2010Hurricane Season

MississippiState of the State

Mississippi Emergency Management AgencyMississippi Emergency Management AgencyDirector Mike WomackDirector Mike Womack

Hurricane Gustav, 2008

2010 Hurricane Season2010 Hurricane Season

ShelteringSheltering

• Lower six counties: Space for more than 37,000 people.

• Statewide: Availability for 200,642 people.

• Animal shelters are being co-coordinated with general population shelters in Central Mississippi.

• Additional special needs and animal shelters are being identified, equipped and staffed.

New Coast SheltersNew Coast Shelters

Public• West Harrison H.S.• D’Iberville H.S.• St. Martin H.S.

First Responder• Bay St. Louis Fire

House• Fountainbleu

Community Center

EvacuationEvacuation

•All evacuation routes are fully functional.

•New 4-lane highways will expedite process:

Hwy 67Hwy 605

•Contra-flow extended on I-59.

LogisticsLogistics

•State has 110 pallets of water stored at the MEMA warehouse in Pearl.

•205,632 total bottles ready for immediate distribution.

•60 Pallets of MRE’s are stored at the MEMA warehouse.

•576 meals per pallet.

•Would feed 5,376 people for three days with two meals per day

Logistics

L •The state has contracted with Specialty Fuel Services to ensure the availability of fuel in the event a catastrophic disaster occurs for 70,000 gallons of unleaded and 30,000 gallons of diesel.

• Local governments must exhaust their local fuel provider prior to submitting a Request for Assistance.

Communications

LMMississippi Wireless Integrated Network

MSWIN

•Phase I completed on the MS Gulf Coast.

•Allow seamless mission-critical communicationsbetween state agencies, first responders and local governments.

•Additional phases will link North, South and Central Mississippi on a common operating wireless link.

Katrina Recovery

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Hurricane KatrinaHurricane KatrinaStatisticsStatistics

• All 82 Mississippi counties declared for public assistance.

•49 counties declared for individual assistance.

• 518,000 Mississippi families registered for federal assistance.

Katrina Recovery:Katrina Recovery: Public Assistance Public Assistance

Category Projects Obligated Paid

A Debris Removal $718 million $712 millionB Emergency Protective

Measures$421 million $397 million

C Roads and Bridges $92 million $44 millionD Water Control $1.1 million $406 thousandE Public Buildings and

Contents$651 million $339 million

F Public Utilities $898 million $362 millionG Parks and Recreation $184 million $99 million

Katrina Recovery: Katrina Recovery: Public AssistancePublic Assistance

• About $3 billion has been obligated for Public Assistance projects.

• MEMA administers PA funds. To date, MEMA has disbursed more than $2.1 billion to Public Assistance applicants as of June 1, 2010.

Katrina by the numbersKatrina by the numbers• $9.5 billion spent by FEMA in Mississippi.

• $3 billion obligated for infrastructure repair and replacement, debris removal and emergency protective measures.

• $2.6 billion paid by FEMA to 19,999 policyholders for flood claims through its National Flood Insurance Program.

• $1.3 billion given to 274,761 Mississippi households for individual assistance.

• 74,434 Mississippians now have flood insurance, or about double since Katrina.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Program

•Mississippi has 341 jurisdictions with MEMA/FEMA approved Hazard Mitigation plans.

•FEMA has approved $172,283,014.75 in obligated funding for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects after Hurricane Katrina.

•Funding projects that include updating mitigation plans, building storm shelters, purchase of generators for critical emergency facilities, re-locating schools and other public buildings to areas outside the ABFE and retrofitting buildings to shelter code.

www.MitigationMS.org

The The Mississippi CottageMississippi Cottage

One, two and three bedroom units.

Katrina Recovery Katrina Recovery Disaster HousingDisaster Housing

• FEMA’s temporary housing program ended May 1, 2009.

• At the peak of the FEMA housing program, 39,950 families lived in FEMA disaster housing.

• The first Mississippi Alternative Housing Unit was occupied on June 21, 2007.

Katrina Recovery:Katrina Recovery:Mississippi Cottages Mississippi Cottages

• Currently being sold to program residents.

• Price based on income sliding scale from $351.

• 454 sales to date.• Additional units donated to

non-profit agencies and auction.

• Also being used for current disaster housing.

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