13 - RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2017 LAMAR COUNTY MITIGATION PLAN

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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Chapter Three travel dangerous, but the removal and cleaning of snow and ice can be costly. Downed electrical lines, and the resulting loss of power to homes, businesses, and water systems not only increase hardships and hinder recovery, but can also increase potential dollar losses during and after winter storm events. Sufficient data for calculating potential loss is not available since winter storm events are regional and therefore damages are for event wide totals. Mitigation strategies to collect better data will assist in future disaster declarations. WILD FIRE There is an increased risk to life and property to homes constructed in or near the wildland interface or intermix areas. Homes in these areas are most often single family homes. Due to the nature of wildfires and the limits of firefighting capabilities during a wildfire, a home or structure that catches fire is considered destroyed. Data on wildfires events and damages in Lamar County is in combination structure and automobile fires therefore no estimate is available at this time on potential dollar damages. Future plans will have access to better data and local departments are being encouraged to better document runs. DAM FAILURES There is no record of dam failure occurring within Lamar County and although the county has five high hazard dams, no detailed studies exist. Surge waves resulting from dam breaks have the potential to create major losses. Modern predictions of dam breaks rely on numerical predictions created using limited data. This data is rare and very limited therefore potential dollar loss for Dam Failure was not estimated. EARTHQUAKE There is only a 10% chance in 50 years that an earthquake at the severity level of two will occur within the County. There are no significant past damages recorded, therefore potential dollar loss was not estimated. EXPANSIVE SOILS The majority of issues with Expansive soils in Lamar County are to residential foundations. Foundation work is not cheap and can often be required more than once. The cost of such work can run from $1,000 to over $10,000 to correct the problem. No records of specific incidences of structure losses or injuries due to expansive soils with the county were found. TERRORISM No records of specific incidences of terrorism within the County were found. Therefore potential dollar loss could not be estimated. All previously identified Transportation Assets (Table 3.3b), Critical Facilities (Table 3.3c), Economic Elements (TABLE 3.3e), and High Density Areas (Table 3.3F) are potential terrorist targets. A wide - spread terror campaign could have a potential cost in the millions, results in mass deaths and injuries, and could cripple the local economy for years. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 171