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The Travelin' Grampa The Travelin’ Grampa Touring the U.S.A. without an automobile Focus on safe, fast, convenient, comfortable, cheap travel, via public transit. PART 3 OF 3-PART REPORT Vol. 10, No. 11, Nov. 2017 Photo credit: Lady Gaga @ Twitter. Singer, songwriter and actress Lady Gaga poses behind five former U.S. presidents gathering together to raise funds to help victims of recent tropical storms. Left to Right: Carter, Obama, Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Clinton. Former presidents gather to raise funds to help hurricane victims Five former U.S. presidents gathered for a Deep from the Heart: The One America Appeal concert at Texas A&M University's Reed Arena in College Station, to raise money to help the victims of recent hurricanes and tropical storms in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, etc. President Trump was present in a taped video message. He also tweeted: “I’m proud to stand with Presidents for One America Appeal.” See/hear the presidents at: https://youtu.be/WCKJPn1UcXc Public transit unsung heroes of current hurricane season This issue of The Travelin’ Grampa contains the final part of a 3-part special report about how wonderfully 50 of our nation’s public transit systems handled recent major emergencies, including hurricanes, wildfires, unusual heat waves, and other major emergencies. In general, they: ► Kept riders well informed before, during and after emergencies hit. ► Evacuated tens of thousands of non-driving residents and visitors to safety. ► During storms and wildfires, parked their vehicle fleets safely beyond harm’s reach, ► Returned evacuees to their homes, after emergencies past. ► Soon as safe and practical, promptly bounced back to near-normal service. In general, the public transit systems performed magnificently, as items published in our two preceding issues and on the following pages testify. Tropical storms covered in this three-issue report: Cindy, Emily, Harvey, Irma, Maria, Nate, and Philippe. In addition, it cites transit’s role with regard to California wildfires and other recent big emergencies . 1 . HURRICANE NATE . Photo credits: RecMod.com, Hurricane Katrina Timeline of Events; Coast Transit Authority on Facebook. Left: Sept. 3, 2005, huge crowds, many who were trapped in New Orleans nearly a week, mob evacuation buses as military helicopters fly injured and seriously ill to hospitals, six days after Katrina’s Aug. 29 landfall 70 miles away. Right: Oct. 8, 2017, Peaceful picture accompanying Biloxi-based Coast Transit Authority Facebook announcement that CTA would resume regular service the following day. Hurricane Nate hit Biloxi only 14 hours earlier. Nate and Katrina: two very different Biloxi experiences Nate was the first hurricane to clobber Mississippi since the 2005 Katrina nightmare. It struck the southeast Louisiana coast Saturday night Oct. 7 as a nearly Category 2 storm Nate landed again early Sun. Oct. 8 with 90-mph winds near Biloxi, Miss., soon weakening into a tropical storm with top speeds to 45-mph and plenty of rainfall. Unlike Katrina, it missed New Orleans, slapping Mississippi and Alabama coasts instead. Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency for six southern Mississippi counties Friday afternoon. The state opened 11 shelters for evacuees, with free transport to/from them via transit, charter and school buses. For example, more than a dozen Coast Transit Authority (CTA) and school buses carried evacuees to five Harrison County shelters – and, when safe, back home again. CTA is a non-profit organization serving three coastal counties of Mississippi. These include the communities of Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs, St. Martin, and D’Iberville. Biloxi was under a curfew from 7 pm Saturday until 9 am Sunday. CTA suspended bus service 2:30 pm Saturday, ran no buses Sunday, resuming all services Monday. Among exceptions: three of five beach bus stations damaged by storm surge waves, sand and debris. Nate skips New Orleans, drowns Mobile, Pensacola After New Orleans Regional Transit Authority suspended bus, streetcar and ferry services Saturday night Oct. 7 in fear that Nate might imitate Katrina’s 2005 visit, RTA resumed normal bus and streetcar service Sunday morning. By noontime, even ferry boats were back to normal service. Nate soaked Atlanta, with little impact on Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail and bus operations. It flooded Mobile briefly and drowned Pensacola. See page 4. Nate departed Alabama as a tropical depression, with 12-mph winds, gusts to 20-30 mph. In advance of Nate, transit systems in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi anticipated the worst. Grand Isle, La., declared a voluntary evacuation. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu* met with other officials to discuss what to do about the city’s terrible drainage system. Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for 29 counties. Then, Nate roared across all those places faster than any previous big storm – and fizzled out. * City council member LaToya Cantrell on Nov. 18 was elected first woman mayor of New Orleans, to succeed fellow Democrat Landrieu next year, the city’s 300th anniversary year. 2 HURRICANE NATE . New Orleans feared Nate might be another Katrina As noted on page 2, Nate skipped the New Orleans RTA service area. But not until it began implementing a comprehensive post-Katrina hurricane preparedness plan. “If sustained winds exceed 35 mph, or other conditions cause the roads to become impassable, RTA transit services will be discontinued to protect the safety of our riding community,” it warned riders on Fri. Oct. 6. Meanwhile, all fixed-route buses kept to their usual schedules, with paratransit continuing regular pickups through 8 pm on Saturday evening. “Beginning at 5:15 am tomorrow,” RTA announced, “all streetcars will be replaced with buses.” Streetcars went to a new Willow Street “car barn” safe from wind and flood damage. “Ferry services,” RTA said, “will be impacted by the U.S. Coast Guard’s decisions under threat levels and wind conditions. We expect services to be discontinued sometime on Saturday.” When it became apparent Nate had bypassed New Orleans, RTA promptly restored all service Sun. Oct. 8, including paratransit, streetcars, and ferries. Nate was the 15th big storm to form in the Atlantic this hurricane season. New RTA transit center project secured against storm As Nate neared landfall, RTA secured equipment and construction material at its new Cemeteries Transit Center being built on Canal Blvd. It gets it name from Greenwood, Cyprus Grove, St. Patrick, and Judah cemeteries being nearby, as is the Hurricane Katrina Memorial. This new transit center is expected to make transfer safer and easier between streetcars and Jefferson Transit JeT buses to/from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and other Jefferson Parish (i.e., county) locations. Photo credit: Ralph Simcox, FEMA photographer, photo dated Oct 2, 2005. In October 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooding wrecked 201 large transit buses and 32 smaller paratransit buses kept within the RTA's so-called “secure Canal and East New Orleans maintenance garages.” Both were under five feet of floodwater. To replace them, the Federal Emergency Management Administration gave RTA more than $44.1-million. Public Transit carries folks to shelters & back home when safe Many news media stories mention public transit taking evacuees to public shelters – but rarely mention they also, when safe, return them home afterward, even when if many miles away. For example, after tropical storm Nate had passed, because its drivers were on standby to help storm evacuees return home from the shelters Escambia County Community Transit, aka ECAT, didn’t provide regular transit service on Sun. Oct. 8, Instead, ECAT resumed its bus service, including the 59X, Pensacola Beach Jumper “trolley,” and paratransit service on Mon. Oct. 9. Next day, it resumed University of Western Florida on-campus “trolley” bus service. In Escambia County, fire crews responded to 13 storm-related calls overnight, mostly down or sparking power lines, alarm systems, and one downed tree. 3 HURRICANE NATE . Photo credit: Shayne Parden, WKRG; KXAN video. Mobile during Hurricane Katrina Aug. 2005. Nate hits Interstate Hwy I-10 outside Mobile in Oct. 2017. Mobile, Ala., holds the nebulous title Hurricane City Birmingham is known as the Magic City; Mobile, the Hurricane City. Both were hit hard by Harvey and Nathan, although Mobile managed to dodge Maria and benefitted from Florida’s Irma evacuees. Needless to say, The Wave, Mobile’s bus system, was quite ready when Nate hit Sun. Oct. 8. After suspending fixed route bus and paratransit service at 3 pm Friday, The Wave promptly resumed them Monday, with a few minor exceptions. As the storm neared, The Wave web site tenderly advised: “We ask our riders to please be smart and safe during this time” and added: “Reach out to those who may need help. Check on loved ones.” “Our thoughts go out to all of Mobile during this time,” it said. “Please be safe.” Back in August, despite Harvey’s high winds and heavy rain, its buses kept running. “You may see delays because of heavy rain or flooded roads,” The Wave warned riders. “Any disruption in service will be broadcast on local News and Radio and also on Facebook and The Wave Transit website.” Nate was brutal, bringing gusts to 65-mph and 6-inches rainfall Sun. Oct. 8. National Weather Service in Mobile reported storm surges of 5½ to 6 feet above normal tide along coastal areas. Water Street in downtown Mobile and the Spanish Fort Causeway both were flooded. Nate came and went quickly. It was perhaps the fastest-moving storm ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. Nate briefly shut down Escambia County Area Transit University of West Florida suspended UWF “trolley” bus service “due to potential weather conditions from Hurricane Nate.” Pensacola-based Escambia County Area Transit likewise suspended ECAT routes #59X express.
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