Tsunami Evacuation Homes
Figure 1. Typical tsunami evacuation home designed by Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Pariaman has a very high tsunami risk and there are no roads leading to high ground, which is 4-5 km away. Therefore, DKP and the local government provided these homes for poor people who lost their homes during […]
Padang Fire Department and Early Search and Rescue Operations
The Fire Department had practiced a preparedness drill in February, 2009 that improved performance in the 9/30 and 10/1 earthquakes. The training for preparedness included all city agencies and proved quite effective. The City of Padang now has a new form of preparedness planning under the BPPD (City Planning Department). The Fire Department is the […]
Very Quick Observations on Damage due to January 9 Earthquake
See the recorded ground motions: Strong motion locations and recordings (Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data) My plan was to go to as many SMIP instrument locations as possible, and to spread out from each looking for damage. I flew up, arriving at the Arcata Airport near McKinleyville at 8:30 AM and began looking, from North […]
Situation Summary as of January 13, 2010
As of Sunday 1/10, Humboldt County Emergency Managers (Contact: Jo Wattle, Leslie Lollich) estimate losses at: Date Direct Property Losses # Bldgs Damaged #Injuries #Blds Red Tagged1-10 $12.5 million 271-11 $14.3 1751-12 $22 240 301-13 $28 295 3 Saint Joseph’s Hospital. The worst injury being a hip fracture. Mostly cuts and bruises otherwise. PG&E reports […]
Photos of societal impacts
Fig. 1. Herb seller displaced from Iron Market, Port- au-Prince. Fig. 2. Crowd of displaced persons at Presidential Palace. Fig. 3. Tent camp adjacent to Presidential Palace. Fig. 4. School papers, St. Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children. Fig. 5. […]
Photos of recovery & rebuilding
Figure 1. Cash-for-work cleanup crew, Nerette, Petionville. Figure 2. Life goes on, Port-au-Prince. Figure 3. Salvaging materials, Holy Trinity Church. Figure 4. Fonkoze microfinance NGO, hard at […]
Reconnaissance observations
The Central Business District (CBD) was particularly hit hard. Indeed both earthquakes caused the collapse here of many seismically vulnerable URM buildings built between 1885 and 1920s. Unlike the first quake, which hit the city at midnight when the CBD was empty, the second quake fiercely shook the city at 12.51pm when many people were […]
Locations of Casualties in the February 22, 2011 Aftershock
The majority of the deaths were in nonductile concrete frame buildings. Second were in unretrofitted URM buildings. At least one death occurred in a retrofitted URM building. More study of this with Tom Kirsch, our epidemiologist from Johns Hopkins is recommended. Figure 1. Learning from Earthquakes: First person reports
Observations from the EERI Team
Now their job is huge and they are planning for both near term business survival and long term revitalization. Short-term, about $10 million (NZ) to the business community after the September earthquake and will provide about $200 million (NZ) after the February event. These funds include government support of $500 per employee per week for […]
Observations from the EERI Team
Much of the campus is currently cordoned off and many offices and classrooms are inaccessible. University officials have provided frequent updates to students, faculty, and staff via the University website, Facebook, and email. The EERI social science team—myself, Anne Wein, and Jeannette Sutton—toured the accessible areas of campus on Monday, March 14. The temporary tent […]