EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

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EQUIPPING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HELPING
HANDS TEAMS FOR ACTION WHEN THE INEVITABLE
HAPPENS

• Making a Difference When it Really Counts
• ANYTIME

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster
Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
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OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FROM

• FLOODS
• SEVERE WINDSTORMS
• EARTHQUAKES
• TSUNAMIS
• DROUGHTS
• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
• LANDSLIDES
• WILDFIRES

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FLOODS
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• Floods (e.g., USA 2009)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• Floods (e.g., Turkey 2009)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• Floods (e.g., CHINA 2007)

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FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• MUDFLOWS (e.g., Madeira, 2010)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• MUDFLOWS (e.g., Madeira, 2010)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• MUDFLOWS (e.g., Machu Picchu, 2010)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• WHEN A MUDSLIDE TRIGGERED IN OCTOBER 2005 DURING
  HURRICANE STAN BURIES A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE
  BECOMES VERY URGENT AND VERY COMPLICATED.

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MONITORING, FORECASTING, WARNING SYSTEMS, AND
SANDBAGGING

• Concepts for helping hands teams were born
  after flood disasters in many parts of the world
  (1900 2,000) and extended to the present.

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EARTHQUAKES
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths Restlessness causes
• Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti January 12, 2010)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths Restlessness causes
• Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti January 12, 2010)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths Restlessness causes
• Earthquakes (e.g., LAquilla, Italy April,
  2009)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths Restlessness causes
• Earthquakes (e.g., China May 12, 2008)

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URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE

• Concepts for helping hands teams were born in
  the rubble of earthquakes in Mexico City, El
  Salvador, and Armenia, (1985 - 1988) and extended
  to the present.

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TSUNAMIS
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths Restlessness causes
• Tsunamis (e.g., American Samoa 2009)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths Restlessness causes
• Tsunamis (e.g., Banda Ache, Indonesia, 2004)

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TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM

• Concepts for helping hands teams were born
  after tsunamis following subduction zone
  earthquakes in Japan, Alaska, and Chile (1957 -
  1960) and extended to the present.

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SEVERE WINDSTORMS(Hurricanes, Typhoons,
Cyclones, and Tornadoes)
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic interactions
  cause
• Typhoons (e.g., Ketsana 2009)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic interactions
  cause
• Cyclones (e.g., Nargish 2008)

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HURRICANE DEAN DAMAGE IN SAINT LUCIA (2007)
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-oceanic interactions
  cause
• Hurricanes (e.g., Katrina 2005)

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MONITORING, FORECASTING, AND WARNING SYSTEMS

• Concepts for helping hands teams were born
  after disasters in the USA, the Caribbean,
  Bangladesh, and other locations (1900 - 1970) and
  extended to the present.

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VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
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Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters

• Planet Earths Restlessness causes
• Volcanic eruptions (e.g.,Philippines)

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VOLCANO MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND RESPONSE
SYSTEMS

• Concepts for helping hands teams were born
  after 23,000 Colombians were killed in the 1989
  Nevada Del Ruiz disaster and extended to the
  present.

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WILDFIRES
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• Wildfires (e.g., Greece, USA 2009)

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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-lithospheric
  interactions cause
• Wildfires (e.g., Australia 2009)

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WILDFIRE MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND RESPONSE
SYSTEMS

• Concepts for helping hands teams were born
  after wildfires in Australia, USA, and other
  locations in the 1990s and extended to the
  present.

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DROUGHTS
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A Time for Helping Hands

• Planet Earths atmospheric-lithospheric
  interactions causes
• Droughts (Locations in Africa other locations)

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DROUGHT MONITORING AND FAMINE EARLY WARNING
SYSTEMS

• Concepts for helping hands teams were born
  after severe droughts and famines in Africa in
  the 1990s and extended to the present.

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HELPING HANDS TEAMS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
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GOAL BUILDING CAPACITY FOR HELPING HANDS
TEAMS
FLOODS
IMPROVE ON PAST PERFORMANCE
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
EARTHQUAKES
INCREASED TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL CAPACITY
TSUNAMIS
(FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION (INCLUDING
TRAINING)
LANDSLIDES
WILDFIRES
HURRICANES
TYPHOONS
DROUGHTS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE -
Perspectives On Science, Policy, And EDUC.
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BENEFITS OF CAPACITY BUILDING

• Intensifies efforts in high-risk situations.