This week is the final week of the summer semester, and we continued using data from Hurricane Sandy to track her path and assess her damage in New Jersey!
Using domains that allowed ratings of damage to structural buildings, points were made and then symbolized to show the severity of any damage. It was noticed almost every structure within the study area had seemed to be at least minorly damaged, mainly due to surge and debris rather than wind.
After points were placed on at least one building in each parcel, a selection was used to select the structures within 100 meters, 100-200 meters, and 200-300 meters. This series of selections allowed me to summarize the relevant information for a table, which showed that all buildings within 100 meters sustained major damage or were destroyed (100%). Although - this is also true for structures within 200 meters for the coast line (100% destroyed or sustained major damage) based on this analysis.
Overall, as the distance moves farther away from the coastline, the buildings appear to have notable numbers sustaining less damage and/or not being destroyed. The information is worth having as a comparison, the data can be used to better prepare for future “worst-case” scenario storms. Another interesting analysis may be to study the relationship between water/sediment movement and the localized elevations, because I noticed a few houses that were barely spared because of a clean, visible line where the sediment began flowing a different direction (away) from the structure.
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