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Hurricane Matthew

State Response Perspective

• The State Emergency Operations Center

coordinates:

• Overall situational awareness
• Local requests for support
• Federal and other state support

State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)

Forecast Uncertainty

Actual Track Track Forecast Just Prior to Evacuation

Hurricane Matthew Possible Scenarios

• Scenario 1: Matthew stays far our to sea
• Less than 3 feet of storm surge
• Less than (sustained) hurricane force winds
• No state support required
• Scenario 2: Matthew parallels the coast
• More than 3 feet of storm surge but less than 6 feet
• Sustained hurricane force winds – short duration
• Barrier island protective actions needed
• Minimal state assistance may be required
• Scenario 3: Matthew glancing blow
• More than 4 feet of storm surge, but less than 8 feet
• Sustained hurricane force winds (longer than 4 to 6 hours)
• Support coastal evacuations in one or more conglomerates within coastal zones A (A-C in Charleston)
• Scenario 4: Matthew makes landfall (direct hit)
• More than 6 feet of storm surge
• Sustained hurricane force winds (more than 6 hours)
• State support implemented
• Support coastal evacuations in one or more conglomerates within coastal zone A (A-C in Charleston)

Hurricane Matthew Evacuation Zones

Zones Evacuated:

Northern Conglomerate:

• Horry: Zone A
• Georgetown: Zone A

Central Conglomerate:

• Charleston: A, B and C
• Dorchester: B, D, E and F
• Berkeley: G and I (no H)

Southern Conglomerate:

• Beaufort: Zone A
• Colleton: Zones A and B
• Jasper: Zones A and B

Evacuation Operations

Central and Southern Conglomerate

• Decision
• October 4/5
• Execution
• October 2: SCDPS Warning Order
• October 3: SCNG Warning Order
• October 5: 1500
• Lane Reversal I-26
• Assets pre-positioned for lane

reversal in southern conglomerate (if needed)

• Force Protection
• October 7

Northern Conglomerate

• Decision
• October 5
• Execution
• October 2: SCDPS Warning Order
• October 3: SCNG Warning Order
• October 6: 0800
• Assets pre-positioned for lane

reversal in northern conglomerate (if needed)

• Force Protection
• October 7

Mass Transportation

• October 4
• ESF 1 prepared to assist Tri-County Mass Transportation mission
• October 5
• Mass Transportation support for Charleston County = 7,500 passengers
• 230 to 250 school buses and drivers
• Additional support
• Police escort
• Maintenance vehicles
• 100 buses parked in Orangeburg
• Buses from Greenville County School with Lexington and Richland County

support.

• In-County Mass Transportation Missions occurred in other counties

utilizing internal RTA, school and volunteer resources.

Shelter Operations

• General Population Shelters
• 76 Shelters
• 6,637 people sheltered
• Shelters opened in 26 counties
• Largest general population sheltered in state history
• Special Medical Needs Shelters
• 9 Special Medical Needs Shelters
• Peak occupancy: 71 admissions, does not include caregivers
• Admitted 131 persons, does not include caregivers
• Shelters opened in 9 counties
• Largest and longest running SMNS mission in state history
• Pet Sheltering
• 5 Pet Shelters
• 253 animals sheltered
• Shelters opened in 5 counties
• Most animals sheltered since at least 2002; more than October 2015

Hurricane Matthew Rainfall Highlights

NWS Wilmington Sites: Mullins: 15.06 inches Marion: 14.52 inches Kingstree 7.9 NW: 13.56 inches Galivants Ferry: 12.23 inches Myrtle Beach 8 NNW: 12.19 inches Conway: 12.18 inches 5 E Florence: 11.95 inches NWS Charleston Sites: Beaufort MCAS: 13.99 inches SSE Reevesville: 12.90 inches S Green Pond: 11.66 inches Hilton Head Island: 11.00 inches ESE North Charleston: 11.00 inches N Hanahan: 10.77 inches

Hurricane Impacts

NHC Matthew P-Surge

The effects of Hurricane Matthew were significant

South Carolina responded

• 10”-15” of rainfall reported
• 481 closed state roads
• 861,706 outages reported
• 2,050 vehicle collisions during the storm
• 5 storm-related fatalities (mostly collisions)
• 350,000 citizens evacuated from the coast
• 6,700 citizens sheltered
• Over 4,500 requiring temporary housing
• 100,850 MREs distributed
• 1.8 million emergency meals served
• 5079, highway patrol calls
• 2,950 National Guard personnel activated
• 16,582 calls to the Public Information Phone

system

• 76 shelters opened (peak)
• 9 Special Medical Needs Shelters (peak)
• 3,900 tarps distributed
• 58 generators employed

Hurricane Matthew Highlights

Power Outage Breakdown

By Company:

• Total: 861,706
• SCE&G: 260,665
• Duke: 156,817
• Santee Cooper: 122,054
• Cooperatives: 295,350
• Municipalities: 26,820

Highest Outage Counties:

• Horry: 168,867
• Charleston: 101,133
• Beaufort: 82,258
• Florence: 63,356
• Dorchester: 54,850
• Berkeley: 43,687
• Source: ESF 12/Office of

Regulatory Staff

Matthew Pictures

Matthew Pictures 2

Nichols, SC

Logistics Summary

• EMAC
• Executed 21 EMAC missions
• 10 States supported SC (AK, AL, KY, LA, MD, NC, OH,

PA, TN, WA)

• EMAC A-T

eam, Aviation/HART assets, water rescue teams, IMT, Recovery Personnel, Mass Casualty Bus

• National Guard: 2,950 personnel on State Active

Duty supporting county and state operations

Federal Assistance

• Individual Assistance
• Approved assistance to over 10,000 citizens
• Over $39M approved
• SBA
• Over $57M approved
• National Flood Insurance Program
• Over $150M approved

Federal Assistance

• Public Assistance
• Current estimates at $362M
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
• Based on 15% of total federal costs
• Currently estimated at $50M?

Factors Contributing to Success

• Early decision making at all levels
• State agency heads directly involved
• Pre-staging of emergency assets
• EMD and NG liaisons deployed forward

Factors Contributing to Success

(con’t)

• Mutual Aid
• Counties provided assistance to other counties and the State
• EMAC
• Extensive planning, training and exercising at all levels of

government

• National Guard capabilities
• Emergency management profession in SC is mature and

experienced

Where to Improve

• After action report still under development
• Initial findings
• Validating information
• Managing information expectations
• Evacuation/re-entry messaging
• Flood and inundation modeling
• Sheltering expectations – Pre-landfall vs. Post-landfall
• Staff augmentation for EOCs at all levels
• Meeting unmet needs beyond FEMA assistance