
117Increasing the Resiliency of Local Supply Chain Distribution Networks
Blizzard
• Hazard characteristics. We randomly sample a starting (on the west
vertical line in Figure 4.16) and ending point (on the east vertical
line in Figure 4.16) and assume the track of the storm is a straight
line between these points. We then calculate the distance from this
track to each store (denoted as δ
sj
). Each storm also has an associ-
ated intensity, α ∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} based on Northeast Snowfall Impact
Scale.
• Probability of impact for each store. Let l
j
denote the elevation of store j.
The potential impact of the blizzard on the store is a function of ...