1. Speed Data-ing
Anastasia Egorova
Meghana Subramaniam
Ashley Bleggi

2. Hurricane Harvey

4. Existing Solutions: Emergency Kits
This 3 day 1 person Emergency Kit contains:
calorie food bar (5-year shelf life)
6 Water pouches (5-year shelf life)
1 Survival blanket
1 Emergency poncho
1 Pair of nitrile gloves
1 First Aid Kit (33 piece)
1 12-hour safety lightstick
1 Emergency whistle
1 Pack of pocket tissues
1 Dust mask
1 Convenient back pack

5. Existing Solutions: Food Bank Boxes

6. Problems with Existing Solutions
Emergency Kit:
Based on USDA regulations, average human should consume minimum calories a day. The emergency kit provides one 2400 calorie food bar for three days which is not even enough for an active adult for a day.
Those kits do not provide basic needs for people with children.
Emergency kits are usually focused on active survival rather than prolonged stay.
Food Bank:
It is mostly focused on bringing food.
Distribution might be hard to maintain.

7. How We Made Our Box Emergency Kit:
Based on USDA regulations, average human should consume minimum calories a day. The emergency kit provides one 2400 calorie food bar for three days which is not even enough for an active adult for a day.
Those kits do not provide basic needs for people with children.
Emergency kits are usually focused on active survival rather than prolonged stay.
Food Bank:
It is mostly focused on bringing food.
Distribution might be hard to maintain.

8. Our Solution

9. Keywords Box name Bucket of keywords Items inside the box Baby
['baby', 'toddler', 'infant', 'diapers', 'newborn', 'breastf', 'huggies', 'pampers', 'luvs']
diapers, formula, small blanket', tissues
Cleaning
['clean', 'sanitary', 'toilet', 'tower', 'tooth', 'toiletries', 'feminine', 'hygiene', 'wipe', 'cloth', 'bedding', 'mask']
Toilet paper, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, maxi pads, wipes, cloth, face mask
Food
['food', 'water', 'canned', 'filter', 'produce']
Water, food, canned food, water filter, filtering tablets
First aid
['bandage', 'aid', 'burn', 'antiseptic', 'urgent', 'kit', 'medi']
bandages, gauze pad, gauze roll, scissors, sting wipes, netrile glove, first aid tape, burn cream, antiseptics
Other
['light', 'glove', 'umbrella', 'mask', 'tape', 'bucket', 'bedding', 'tool']
flashlight, gloves, poncho, umbrella, bedding, multitool, bucket

10. Unofficial Shelter Need Distribution

11. Official Shelter Need Distribution

12. Box Contents Comparison
Other Box
Food Box
Sanitary
First Aid
Baby
Batteries $
Food Ration 4800 calorie - 18$
Personal Care Kit $
First Aid Kit
Formula - 7$
Flashlights - 1$
Water Tablets $
Maxi Pads $
Tylenol $
18 diapers
Blanket $
Total of Our Shelter Box: $59.98 vs One Person Box: $32.99

13. What now? Future Disaster Response Further Customized Boxes

14. Contributors Meghana Subramaniam Anastasia Egorova Ashley Bleggi
North Carolina State University
Computer Science and Economics
North Carolina State University
Computer Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Economics and Statistics