SLIDE 1:

HAZUS-MH 
Program Update 

SoCal Hug Meeting, January 15, 2008 




SLIDE 2:

MAZUS-MH MR3



SLIDE 3:

MR3:

*   Release date: September 2007 

*   Platforms: ArcGIS 9.2 SP4 and SQL 2005 Express SP2. 

*   No changes to Windows XP SP2 and 2000 SP4 platforms. 

*   Windows Vista (32 bit) is not usable. 




SLIDE 4:

Data Modifications

*   Commercial data updated to Dun & Bradstreet 2006. 

*   Building valuations updated to R.S. Means 2006. 

*   Census-based housing counts available for RES1 and RES2. 




SLIDE 5:

Flood Enhancements

*   New hazard menu interface. 

*   Import user-supplied flood boundaries and depth grids through Enhanced Quick 
Look. 

*   Optimized General Building Stock analysis. 





SLIDE 6:

HAZUS Menu Interface



SLIDE 7:

Quick Look Interface



SLIDE 8:

Hurricane Enhancements:

*   Updated windfield model. 

*   2004 and 2005 historic storms added. 

*   Use of HURREVAC data restored with an adjustment feature for damage and loss 
calculation. 

*   Tree blowdown losses for manufactured housing. 




SLIDE 9:

Earthquake Enhancements:

*   Population parameters in the Casualty Module adjustable in SQL Express. 

*   Partial ignitions eliminated in the Fire Following Module. 






SLIDE 10:

HAZUS-MH MR3 Patch 1



SLIDE 11:

Patch 1 Enhancements:


*   Release Date: December 2007 

*   Allows restarting the hydraulic analysis from 
the point the computer runs out 
of memory. 

*   Riverine and coastal hydraulic analyses can 
be run with non-matching return 
periods. 





SLIDE 12:

Patch 1 Enhancements:

*   Coastal analysis is fully operable with the QuickLook feature. 

*   Coastal building economic loss is available in full replacement and 
depreciated values. 

*   Landslide probabilities and peak ground deformations are now generated for 
site-specific facilities. 





SLIDE 13:

HAZUS-MH MR3 Patch 2





SLIDE 14:

Patch 2 Enhancements:


*   Projected Release Date: February 2008 

*   An unlimited number of Flood Model reaches can be analyzed in hydraulics 
without memory failures. 

*   AAL results in the Flood Model for a return period correspond with the depth 
grid and damage and loss results for that return period run individually. 




SLIDE 15:

CDMS




SLIDE 16:

CDMS


*   Projected Release Date: March 2008 

*   Update and manage the statewide datasets that support a HAZUS analysis. 

*   Process site-specific information at both the census block and tract levels. 

*   Query, sort, export, and print capabilities. 




SLIDE 17:

HAZUS-MH MR4




SLIDE 18:

MR4

*   Projected release date  Summer/Fall 2008 

*   Platforms: ArcGIS 9.3, Windows Vista -32 bit 





SLIDE 19:

MR4 Enhancements:

*   Dam/levee analysis (FL) 

*   Updated Fire-Following Module (EQ) 

*   Alternative damage functions (EQ) 

*   Updated transportation, schools, agricultural and vehicle valuation databases 





SLIDE 20:

Other Studies



SLIDE 21:

Flood Model Validation Study

*   Conducted by ASFPM. 

*   Completed a damage analysis for the Mole Creek watershed in Ozaukee County. 

*   Completed a Level 2 study for Darlington, Wisconsin. 

*   Conducting validation studies in CA, PA, MD, FL and TX. 





SLIDE 22:

Annualized Losses Studies

*   Update of the 1999 national average annualized loss (AAL) study for 
earthquakes nearly complete. 

*   First nationwide AAL study for hurricanes in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast 
states and Hawaii complete. 

*   Nationwide AAL study for floods underway. 




SLIDE 23:

Questions?