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Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina Weathering the Crisis in Weathering the Crisis in Mississippi Mississippi Greg Hardy, Director Greg Hardy, Director Mississippi Tort Claims Mississippi Tort Claims September 15, 2006 September 15, 2006

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Page 1: Hurricane Katrina Weathering the Crisis in Mississippi Greg Hardy, Director Mississippi Tort Claims September 15, 2006

Hurricane KatrinaHurricane KatrinaWeathering the Crisis in Weathering the Crisis in MississippiMississippi

Greg Hardy, DirectorGreg Hardy, Director

Mississippi Tort ClaimsMississippi Tort Claims

September 15, 2006September 15, 2006

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Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, on the Mississippi/Louisiana line, with maximum sustained winds of 140

mph. Hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 105 miles from the center of the storm. Coastal storm surge flooding of 20 to 30

feet above normal tide levels, along with large and dangerous battering waves, occurred near and to the east of where the center of the storm made landfall. Widespread damage occurred, including

beach erosion and damage and/or destruction of homes and infrastructure.

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Katrina Path

• Hattiesburg - 70 miles inland at 1:00 pm CST Maximum winds are down to 90-100 mph, with gusts of 110-120

mph

• Jackson - 160 miles inland at 3:00 pm CSTMaximum winds are down to 70-75 mph, with gusts of 90-100

mph

• Tupelo, MS - 300 miles inland 4:00 pm CST Maximum winds are down to 50 mph, with higher gusts

• Eventually all 82 counties were included in the declaration for either Individual or Public Assistance programs from FEMA

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Katrina

• As the storm abated Monday night, state law enforcement officers and several hundred Mississippi National Guard troops were led by Mississippi Department of Transportation clean-up and repair crews who cut their way into Gulfport from Hattiesburg to assist with search and rescue, security and opening roads

• The immense power and size of the hurricane had overwhelmed the critical infrastructure of the entire Coast– The electric power system had been crushed – The telecommunications system was smashed– Roads and streets were completely out of service– There was no running water

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Katrina

• This resulted in no air conditioning, traffic signals or water pumping capacity – To make up for lack of electric power, generators were keeping

critical facilities open, including hospitals and healthcare institutions, emergency operation centers, police and fire stations, military bases and a myriad of businesses - some of them essential suppliers

• Fuel was a critical commodity, but in short supply – Offshore production in the Gulf area and refining capacity were

curtailed or put out of commission– As the supply tanks at Collins and other storage depots started

coming back into operation, more electric power was restored– Federal agencies provided fuel, such as the Coast Guard

delivering to hospitals across southeast Mississippi

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Hurricane Andrew vs.

Katrina• August 24, 1992,

Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Florida

• 40 Deaths• $21 billion in insured

losses• $281 million in

Individual Assistance• $1.22 Billion in Public

Assistance• $42.6 million in

Hazard Mitigation

• August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into Mississippi Gulf Coast

• 231 deaths• $120 billion in insured

losses (estimated)• $2.7 billion in

Individual Assistance • $1.11 Billion in Public

Assistance• $419.2 million in

Hazard Mitigation

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Damages

• More than 68,700 homes destroyed– 65,200 homes with major damage– 100,300 homes with minor damage

• Nearly 274,425 individuals and families received housing assistance

• Some 17,000 business were lost• Some 55,000 houses and 20,000

businesses suffered flood and wind damage

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Damages

• Public schools in four (4) coastal counties suffered $700 million in damage– 80,000 students were displaced

• Fourteen (14) public schools facilities were totally destroyed

• Coastal cities such as Waveland, Pass Christian, and Bay St. Louis were as much as 70 percent destroyed.

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Damage Assessments for State Owned

Facilities

Damages(Millions

)

Number of

BuildingsDamaged

Replacement Value

Institutions of Higher Learning

$107 434 $5.5 Billion

Community & Junior Colleges $69 289 $1.4 Billion

Mental Health $21 140 $693 Million

Youth Services, Corrections, Public Safety, Agriculture, & DFA

$15 106 $1.4 Billion

Misc. Institutions & Agencies $248 30 $404 Million

Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks $60 90 $100 Million

Total $520 1,089 $9.5 Billion

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Where We Are Today

• Over 47 million cubic tons or 99.1 of land based debris has been removed

Housing– Over 60,000 “FEMA Trailers” were brought

into Mississippi– About 101,000 Mississippians are still living

in them– Reconstruction plans include the

construction of 60,000 single family dwellings in five (5) years.

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Where We Are Today

Economic Development– The State Legislature allowed casinos to

rebuild 800 feet inland– Four (4) casinos have reopened – All casinos located on the Coast prior to

Katrina plan to rebuild and reopen by January 1, 2008

Education– Over 90% of the 80,000 displaced school

children have returned to their home districts

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Where We Are Today

• Congress appropriated $3 billion in grants to assist homeowners who lived outside the flood zone but sustained flood damage – Approximately 17,000 homeowners have

applied for the $150,000 in grants

• Over $600 million in contracts have been awarded to reconstruct the bridges over Biloxi Bay and the Bay of St. Louis

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Stafford Act

• By this Act, Congress provides an orderly and continuing means of assistance by the Federal Government to State and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to alleviate the suffering and damage which result from disasters

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• Stafford Act required that any public assistance funding issued for uninsured property would have to be repaid in future years– Also, if there was a future disaster, there would be no

public assistance funding on the same building

• Prior to Katrina, Mississippi had never insured its property except for:– Some universities– Some flood insurance for buildings located in flood

zones

• Mississippi would have to purchase property insurance for its buildings

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Insurance & the Legislature

• In January 2006, Willis was chosen as the State’s insurance broker

• The State secured $500 million of coverage

• The premium for this coverage is anticipated to cost the State approximately $10 million

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“Last year’s gigantic catastrophe, with all its destruction, gave birth to a renaissance

in Mississippi that will surely result in rebuilding our state bigger and better than ever before, but I believe it will also spread prosperity and dignity across more of our

citizens than ever before. I ask you to embrace that vision.”

-Governor Haley BarbourState of the State Address

January 2006