Hurricane Katrina: Solar Applications

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1 FLORIDA SOLAR ENERGY CENTER A Research Institute of the University of Central Florida Hurricane Katrina: Solar Applications Bill Young Florida Solar Energy Center 1679 Clearlake Road Cocoa, Florida (321) Hurricane Katrina First makes land-fall in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on August 25 Category 1, winds 84 mph Continues on over the Gulf to Grand Isle, LA on August 28 Category 4, winds 140 mph 249 people died 1.6 million people without electricity

2 Florida Responds. Katrina has two fronts for response: South Florida crossing Louisiana and Gulf states entry Florida Emergency Management assigned to help with Mississippi relief Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) North Florida Section, requests emergency amateur radio operators ARRL South Florida Section, relays request HAMs Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service (BEARS)/FSEC responds Bill Young gets Mississippi Assignment September 12, a call for amateur radio operators for emergency communication in Mississippi was received On September 16, Bill responds to call for FSEC/Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service On September 17, Bill, radio and solar equipment stages at Florida Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Tallahassee, FL

3 Finally in Mississippi Where do I stay? Deployment to Mississippi. Hancock County Emergency Operation Center in Bay St. Louis is destroyed, so temporary EOC is located in Kilm On September 18, arrive in Kilm for station assignment On September 19, arrive at Charles Murphy School shelter, clinic and Point of Distribution (POD) in Pearlington On September 26, check out solar systems On September 28, end assignment and return home

4 Communications in Hancock 800 MHz for EOC command Amateur Radio 2 meters spix Amateur Radio 2 meters, rep Satellite, KU and C bands Fire MHz FM radio station, WQRL FM. HAM Communications Stations Hancock and Harrison EOC 9 PODs 4 Shelters 1 Temporary Hospital NCMT 1 Distribution Area International Aid 1 Staging Area Vo-tech

5 What gets destroyed? Bay St. Louis, near the beach on the Gulf Destruction comes in many forms? Bay St. Louis, near the bridge on SR90 at the Gulf

6 How high was the surge water.? Clothing hanging from the phone line Bay St. Louis What is on the beach did not survive.

7 Gulfport damage from surge waters Gambling Casino barge across the road from the beach. Bay St. Louis, SR90 Stopping for food?????

8 Where do I get gasoline? Bay St. Louis, gasoline station destroyed. Waveland, Point of Distribution and more.

9 Need to call your insurance agent. FEMA and other resources FEMA registration and Job service

10 PV powered sign still there Outside Biloxi on I-10, a PVpowered guide sign survived Restoring Utility Power Into Pearlington shelter

11 Temporary Housing Until With their Mobile home in the street, owners live in tents until a FEMA trailer arrives. Biloxi, Point of Distribution POD managed by various Faith organizations. New Life Evangelistic Center provided two portable PV systems with 700 W inverters.

12 Emergency Operation Center in Kilm Arrive at Vocational Technical center, which has become the temporary home for Hancock County EOC, Mississippi. Kilm EOC other communications. Other universities providing emergency communication support

13 Emergency Communication in Kilm Administration room at Vo-tech center turns into county amateur radio emergency communications center. Pearlington shelter, POD, clinic FSEC Setting up at Charles Murphy school

14 PV in Pearlington shelter parking lot Solar is already being deployed by Mike Whitney with OhmSteader Pearlington POD Solar thermal showers provided by Faith groups are being given away at distribution center by California Forestry Service, Fire Core staff.

15 Pearlington Medical Clinic Dr. Kelly shows a solar shower used by medical staff at clinic. New showers? Week two, shower trailer arrives powered by a gasoline generator for pumping the water and a water heater powered by propane.

16 Pearlington emergency communications Bill Young, KA4VYH, amateur radio operator communicating in FSEC van during generator and cable failures. Other operators include Phil Hoster, KI4IHX and Kevin McFadden, KD4KWL, with CISCO HAM team. WQRL FM radio station. Sara Allen, radio DJ, broadcasting at the temporary WQRL radio studio at the Emergency Operation Center in Kilm

17 WQRL FM radio station. PV generator trailer set up outside the studio beside WQRL temporary antenna at the EOC WQRL FM radio station. Wind and surge damage at Brice Phillips house where the main studio, transmitter and antenna are located

18 WQRL FM commercial radio Radio antenna and 15 kw diesel generator for transmitter in Bay St Louis. Relocating the WQRL studio Owner, Brice Phillips, with radio antenna and studio relocating to another location in Kilm to support the temporary EOC.

19 Staging at Pattiesburg EOC Picked up NREL trailer from shipper and staged for Hurricane Rita evacuation. Larry Kazmerski arranged trailer and Larry Moore arranged staging. Rita adds to the destruction? Kilm, SR43 surge damage after Rita

20 Finding Mr. Cook, Pearlington Mr. Cook connected to oxygen concentrator in his new home, a tent, beside is old home, a destroyed mobile home. NREL Trailer used in Pearlington PV trailer set up for power at Mr. Cook s tent.

21 PV Trailer specification - Katrina NREL Applied Power Corporation PPS MSX-64W=384W 2 SunXtender 12V for 230 AHr MorningStar controller 30A Zomeworks tracker Outback Inverter 2000 Weight 1900 lbs FSEC/FEO 8 55W=440W 4 SunXtender 12V for 440 AHr Trace C30 30A Fixed/adjustable Trace DR2012 Inverter 2000 Weight 1300 lbs Do you need a gasoline generator? FEMA generators, just pick one up from the stock pile, but be sure to fill out the proper forms.

22 Generators and what ever you need? Many items are for sale on roadsides. FEMA trailer camp One of several trailer camps with hundreds of temporary FEMA trailers for disaster victims.

23 FLORIDA SOLAR ENERGY CENTER A Research Institute of the University of Central Florida Questions? Bill Young Florida Solar Energy Center 1679 Clearlake Road Cocoa, Florida (321) young@fsec.ucf.edu