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Operation Blue Roof covers 134,000 homes
By
Michael McAleer
ORLANDO, Fla. (Army News Service, Nov. 18, 2004) --
The Army Corps of Engineers is wrapping up “Operation
Blue Roof” and its recovery operations in Florida after
an unprecedented four hurricanes hit the state beginning
in August.
The Corps was asked by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency and Florida’s State Emergency Response Team to
provide temporary roof covering for homes damaged by
hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. More
than 134,000 homes have received temporary roof coverings.
The program
offered homeowners free temporary blue plastic roof
coverings installed on their homes damaged by one or
more of the hurricanes. Chris Klein, roofing action
officer from Jacksonville District, said, “The plan
is to minimize further damage to their homes until they
were able to get permanent repairs.”
On Nov. 12, three months after Charley made landfall,
the Corps accepted it’s last Right of Entry form from
residents requesting a Blue Roof. Over the next few
weeks the Corps will finish the remaining requests,
officials said, and all new requests will go to Americorps
or other volunteer organizations.
Initial estimates for needed roofs were, Charley 32,000,
Frances/Jeanne, 55,000 and Ivan, 48,500 or 135,500 total.
Klein said the Corps has installed more than 134,000
roofs or 99 per cent of the mission assigned.
“It has been a very fast-paced operation providing assistance
to Florida residents in need,” Klein said.
During peak operations, the Corps was providing Blue
Roofs at a rate of more than 3,000 residences per day
with more than 8,000 contract workers involved with
program.
The average residence required about 1.5 rolls of blue
tarp to cover damaged areas. Each roll covers 2,000
sq. ft. The total equates out to about 405 million square
feet of roofing, or enough to cover an area of more
than 14.5 square miles.
The Corps has provided support to FEMA during many natural
disasters, officials said.
(Editor's note: Michael McAleer serves with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portand District.)
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Missions
Summary as of 11/8/04
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Total personnel in support: (Charley,
Frances, Ivan & Jeanne) |
893 |
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Total
of FEMA mission assignments: (Charley,
Frances, Ivan & Jeanne) |
$717.02M |
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Flood Control and Coastal Emergency provided: |
$6.291M |
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Total
temp roofs complete and projected: (Charley
Frances, and Ivan) |
119,017
of 134,000 |
| Total
temp housing units complete and projected: |
434
(F&I) |
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Total
quantity water ordered and delivered: (Ivan
and Frances) |
31.2M liters
Mission Complete |
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Total quantity ice ordered and delivered: (Ivan
& Frances) |
163M
lbs Mission Complete |
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Generator assessments:
(Charley, Frances, Ivan, & Jeanne) |
1,403
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Generator installed:
(Charley, Frances, & Ivan) |
585 |
| Total
tonnage of debris removed--(Ivan): |
2,159,326
cubic yards |
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Operation Blue Roof is
being managed by the Corps of Engineers. Workers will
be available to cover damaged roofs with a free temporary
plastic covering in counties throughout Florida. Click
here
for more details.
You will not be asked for money, and you will not have
to sign any contracts for services. You will need to
sign a right-of-entry form giving us permission to enter
your property and do the work. The property owner must
give right-of-entry permission or a tenant may sign
the form after receiving written authorization from
the owner to sign the ROE.
For more information, call
1-888-766-3258 (ROOF-BLU).
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