On October, 10 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall just south of Panama City, FL with the National Hurricane Center reporting a minimum pressure 919 MB and maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Regardless of its place in history, Hurricane Michael caused catastrophic damage from high winds over a wide swath that stretched across much of the FL panhandle and inland into southeastern GA and beyond. natural hazards engineering community to swiftly deploy a Field Assessment Structural Team (FAST). This FAST broadly assessed the performance of a representative subset of structural typologies in coastal and inland areas. Its teams conducted assessments between October 13-15, 2018. FAST collected data in Florida from Panama City Beach east and south to Indian Pass and north to Marianna. The communities assessed included: Panama City Beach, Panama City (and surrounding communities), Mexico Beach, Port St. Joe, Apalachicola, a few routes out to barrier islands in the region, and the inland communities of Blountstown and Marianna. As part of an independent yet complementary effort, the RAPID EF continued data collection on November 7-8, 2018 in and around Panama City and Mexico Beach, using a variety of technologies including unmanned aerial vehicles, laser scanners and applied streetview technologies. This self-funded initiative generated an additional dataset that complements the data collected by StEER and is thus curated jointly in this project. This project encompasses the final product of StEER's response to this event: Curated Dataset, linking to previously published products: Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR) and Early Access Reconnaissance Report (EARR).
Mission | StEER Field Assessment Structural Team (FAST)
Cite This Data:
Roueche, D., T. Kijewski-Correa, J. Cleary, K. Gurley, J. Marshall, J. Pinelli, D. Prevatt, D. Smith, K. Ambrose, C. Brown, M. Moravej, J. Palmer, H. Rawajfih, M. Rihner (2020). "StEER Field Assessment Structural Team (FAST)", in StEER - Hurricane Michael. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-5aej-e227
Observing damage and documenting successful performance of buildings. Classes include residential, commercial and institutional. Methodologies include detailed damage assessments in Fulcrum, UAS and Applied StreetView.
D2D assessments were conducted using personal mobile phones and StEER Fulcrum Apps to capture geotagged photos and various attributes and features of the structure. Data was further enriched by VAST members using supplemental data sources. This includes all records acquired from the StEER Fulcrum App suite (building and non-building structures, hazard indicators).
Advance Scout Team surveyed larger areas for rapid assessment of damage using Applied StreetView (ASV) technology. The Advance Scout Team also recorded spot D2D Assessments of representative performance and identified areas for follow-up assessment based on damage and accessibility
This method was used to supplement the ground-based damage assessments, capturing damage levels over larger geographic areas, and to provide a superior vantage point for roof damages.
This directory contains daily summaries capturing key observations and illustrative examples of the damage documented by the FAST, using a StEER standard template.
This documentation set includes the Data Report that introduces (1) the team and objectives of the mission, (2) how the data was collected, including chronology and instruments/methodology, (3) how data was processed, (4) how data was organized in the corresponding DesignSafe repository, and (5) contacts for further information. The Data Report serves as a guide to the use and interpretation of the curated dataset.
Berman, J., A. Lyda, J. Dafni, J. Yeung, D. Grasso, P. Johnson, E. Mongold (2020). "RAPID EF Team", in StEER - Hurricane Michael. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-vmqv-rj36
The RAPID EF created DJI Osmo+ collections shot while traveling by car between Panama City and Mexico Beach, testing this camera’s capabilities to create what is analogous to a streetview collection.
This method was used to supplement the ground-based damage assessments, capturing damage levels over larger geographic areas, and to provide a superior vantage point for roof damages.
This documentation set includes the Data Report that introduces (1) the team and objectives of the mission, (2) how the data was collected, including chronology and instruments/methodology, (3) how data was processed, (4) how data was organized in the corresponding DesignSafe repository, and (5) contacts for further information. The Data Report serves as a guide to the use and interpretation of the curated dataset.
