurricane Katrina, the US Army Corps of Engineers, supported in part by the risk and reliability analysis conducted by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), made a major shift from ‘protection’ to ‘risk reduction’ as the principal goal in flood mitigation. The mitigation of the flood risk in Southeast Louisiana was embodied in the design and construction of the ‘Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System’, the post-Katrina initiative for New Orleans flood mitigation. It also spawned a major overhaul of many of the Corps of Engineers’ technical guidance and engineering practice documents, incorporating risk as a key measure in the planning and design processes. The criteria applied for the design of the HSDRRS are discussed, with summaries of the associated major changes in Corps engineering guidance and practice relevant to flood mitigation.

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