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

1. 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

2. OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FROM: • FLOODS • SEVERE WINDSTORMS • EARTHQUAKES • TSUNAMIS • DROUGHTS • VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS • LANDSLIDES • WILDFIRES

3. FLOODS

4. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause: • Floods (e.g., USA; 2009)

5. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause: • Floods (e.g., Turkey; 2009)

6. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause: • Floods (e.g., CHINA; 2007)

7. FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES

8. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause: • MUDFLOWS (e.g., Madeira, 2010)

9. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause: • MUDFLOWS (e.g., Madeira, 2010)

10. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic-lithospheric interactions cause: • MUDFLOWS (e.g., Machu Picchu, 2010)

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. EARTHQUAKES

14. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes: • Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)

15. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes: • Earthquakes (e.g., Haiti; January 12, 2010)

16. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes: • Earthquakes (e.g., L’Aquilla, Italy; April, 2009)

17. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes: • Earthquakes (e.g., China; May 12, 2008)

18. 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.

19. TSUNAMIS

20. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes: • Tsunamis (e.g., American Samoa; 2009)

21. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes: • Tsunamis (e.g., Banda Ache, Indonesia, 2004)

22. 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.

23. SEVERE WINDSTORMS(Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones, and Tornadoes)

24. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic interactions cause: • Typhoons (e.g., Ketsana; 2009)

25. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic interactions cause: • Cyclones (e.g., Nargish; 2008)

26. HURRICANE DEAN: DAMAGE IN SAINT LUCIA (2007)

27. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-oceanic interactions cause: • Hurricanes (e.g., Katrina; 2005)

28. 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.

29. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

30. Natural Phenomena that Cause Disasters Planet Earth’s Restlessness causes: • Volcanic eruptions (e.g.,Philippines)

31. 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.

32. WILDFIRES

33. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-lithospheric interactions cause: • Wildfires (e.g., Greece, USA; 2009)

34. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-lithospheric interactions cause: • Wildfires (e.g., Australia; 2009)

35. WILDFIRE MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS Concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after wildfires in Australia, USA, and other locations in the 1990’s and extended to the present.

36. DROUGHTS

37. A Time for “Helping Hands” Planet Earth’s atmospheric-lithospheric interactions causes: • Droughts (Locations in Africa; other locations)

38. DROUGHT MONITORING AND FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS Concepts for “helping hands teams” were born after severe droughts and famines in Africa in the 1990’s and extended to the present.

39. “HELPING HANDS TEAMS” FOR CAPACITY BUILDING

40. 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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