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INCORPORATING LAST YEAR’S DISASTER
INFORMATION IN THIS YEAR’S EDUCATIONAL
SURGES (Part 1)
A PRIMER OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN MULTIPY AND SPILL OVER FOR THE
BENEFIT OF MILLIONS
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
BOOK OF
BOOK OF
KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE -
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Perspectives
Perspectives
On Science, Policy,
On Science, Policy,
And EM HI-ED
And EM HI-ED
WE ARE ALWAYS WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE “GLOBAL BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE”
BOOK OF
BOOK OF
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
- Perspectives
- Perspectives
On Science, Policy,
On Science, Policy,
And EM HI-ED
And EM HI-ED
GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION GOAL: COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
FLOODS
SEVERE WIND STORMS
EARTHQUAKES
DROUGHTS
LANDSLIDES
WILDFIRES
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
TSUNAMIS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS
INCREASED TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE
INCREASED TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE
INCREASED OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
INCREASED OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
IMPROVE ON PAST IMPROVE ON PAST PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
IMPROVE ON PAST IMPROVE ON PAST PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
EXAMPLE: FROM REAL TIME INFORMATION ON SEVERE
WINDSTORM IN 2008 TO A GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL SURGE THIS
YEAR(Part 1)
A SIMPLE CONCEPT WITH A HIGH BENEFIT TO COST RATIO
NOTABLE DISASTER TYPES IN 2008NOTABLE DISASTER TYPES IN 2008NOTABLE DISASTER TYPES IN 2008NOTABLE DISASTER TYPES IN 2008
CYCLONE NARGIS
WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE
FLOODING IN MIDWESTERN USA
TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES
WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO CHAITEN
CATALYSTS FOR CHANGECATALYSTS FOR CHANGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONRISK REDUCTION
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONRISK REDUCTION
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
2008 TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE/TYPHOON SEASON
PART 1
JUNE 1 – NOVEMBER 30, 2008
• HIGH VELOCITY WINDS• HEAVY RAINFALL• FLOODING• LANDSLIDES• POWER OUTAGES• AGRICULTURAL LOSSES
• Many of the Gulf of Mexico’s offshore oil and natural gas drilling rigs and production platforms were in the storm’s path.• Companies prepared platforms for heavy wind and rain and evacuated some workers.• • Isolated tornadoes occurred over parts of southern Louisiana and the upper Texas coast. • Rainfall of 2 to 6 inches occurred in coastal LA and southeast TX. • Tides were 2 to 4 feet above normal.
• Texas officials began activating emergency teams Sunday afternoon, August 3rd,including 1,200 Texas national guards and six UH-60 helicopters..
• Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rica, Cuba, and Florida were in Fay’s path.• Even though Fay never became a Category 1 hurricane, it was very destructive.
• Fay was a heavy rainmaker, generating more than 30 inches of rain and spawning eight tornadoes in parts of Florida.
• Fay was a boomerang storm in Florida, first traveling east, then west, then east, then west and lingering much too long.
HURRICANE GUSTAV: NEW ORLEANS SPARED AS LEVEES HOLD AND PATH OF STORM PREVENTS IT FROM BEING ANOTHER KATRINA
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
• GUSTAV CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN CUBA BEFORE REACHING USA.• GUSTAV MADE LANDFALL AT 9:30 AM IN COCODRIE, LOUISIANA, ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS.• A CAT 2 HURRICANE THEN, IT HAD WINDS OF ABOUT 110 MILES PER HOUR (183 KM/HR).• THE STORM SURGE WAS ABOUT 14 FT.
• OIL PLATFORMS WERE EVACUATED AND PRODUCTION SHUT DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IN ANTICIPATION OF GUSTAV• NEARLY TWO MILLION PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER CITIES TO OTHER PARTS OF LOUISIANA AND TO OTHER STATES• OVER ONE MILLION WERE WITHOUT POWER
FOUR UNIVRSAL BARRIERS TO USE OF LAST YEAR’S INFORMATION
• IGNORANCE
• APATHY
• DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES
• LACK OF POLITICAL WILL
EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS POINTS
EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING EDUCATIONAL SURGES CREATE TURNING POINTS POINTS
ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY INFORMED
IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT
APATHY TO EMPOWERMENT
BOUNDARIES TO NETWORKS
STATUS QUO TO GOOD POLITICAL DECISIONS
EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL CHANGE THE COMMUNITY
EDUCATIONAL SURGES WILL CHANGE THE COMMUNITY
EDUCATIONAL SURGEEDUCATIONAL SURGEEDUCATIONAL SURGEEDUCATIONAL SURGE
RELEVANT
PUBLIC AWARENESS
INCREASE UNDERSTANDING
POLITICAL ENABLEMENT
BUILD EQUITY
BASIC OBJECTIVES FOR LAUNCHING AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE
BASIC OBJECTIVES FOR LAUNCHING AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE
BENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGESBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGESBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGESBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES
EXPAND CAPABILITY
IMPROVE DELIVERY MECHANISMS
OVERCOME UNIVERSAL BARRIERS
CREATE TURNING POINTS OF CHANGE
INCREASE COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE
EDUCATIONAL SURGESEDUCATIONAL SURGES
TOPICS AND TARGETS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES TOPICS AND TARGETS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES TOPICS AND TARGETS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES TOPICS AND TARGETS OF EDUCATIONAL SURGES
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
Risk and Loss Assessments
Increased Understanding
Hazard Characterization
Vulnerability Assessments
Real & Near Real Time Information Flow
Disaster-Risk Reduction
Interface with Multiple Networks
Cause & Effect Relationships
CAPACITY BUILDING
Emergency Managers
Policy Makers
Practitioners
Intelligent Emergency Management
Tailored to Community Needs
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Up Close, Virtual, and Distance Learning
Update Knowledge Bases After Each Disaster
Disaster Scenarios
Training
Information Technology
A PROCESS THAT PENETRATES SOCIETYA PROCESS THAT PENETRATES SOCIETY A PROCESS THAT PENETRATES SOCIETYA PROCESS THAT PENETRATES SOCIETY
• Increasing the "World's Mutual Fund for Education," (i.e., the in-country resources for education in the budget of every nation)
• Using conferences and other meetings on different scales will eventually overcome the universal barriers of ignorance, apathy, disciplinary boundaries, and lack of political will
• Increased community disaster-risk reduction for all (including Mega-cities, which are a special challenge)
BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE
BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SURGE
• Transferring ownership of knowledge and technology for increasing disaster-risk reduction for people, habitats, livelihoods, cultural heritage, and infrastructure
• Facilitates equipping, linking, and engaging legions of new and emerging professionals with mature professionals
• Intensifies efforts in high-risk locations.• Increases risk reduction for essential (schools) and
critical (hospitals, dams, and power plants) facilities.
MEASURING CHANGEMEASURING CHANGEMEASURING CHANGEMEASURING CHANGE
NEW RESOURCES
NEW DELIVERY MECHANISMS
NEW PROFESSIONAL LINKAGES
NEW LEGISLATIVE MANDATES
NEW DIALOGUE ON BUILDING A CULTURE OF DISASTER-RISK REDUCTION
EDUCATIONAL SURGES SHOULD RESULT IN …
EDUCATIONAL SURGES SHOULD RESULT IN …
MEASURING CHANGE
PRINCIPLES(Improving on the
past)
• REDUCTION IN MAGNITUDE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM NATURAL HAZARDS
MEASURING CHANGE
PRINCIPLES(Improving on the
past)
• REDUCTION IN NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE OF ANNUAL NATURAL DISASTERS
MEASURING CHANGE
PRINCIPLES(Improving on the
past)
• INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCAT-IONAL SURGES TO BUILD PROFESSIONL CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-RISK REDUCTION
MEASURING CHANGE
PRINCIPLES(Improving on the
past)
• DECREASE IN IGNORANCE, APATHY, DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES, AND LACK OF POLITICAL WILL
MEASURING CHANGE
• PRINCIPLES (Improving on the Past)
• INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PROFESSIONALS ENGAGED IN SEAMLESS NETWORKS HAVING COMMUNITY DISASTER-RISK REDUCTION AS A GOAL
MEASURING CHANGE
• PRINCIPLES (Improving on the past)
• IMPROVED COLLABORATION
• PRINCIPLES (Improving on the past)
• IMPROVED INNOVATION
MEASURING CHANGE
• TURNING POINTS
(Building a Culture of Community Disaster-Risk Reduction)
NEW NETWORKS OF PROFESS-IONALS WORKING ON EDUCATIONAL SURGES THAT PENETRATE ALL LEVELS OF THE COMMUNITY.
MEASURING CHANGE
• TURNING POINTS (Building a Culture of Community Disaster-Risk Reduction)
• INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES TO TRANSFORM IGNORANCE INTO ENLIGHTENMENT
MEASURING CHANGE
• TURNING POINTS (Building a Culture of Community Disaster-Risk Reduction)
• INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES TO TRANSFORM APATHY INTO EMPOWERMENT
MEASURING CHANGE
• TURNING POINTS (Building a Culture of Community Disaster-Risk Reduction)
• INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES TO TRANSFORM ORGANIZATIONAL AND DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES INTO SEAMLESS NETWORKS
MEASURING CHANGE
• TURNING POINTS (Building a Culture of Community Disaster-Risk Reduction)
• INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES TO TRANSFORM THE STATUS QUO IN A COMMUNITY INTO “GOOD” POLITICAL DECISIONS