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Bad wintry weather for areas impacted by earthquakes and tsunamis
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Wed, 2011-03-23 00:53 — AlMac99
Bad weather returns to the worst affected areas affecting the distribution of goods. See United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Relief Web
Summary Link to March 21 # 10 update attached.
The report also quotes World Bank saying it will take Japan 5 years to rebuild what was destroyed by the big quakes and tsunamis.
It also adds to our growing directory of useful links:
- Crisis Commons has put together a Japan Data Profile wiki containing various data sources relevant to the Japan earthquake and tsunami response: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Japan_Data_Profile
- Gov of Japan info http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html in English.
- IAEA updates on evolving situation in Japan. http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html and http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/
- Recent radiation readings http://eq.wide.ad.jp/index_en.html in English, with comparison of what is normal daily life, and http://eq.sakura.ne.jp.
- Radiation + Wind = go where? http://japan.resiliencesystem.org/winds-japan-power-plants-should-send-radiation-out-sea
- World Health Organization (WHO) info on health risks associated with various levels of radiation, with some FAQ on Japan situation. http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/faqs/en/index.html
- OCHA = UN agency in charge of coordination of humanitarian relief. Their Relief Web hosts regular updates from many humanitarian efforts at http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf including the Japan crises.
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 Sitrep 2011 Mar 21 OCHA 10 EOJ.pdf | 1.55 MB |
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5 years vs. other disasters
That World Bank estimate is interesting, given what we know of other disasters.
Haiti is 20 years.
Katrina is now over 5 years ago, allegedly 1/4 of way to a 20 year recovery.
If World Bank is correct, to what do we attribute faster recovery for Japan?
Perhaps 100% devastation then rebuild back better is less hassle than rebuilding around remaining structures, where there's lots of corruption, incompetence, and conflicting actors. Japan will decide what needs to be done, then do it, with some help. We hope.
Alister Wm Macintyre