U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Response to the Hurricanes of 2004

摘要

The hurricane season of 2004 brought much damage to the Southeast United States through wind, wave, and flooding effects. Executing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) recovery missions resulted in enormous workloads and many logistical challenges as hurricane after hurricane continued to pound the Southeast. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was tasked with several key missions to assist victims of the hurricanes in recovery efforts and to assist in preparing for the next hurricane season. One piece of this mission dealt with the Congressional response to damages to federal Shore Protection Projects (SPP), which experienced large erosional losses due to the prolonged storms. Congress responded to these storm impacts with an emergency supple- mental appropriation for the Corps of Engineers, Public Law 108-324. PL 108-324 provided $148 million in Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) funding for the repair of federal SPPs damaged by the storms. The FCCE appropriations will provide for 8 million cubic yards of material to bring the beaches back to pre-storm conditions at a 100 percent federal estimated cost of $74.8 million. Restoration to full project dimensions involves the placement of an additional 10.3 million cubic yards of material at a total estimated cost of $106 million.