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MARCH 11-14, 2011 EXAMPLES OF NO PLACE TO GO AND NO ONE TO RESCUE

This article discusses Japan's preparedness and response to the M9.0 earthquake and devastating tsunami that struck on March 11, 2011. It highlights the importance of advance warning, vertical evacuation, and monitoring technologies in saving lives during such disasters.

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MARCH 11-14, 2011 EXAMPLES OF NO PLACE TO GO AND NO ONE TO RESCUE

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  1. MARCH 11-14, 2011EXAMPLES OF NO PLACE TO GO AND NO ONE TO RESCUE JAPAN AFTER 2:46 PM, MARCH 11 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. THE EARTHQUAKE IS NOW A M9.0 EVENT The MEGA-earthquake, which struck at 2:46 pm on Friday, March 11th, would have caused a disaster….

  3. THE EARTHQUAKE IS NOW A M9.0 EVENT …BUT JAPAN was well prepared to cope with it.

  4. A 7-10 M TSUNAM FOLLOWED IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES Japan was well prepared to cope with a tsunami, but ….

  5. A 7-10 M TSUNAM FOLLOWED IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES This tsunami was devastating, inun-dating towns, im-mobilizing airports and roads, destroy-ing buildings, and treating everything (e.g., people, cars) in its path as debris.

  6. VERTICAL EVACUATION: ROOF OF SCHOOL BUILDING

  7. BACKGROUND

  8. TSUNAMI HAZARDS (AKA POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS) • HIGH-VELOCITY, LONG-PERIOD WATER WAVES • WAVE RUNUP • FLOODING • WAVE RETREAT • SHORELINE EROSION

  9. ADVANCE WARNING AND VERTICAL EVACUATION ARE THE KEYS TO SURVIVING A TSUNAMI ON MARCH 11TH, MANY PEOPLE HAD TOO LITTLE WARNING AND NO PLACE TO GO

  10. NATURAL HAZARDS FOR WHICH EVACUATION IS TYPICAL FLOODS GOAL: MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY HURRICANES TYPHOONS HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR SAVING LIVES, BUT LOW BENEFIT/COST FOR PROTECTING PROPERTY TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WILDFIRES

  11. CAUSES OF DAMAGE HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT OF INCOMING WAVES INLAND DISTANCE OF WAVE RUNUP VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE RUNUP INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF BUILDINGS TSUNAMIS FLOODING “DISASTER LABORATORIES” INADEQUATE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL EVACUATION PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF TSUNAMI

  12. MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES AND WARNING SYSTEMS ARE A VITAL PART OF THE STORY.

  13. KNOWING WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY A TSUNAMI OCCURS IS A VITAL PART OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF INTELLIGENT EVACUATION.

  14. INTELLIGENT EVACUATION:LEAVE THE AREA OR EVACUATE VERTICALLY • LEAVE, IF ENOUGH ADVANCE WARNING • EVACUATE TO A TALL BUILDING OR A HIGHER ELEVATION TO GET BEYOND REACH OF THE TSUNAMI’S WAVE RUNUP.

  15. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF KNOWING WHEN TO EVACUATE BEFORE A TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVES AND WHERE TO GO CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

  16. EVACUATION FOR A TSUNAMI IS COMPLICATED BY:1) THE SHORT TIME BETWEEN THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL, AND 2)DAMAGE AND LOSS OF FUNCTION TO BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND ITS AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE.

  17. WHEN YOU CHOOSE NOT TO EVACUATE, OR YOU ARE UNABLE TO EVACUATE, THE ODDS FOR SURVIVAL ARE LOWER, BECAUSE ---

  18. YOU CAN’T OUTRUN OR DIVERT10-M-HIGH, DEBRIS-LADEN, OCEAN WAVE THAT ARRIVES WITH A HIGH VELOCITY (E.G., 30+ KM/HR) AND MOVES RAPIDLY INLAND FOR 2-3 KM, OR MORE

  19. DETAILS OF THE STORY IN JAPAN

  20. TSUNAMI WAVES DEVASTATE SENDAI

  21. INUNDATION

  22. TSUNAMI DAMAGE

  23. TSUNAMI DAMAGE

  24. TSUNAMI DAMAGE

  25. SEARCH AND RESCUE IS OFTEN THE LAST BEST CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL, BUT IT HAS LIMITS ON MARCH 14TH, SOME SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS FOUND NO ONE TO RESCUE

  26. NATORI: NO ONE TO RESCUE; MARCH 14

  27. NATORI: NO ONE TO RESCUE EXCEPT A DOG; MARCH 14

  28. NO ONE TO RESCUE

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