Preliminary Program subject to change
T5004 Preparing for Natural Disasters and Lessons Learned
OverviewKatrina, Rita, Loma Prieta; tsunami, tornado, mudslide... Process facilities face many and varied natural threats that can impose forces and consequences far greater than the design limits of equipment and controls. This session invites papers that address the many issues related to natural disasters, including plant siting; appropriate design basis selection; rare natural event likelihood and consequence assessment; technical evaluation of specific types of threats; natural disaster emergency preparation, response, and recovery; supply and product chain management; business continuity planning; and lessons learned from the 2005 hurricanes and other natural disasters that have affected the process industries.
Primary SponsorTopical 5: 41st Loss Prevention Symposium (T5)

Chair

Erdem A. Ural, PhD
Loss Prevention Science & Technologies, Inc.
810 Washington Street
Suite 4
Stoughton, MA 02072
Phone Number: 781-818-4114
Email: erdem.ural@lpsti.com

CoChair

Frank H. (Hank) Gurry
The Proctor & Gamble Company
8256 Union Centre Boulevard
West Chester, OH 45069
Phone Number: 513-634-9572
Email: gurry.fh@pg.com
Natural Hazards and Process Safety Management Elements - a Natural Mix
Frank F. Liserio Jr. and Alan C. Svoboda, FM Global, 5700 Granite Parkway, Suite 700, Plano, TX 75024
Damage to Petrochemical Facilities during Earthquakes
Cem Ozbey and Ali Sari, abs consulting, 14607 san pedro avenue suite 215, san antonio, TX 78232
The Interaction of Earthquakes with Process Equipment in the Framework of Risk Assessment
Ernesto Salzano1, Antonio Di Carluccio2, Anita Garcia Agreda1, Giovanni Fabbrocino3 and Gaetano Manfredi2, (1)Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Diocleziano 328, Napoli, 80125, Italy, (2)Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy, (3)Dipartimento S.A.V.A., Università del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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Observed Damage and Mitigation Options for Process Facilities
James R. Bailey, Exponent, Inc., 10899 Kinghurst Dr., Suite 245, Houston, TX 77099 and Marc L. Levitan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Suite 3221 CEBA Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Preparing for Self-Sufficiency
Christina Francis, The Procter & Gamble Co., 2 P&G Plaza, TE9, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Evaluating and Mitigating Hurricane Perils to Process Plants
Steve Harris, ABS Consulting, 475 14th St. Suite 550, Oakland, CA 94612 and Duane O. Wilson, DeLisle Plant, DuPont Titanium Technologies, 7685 Kiln DeLisle Road, Pass Christian, MS 39571

Topical 5: 41st Loss Prevention Symposium