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LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PART VI

LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PART VI. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA . PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES. HAITI JANUARY 12, 2010 A MEGA-DISASTER that lingered on.

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LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PART VI

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  1. LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESPART VI Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

  2. PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES HAITI JANUARY 12, 2010 A MEGA-DISASTER that lingered on

  3. EARTHQAKES ARE DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT COMMUNITES

  4. OCCURRENCE

  5. PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE IN A NATION OF 9 MILLION

  6. THE M7.0 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12

  7. CAUSES OF DAMAGE INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING SOIL AMPLIFICATION PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE FAULTING & GROUND FAILURE) IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN EARTHQUAKES FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF UTILITIES “DISASTER LABORATORIES” LACK OF DETAILING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS INATTENTION TO NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

  8. M7.0 Haiti Earthquake that killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing a hurricane (Tomas), cholera outbreak, and health-care problems for the next three years. THE DEADLIEST DISASTER OF 2010 OCCURRED ON JANUARY 12TH

  9. IMPACTS BUILDINGS

  10. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE STRONG GROUND MOTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  11. DISTRIBUTION OF DAMAGE

  12. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  13. PORT AU PRINCE: A PROTECTION FAILURE

  14. EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCE

  15. COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING: PORT AU PRINCE

  16. PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE

  17. COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL CATHED-RAL: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE

  18. COLLAPSE OF SUPER MARKET: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE

  19. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE GROUND FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  20. AERIAL VIEW AFTER LANDSLIDE

  21. DAMAGED ROAD

  22. PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS

  23. PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE • DISRUPTION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IMPACTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A DISASTER.

  24. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • CAPACITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  25. THE INEVITABLE FIRE

  26. EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION

  27. VOLUNTEERS SEARCHING THE RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORS

  28. SEARCH AND RESCUE

  29. SEARCH AND RESCUE: PORT AU PRINCE

  30. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: SEARCH AND RESCUE

  31. SLEEPING IN THE STREET

  32. EVACUATION OF INJURED

  33. RED CROSS: EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

  34. EVACUATING HOMELESS SURVIVORS

  35. EVACUATING HOMELESS SURVIVORS

  36. HAITIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

  37. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: HOSPITAL SHIP “CONFORT”

  38. USA CARRIER CARL VINSON ARRIVES

  39. SEARCH AND RESCUE: VENEZUELAN TEAM

  40. SEARCH AND RESCUE: SPANISH TEAM

  41. SEARCH AND RESCUE: TAIWAN’S TEAM

  42. SEARCH AND RESCUE: FRENCH TEAM

  43. A LIVE RESCUE: FRENCH TEAM

  44. A RESCUE AT THE UNIVERSITY

  45. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: USA—LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT.

  46. DEBRIS REMOVAL BEGINS: JANUARY 26

  47. TEMPORARY SHELTER: A SOCCOR FIELD

  48. A WATER LINE

  49. A TENT CITY AS TEMPORARY HOUSING

  50. DAY OF MOURNING: FEBRUARY 23, 2010

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