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POTENTIAL USES Pre-Disaster: n Preparation of policies and procedures for utilizing county loss ratios to support mitigation planning Post-Disaster: n Assessment of disaster impacts on housing inventory in affected counties. n Prioritization of disaster assistance to impacted communities. n Assessment and documentation of economic impacts from wind damage. n Significantly high loss ratios may be useful triggers in initiating long-term recovery under the National Response Plan. DATA AND ANALYSIS DISPLAYED: n County loss ratios, which measure residential loss as a percentage of total residential building value. A loss ratio greater than 10% signifies that a community’s inventory of housing has suffered significant damage (as a percentage of total building value), which has important implications for community recovery, and the need for disaster assistance. n Final storm track from Hurricane Charley. Estimated County Loss Ratios from Wind Damage: Hurricane Charley HAZUS-MH APPLICATION: HURRICANE WIND

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Page 1: HURRICANE WIND Estimated County Loss Ratios from Wind ... · POTENTIAL USES Pre-Disaster: n Preparation of policies and procedures for utilizing county loss ratios to support mitigation

POTENTIAL USES

Pre-Disaster: n Preparationofpoliciesandproceduresforutilizing

countylossratiostosupportmitigationplanning

Post-Disaster: n Assessmentofdisasterimpactsonhousing

inventoryinaffectedcounties.

n Prioritizationofdisasterassistancetoimpactedcommunities.

n Assessmentanddocumentationofeconomicimpactsfromwinddamage.

n Significantlyhighlossratiosmaybeusefultriggersininitiatinglong-termrecoveryundertheNationalResponsePlan.

DATA AND ANALYSIS DISPLAYED:n Countylossratios,whichmeasureresidentiallossasapercentageoftotalresidential

buildingvalue.Alossratiogreaterthan10%signifiesthatacommunity’sinventoryofhousinghassufferedsignificantdamage(asapercentageoftotalbuildingvalue),whichhasimportantimplicationsforcommunityrecovery,andtheneedfordisasterassistance.

n FinalstormtrackfromHurricaneCharley.

Estimated County Loss Ratios from Wind Damage: Hurricane Charley

HAZUS-MH APPLICATION:HURRICANEWIND