Comments on: Significant progress made on making communities resilient to disasters http://lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 23 May 2012 17:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dr Lawrence Wasserman http://lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5731 Dr Lawrence Wasserman Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:47:52 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/#comment-5731 I am working in mobile Technology Applications and promoting cell phone access to content modules .... for example a module can bedesigned as .... How community prepare itself for disater emergency. Mobile learning by use of flash cards with mobile access that in each community members have plastic playing card size that contain content suvch as does and donts and where to go in emergency etc. These Interactive Mobile Flash Cards have mobile access to emergency content 24/7 and applied for community education and training. For those interested in learning more of this technology please contact me. I am working in mobile Technology Applications and promoting cell phone access to content modules …. for example a module can bedesigned as …. How community prepare itself for disater emergency. Mobile learning by use of flash cards with mobile access that in each community members have plastic playing card size that contain content suvch as does and donts and where to go in emergency etc. These Interactive Mobile Flash Cards have mobile access to emergency content 24/7 and applied for community education and training. For those interested in learning more of this technology please contact me.

]]> By: Nuwan http://lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5732 Nuwan Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:43:41 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/#comment-5732 The HazInfo project; namely the Last-Mile Hazard Warning System (:M-HWS) main focus is on providing the “rural communities” with an ICT based system to receive hazard alerts and notifications (i.e. a all-hazards and all-media based system that is not constrained by sophisticated communication methods such as a Morse code based system). The lessons learned point-out that ICTs such mobile phones, satellite radios, cdma phones that are used in every day life were more effective than sophisticated VSAT based systems, which requires a higher level of technical competency. Moreover, the current conflict situation in an environment such as Sri Lanka prohibits the import of the very very expensive Ham Radios that cannot be afforded by rural folks in Sri Lanka. "The TACAPASS system is an automated SW stack, written in both Java and \bin\bash shell scripts which currently run on a RedHat 9.0 Linux IRLP (Inernet Radio linking Protocol - www.irlp.net ) node. Its purpose is to automatically broadcast Tsunami and Weather alerts from NOAA as they occur for a given region within the United States. This application is directed at Amateur Radio Operators in the United States of America who are operating a current IRLP node. TACAPASS leverages the CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) XML based format which can be found at www.incident.com. It acquires these "cap" files from the NOAA website, parses the CAP XML file and presents it to a few automated scripts that run on the base IRLP node platform. When relevant information is retrieved, the system pushes the modified description to a text2speech solution called flite provided by Carnegie Mellon University where it can be used to broadcast the announcement." For more info please see article -- http://www.qsl.net/kk7vn/TACAPASS/index.htm Dr. Gordon Gow (Associate Professor, University of Alberta) who has taken the lead in operationlizing CAP in Sri Lanka as part of the HazInfo project had invited the Radio Society of Sri Lanka (RSSL) to join the project to experiment the possibilities of testing CAP over Ham Radios. As it is the case in Sri Lanka unless people are held by their hand and dragged to do things they never engage. So the HazInfo project chooses to work with dynamic and practical ICT partners who have the drive to make a change and not with people who simply get on stage and make loud noises but do not move a finger to make a change. The HazInfo project; namely the Last-Mile Hazard Warning System (:M-HWS) main focus is on providing the “rural communities” with an ICT based system to receive hazard alerts and notifications (i.e. a all-hazards and all-media based system that is not constrained by sophisticated communication methods such as a Morse code based system). The lessons learned point-out that ICTs such mobile phones, satellite radios, cdma phones that are used in every day life were more effective than sophisticated VSAT based systems, which requires a higher level of technical competency. Moreover, the current conflict situation in an environment such as Sri Lanka prohibits the import of the very very expensive Ham Radios that cannot be afforded by rural folks in Sri Lanka.

“The TACAPASS system is an automated SW stack, written in both Java and \bin\bash shell scripts which currently run on a RedHat 9.0 Linux IRLP (Inernet Radio linking Protocol – http://www.irlp.net ) node. Its purpose is to automatically broadcast Tsunami and Weather alerts from NOAA as they occur for a given region within the United States.

This application is directed at Amateur Radio Operators in the United States of America who are operating a current IRLP node. TACAPASS leverages the CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) XML based format which can be found at http://www.incident.com. It acquires these “cap” files from the NOAA website, parses the CAP XML file and presents it to a few automated scripts that run on the base IRLP node platform. When relevant information is retrieved, the system pushes the modified description to a text2speech solution called flite provided by Carnegie Mellon University where it can be used to broadcast the announcement.” For more info please see article — http://www.qsl.net/kk7vn/TACAPASS/index.htm

Dr. Gordon Gow (Associate Professor, University of Alberta) who has taken the lead in operationlizing CAP in Sri Lanka as part of the HazInfo project had invited the Radio Society of Sri Lanka (RSSL) to join the project to experiment the possibilities of testing CAP over Ham Radios. As it is the case in Sri Lanka unless people are held by their hand and dragged to do things they never engage. So the HazInfo project chooses to work with dynamic and practical ICT partners who have the drive to make a change and not with people who simply get on stage and make loud noises but do not move a finger to make a change.

]]> By: Morse http://lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5730 Morse Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:10:44 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/#comment-5730 Harsha, I am not a techie. But a guy told me that Morse system (said to be very old) can be used for disaster signals. Please see whther it is worthwhile investing on old solutions. Download the monthly newsletter from http://www.qsl.net/rssl/ site Harsha,

I am not a techie. But a guy told me that Morse system (said to be very old) can be used for disaster signals. Please see whther it is worthwhile investing on old solutions. Download the monthly newsletter from http://www.qsl.net/rssl/ site

]]> By: Harsha Purasinghe http://lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5729 Harsha Purasinghe Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:06:25 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/#comment-5729 Prof Samarajiva - Thanks for the report and update. Also we, much apprecaite all the positive/negative feedback you & lirneasia team extended from the day 1. Further it was a great feeling to hear the actual users feedback who even showed that the phone app is active with them and said that they got alerts in no time and manage to ack also during the pilots. I am sure with our extension work on Cell Broadcast we can put this system to work for real and save people's life. Looking forward to our continous association. We will extend our maximum support as in the past for this imporatant project. Harsha Prof Samarajiva – Thanks for the report and update. Also we, much apprecaite all the positive/negative feedback you & lirneasia team extended from the day 1. Further it was a great feeling to hear the actual users feedback who even showed that the phone app is active with them and said that they got alerts in no time and manage to ack also during the pilots. I am sure with our extension work on Cell Broadcast we can put this system to work for real and save people’s life.

Looking forward to our continous association. We will extend our maximum support as in the past for this imporatant project.

Harsha

]]> By: waidyanatha http://lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-5728 waidyanatha Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:14:43 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/04/significant-progress-made-on-making-communities-resilient-to-disasters/#comment-5728 Just fot the record, a clip from buletine recieved from -- http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message209039-04.htm A tsunami has been observed at the following sites: Location Lat. Lon. Time Amplitude ------------------------ ----- ------ ------- ----------- Honiara Solomon Island 9.4S 159.9E 2148UTC 0.15M/0.5ft The tsunami has not been observed on tide gages to the north of the Solomon Islands. Forecast models indicate the tsunami energy will be mainly contained to the south of the Solomon Islands. Time - Time of measurement. Amp. - Tsunami amplitudes are measured relative to normal sea level. These are not crest-to-trough heights. Based on the earthquake location, magnitude and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts. Some of these areas may experience non-damaging sea level changes. At 1:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time on April 1, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 occurred near the Solomon Islands. Just fot the record, a clip from buletine recieved from — http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message209039-04.htm

A tsunami has been observed at the following sites:

Location Lat. Lon. Time Amplitude
———————— —– —— ——- ———–
Honiara Solomon Island 9.4S 159.9E 2148UTC 0.15M/0.5ft
The tsunami has not been observed on tide gages to the north
of the Solomon Islands. Forecast models indicate the tsunami
energy will be mainly contained to the south of the Solomon
Islands.

Time – Time of measurement.
Amp. – Tsunami amplitudes are measured relative to normal sea level. These are not crest-to-trough heights.

Based on the earthquake location, magnitude and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts. Some of these areas may experience non-damaging sea level changes.

At 1:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time on April 1, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 occurred near the Solomon Islands.

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