Hazus Hurricane Model User Guidance April 2018 Document History Affected Section or Date Description Subsection First publication using April 2018 Updated user manual from Hazus version 2.1 to Hazus version this format 4.2. Manual has been reorganized from prior version. Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Hazus Users and Applications .................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Hurricane Model Outputs .......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Assumed User Expertise .......................................................................................................... 1-3 1.4 When to Seek Help ................................................................................................................... 1-4 1.5 Technical Support ..................................................................................................................... 1-4 1.6 Uncertainties in Loss Estimates ............................................................................................... 1-5 1.7 Organization of User Guidance ................................................................................................ 1-5 2 OVERVIEW OF THE HURRICANE MODEL ......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Hurricane Hazards in the Hurricane Model .............................................................................. 2-3 2.2 Types of Buildings, Facilities, and Lifeline Systems ................................................................. 2-3 2.3 Levels of Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.4 Analysis Considerations for Hurricane Model........................................................................... 2-5 3 GETTING STARTED I: HAZUS STARTUP SCREEN .......................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Hazus Startup ........................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Create New Region .................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.3 Open Region ............................................................................................................................. 3-7 3.4 Delete Region ........................................................................................................................... 3-8 3.5 Duplicate Region ...................................................................................................................... 3-9 3.6 Export Region ......................................................................................................................... 3-10 3.7 Import Region ......................................................................................................................... 3-11 4 GETTING STARTED II: BASIC HAZUS ANALYSIS ............................................................................................ 4-1 5 MODEL MENU: INVENTORY ............................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 General Building Stock ............................................................................................................. 5-1 5.2 Essential Facilities .................................................................................................................... 5-8 5.3 High Potential Loss Facilities .................................................................................................. 5-10 Hazus Hurricane Model User Guidance Page i 5.4 Hazardous Materials Facilities ................................................................................................ 5-11 5.5 User-Defined Facilities ............................................................................................................ 5-12 5.6 Transportation Systems .......................................................................................................... 5-13 5.7 Utility Systems ........................................................................................................................ 5-14 5.8 Demographics ......................................................................................................................... 5-15 5.9 View Classification .................................................................................................................. 5-17 6 MODEL MENU: HAZARD ..................................................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Probabilistic Scenario ............................................................................................................... 6-1 6.2 Historic Scenario ....................................................................................................................... 6-3 6.3 Create New Scenario ................................................................................................................ 6-6 6.4 Viewing the Defined Hazard ................................................................................................... 6-19 7 MODEL MENU: ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................. 7-1 7.1 Building Damage Functions ...................................................................................................... 7-2 7.2 Building and Contents Loss Functions ..................................................................................... 7-3 7.3 Loss of Use Functions .............................................................................................................. 7-4 7.4 Building Debris Functions ......................................................................................................... 7-5 7.5 Parameters ............................................................................................................................... 7-6 7.6 Run ........................................................................................................................................... 7-6 7.7 Show Coastal Surge Status ...................................................................................................... 7-9 8 MODEL MENU: RESULTS ................................................................................................................................... 8-1 8.1 Storm Track .............................................................................................................................. 8-3 8.2 Wind Speeds ............................................................................................................................ 8-5 8.3 General Building Stock Results ................................................................................................ 8-6 8.4 Combined Wind and Surge Loss Results ............................................................................... 8-10 8.5 Essential Facilities Results ..................................................................................................... 8-11 8.6 User-Defined Facilities Results .............................................................................................. 8-12 8.7 Debris Analysis Results .......................................................................................................... 8-13 Hazus Hurricane Model User Guidance Page ii 8.8 Shelter ..................................................................................................................................... 8-15 8.9 Mapping a Results Table ........................................................................................................ 8-16 8.10 Summary Reports ................................................................................................................... 8-17 9 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: USER-DEFINED INVENTORY DATA ............................................................ 9-1 9.1 Importing User-Defined Facilities Data ..................................................................................... 9-1 9.2 Required Attributes for User-Defined Facilities ........................................................................ 9-2 10 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: USER-DEFINED STORM ............................................................................. 10-1 11 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: HURRICANE SURGE SCENARIO ............................................................... 11-1 11.1 Storm Surge Scenario Options ............................................................................................... 11-1 11.2 Run Storm Surge Analysis ...................................................................................................... 11-4 11.3 Storm Surge ............................................................................................................................ 11-7 12 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: MODIFYING ANALYSIS PARAMETERS .................................................... 12-1 12.1 Tree Coverage .......................................................................................................................