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Hurricane Matthew WILL IT OR WONT IT A STORY OF PREP The First Warnings Florida has not had a Hurricane make landfall since 2009. Tuesday October 4 th The Duval EOC put out its first notification. Wednesday October 5 th the Duval

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Hurricane Matthew

WILL IT OR WONT IT – A STORY OF PREP

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The First Warnings

 Florida has not had a Hurricane

make landfall since 2009.

 Tuesday October 4th The Duval

EOC put out its first notification.

 Wednesday October 5th the Duval

EOC was activated.

 Zoo closed for Business Tuesday for

storm prep

 Friday the Storm tracks through the

area

 Saturday Zoo is closed – no power

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Hurricane Matthew Projected Path

Stayed close to Florida all the way up the coastline Zoo Miami Brevard Zoo Walt Disney World St Augustine Alligator Farm Jacksonville Zoo

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  • St. Augustine Alligator Farm

Zoological Park

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Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

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Issue One: Staff had to evacuate

New Evacuation Zones Evacuation Zones

 Just initiated  Zoo sits in Zone A  Zones A, B, and C were ordered

evacuated

 Beaches and Intercoastal Islands

were closed

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The Prep Starts

St Augustine Alligator Fam

Courtesy of Gen Anderson General Curator

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The Prep Starts

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Animal Nutrition Center

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The Storm Get Close

 Ride Out Team  20 members

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The Storm Hits

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Tree’s and Fences

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Goodbye from Florida On to the Carolina’s

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The Storm of the Century… again

Kelly Murphy

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Some Background

  • Total = 9,100 acres
  • Actually used = 300 acres
  • Zoo = 50 acres
  • 2015 was the “Storm of the Century” with flood waters

receding without issue.

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Hurricane Matthew

  • Governor of SC, Nikki Haley declared a

state of emergency Oct. 5

  • Oct. 6 Interstate 26 was reversed, as well

as turnpikes, expressways and toll services suspended

  • Made landfall on Oct. 8 Southeast of

McClellanville, South Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds.

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Hurricane Matthew

  • October 7, 2016 – staff fed double diets and

left at noon

  • October 8, 2016 – no staff on park
  • October 9, 2016 – only keepers and clean up

staff

  • October 10, 2016 – volunteers, keepers only
  • All staff helping to clean up zoo and gardens
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Hurricane Matthew Aftermath

  • Flooding started on October 17, 2016

*after Hurricane Matthew

  • Zoo trails leading to three exhibits closed off

until October 25, 2016

  • Exhibits closed; Cypress Aviary, Alligator and

Otter

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Access to otter – high tide Inside otter holding

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Front of Alligator exhibit

Male Alligator at close proximity

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Boardwalk inside Cypress Aviary Entrance of Cypress Aviary

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Alligator Exhibit Viewing Alligator Exhibit/Swamp

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Things We Learned

 Evacuation Zones  Everyone wants to help  Drills Do Work  Integrate with your local

Emergency Management offices

 Disaster Pay Designation  FEMA Rules and Regulation  Dependence on outside Power  Media Hype  Put your emergency planning in

your facility planning

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Questions?

 For further questions on how we

prepped for Hurricane Matthew, he challenges we had and the lessons we learned please feel free to email me.

 Rick Holzworth  Safety and Security Manager  Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens  holzworthr@jacksonvillezoo.org