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2015 Severe Winter Weather Pattern Impacts - Supplemental Information Attachment A: 2015 Severe Winter Weather Pattern Impacts - Supplemental Information March 27, 2015 Attachment A: 2015 Severe Winter Weather Pattern Impacts - Supplemental Information TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Weather/Meteorological Background ..........................................................................................................3 2. Emergency Protective Measures ..................................................................................................................6 Timeline .........................................................................................................................................................6 Snow Removal Operations ............................................................................................................................7 Snow Disposal Operations ......................................................................................................................... 11 3. Damage and Cost Estimates ...................................................................................................................... 11 Initial Damage Assessment (IDAs) for January 26-28 Severe Winter Weather ......................................... 11 FEMA/State Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) ................................................................... 12 Total Estimated Costs Associated with the Severe Winter Weather Pattern (January 26 through February 22, 2015) ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 4. Fatalities, Injuries and Healthcare Impacts .............................................................................................. 16 Fatalities ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 Injuries ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Healthcare Impacts ..................................................................................................................................... 17 5. Property and Infrastructure Damage ........................................................................................................ 18 Building Collapses ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Plum Island Sewer System ......................................................................................................................... 20 Nantucket Industrial and Recreational Pier ................................................................................................ 21 6. Transportation Impacts .............................................................................................................................. 21 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ............................................................................... 21 Massachusetts Port Authority ..................................................................................................................... 31 Steamship Authority ................................................................................................................................... 31 Amtrak ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 MassDOT .................................................................................................................................................... 32 7. Economic Impacts ...................................................................................................................................... 32 Economic Cost of Disruption Resulting from Severe Winter Weather Pattern .......................................... 33 LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1: EMAC Resource Support ..........................................................................................................................9 Table 3.1: Summary FEMA/State Joint PDA Total Estimates by PA Category of Work ......................................... 12 Table 3.2: Total Estimated Cumulative Costs/Losses (Jan. 26th to February 22nd 2015) ....................................... 14 Table 3.3: IDA Cost Estimate Data (Categories C-G) ............................................................................................. 14 Table 3.4: State Agency Cumulative Cost Data ...................................................................................................... 15 1 Attachment A: 2015 Severe Winter Weather Pattern Impacts - Supplemental Information Table 3.5: Snow Removal Costs for Cities and Towns: Budgeted versus Actual ................................................... 16 Table 3.6: Snow Removal Costs State Agencies: Budgeted versus Actual ............................................................ 16 Table 4.1: Estimated Costs from Several Boston Area Hospitals ........................................................................... 18 Table 5.1: Collapsed Structures .............................................................................................................................. 19 Table 5.2: Examples of Collapsed Structures that Pose Ongoing Threats to the Public ........................................ 20 Table 6.1: MBTA Service Area ................................................................................................................................ 21 Table 6.2: MBTA Profile .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Table 6.3: MassDOT Lane and Road Closures ...................................................................................................... 32 Table 7.1: Estimated Revenue Loss – Tolls ............................................................................................................ 33 Table 7.2: Estimated Steamship Authority Revenue Loss Due to Weather Cancellations ..................................... 34 Table 7.3: Combined Impact of Severe Winter Weather Pattern on State/Local Tax Revenue ............................. 34 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1: Cumulative Snowfall in Massachusetts Counties (1/26/2015 to 2/23/2015) ............................................4 Figure 1.2: Statistical Frequency of Winter Weather Events Experienced by Boston from late January to Late February 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................5 Figure 1.3: Temperature Data from Boston Logan (1/26/2015 to 2/28/2015) ............................................................5 Figure 2.1: Resource Requests for State Assistance .................................................................................................8 Figure 5.1: Structures Collapses throughout the Commonwealth ........................................................................... 20 Figure 6.1: MBTA Ridership Area ............................................................................................................................ 22 Figure 6.2: Weekday Morning Peak Service for MBTA Subway System ................................................................ 24 Figure 6.3: Weekday Evening Peak Service for MBTA Subway System ................................................................ 24 Figure 6.4: Peak Service Disruption on MBTA Subway System ............................................................................. 25 Figure 6.5: MBTA Commuter Rail Service, Weekly On-Time Averages ................................................................. 28 Figure 6.6: Ferry Service Route Map ...................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 6.7: Average Weekly MBTA Ferry Service ................................................................................................... 29 Figure 6.8: Contracted/Outside Snow Removal Support ........................................................................................ 30 Figure 6.9: Amtrak Cancellations ............................................................................................................................ 32 APPENDICIES Statistics on an Extremely Anomalous Period of Snowfall in Boston, MA ................................................ Appendix 1 The Impacts of this Winter’s Weather on ABC Members .......................................................................... Appendix 2 IHS Global Impact Study ........................................................................................................................... Appendix 3 2 Attachment A: 2015 Severe Winter Weather Pattern Impacts - Supplemental Information 1. WEATHER/METEOROLOGICAL BACKGROUND The winter of 2015 was unprecedented, unrelenting, and devastating. The large-scale weather pattern that set up across the U.S. and remained constant for weeks on end resulted in persistent, extreme cold temperatures and unending snowfall. The condensed timeframe in which this historic and devastating snow fell created a public safety crisis, resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries and caused tens of millions of dollars in destruction. Anomalous Winter
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