1. INSIGHTS ON DISASTER RESILIENCE FROM 2009’S “DISASTER LABORATORIES” Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. 2009’S DISASTER LABORATORIES FROM WILDFIRES TO HURRICANES, CYCLONES AND TYPHOONS, TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES, TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND WINTER STORMS

3. MAIN IDEA Each disaster provides deeper insights on: 1) Protection, 2) Preparedness, 3) Early Warning, 4) Emergency Response, and 5) Recovery and Reconstruction

4. YOURCOMMUNITYYOURCOMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS HAZARDS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCE PROTECTION PEPAREDNESS EARLY WARNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY/RECONSTRUCT. FIVE PILLARS OF RESILIENCE

5. 2009’S DISASTER LABORATORIES CYCLONE HAMISH EARTHQUAKES: ITALY, CHINA, INDONESIA, AM.SAMOA FLOODS: TAIWAN, ENGLAND,, USA, TURKEY TROPICAL STORMS, HURRI- CANES, AND TYPHOONS WILDFIRES : AUSTRALIA, GREECE, AND CALIFORNIA ERUPTION OF VOLCANO MAYON CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENCT TSUNAMI IN AMERICAN SAMOA

6. QUICK REVIEWS

7. WILDFIRE: AUSTRALIA; FEB 9-11

8. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

9. WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA

10. WINDS EXACERBATE WILDFIRES: SANTA BARBARA, CA; MAY 5-10

11. “MONSTER WILDFIRE” NEAR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA COVERING 190 SQUARE MILES AND GROWING RAPIDLY NOT CONTAINED UNTIL SEPT 15 th August 28 – September 15, 2009

12. WILDFIRES NEAR LOS ANGELES, CA

13. WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS, GREECE

14. WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS: AUGUST 22, 2009

15. MAIN INSIGHTS FROM 2009’S WILDFIRES EARLY WARNING PROVIDES TIME TO EVACUATE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY AND PRE-POSITION ASSETS POST-WILDFIRES SLOPES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MUDFLOWS IN SUBSEQUENT RAIN STORMS REGIONAL COOPERATION SPEEDS RESPONSE AND AIDS RECOVERY

16. CYCLONE HAMISH: MARCH 8-10

17. CYCLONE HAMISH: OIL SPILL IMPACTS AUSTRALIAN BEACHES

18. MORAKOT’S PATH: AUGUST 7-10

19. MORAKOT-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE BURIES TAIWAN VILLAGE, AUG 10

20. PHILIPPINES HIT BY KETSANA, PARMA, MIRINAE: SEPT- NOV

21. KETSANA: QUESON CITY

22. KETSANA: PHILIPPINES; SEPT 23-30

23. KETSANA: CAINTA RIZAL

24. PARMA: PHILIPPINES; OCT 9

25. PARMA: MUDFLOWS; OCT 12

26. MIRINAE: NOV 2

27. HURRICANE IDA, LAST OF 2009 SEASON: NOV 5

28. MAIN INSIGHTS FROM 2009’S SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARLY WARNING AND EVACUATION ARE VITAL FOR SAVING LIVES MUDFLOWS HINDER RESPONSE OIL SPILLS COMPLICATE RESPONSE BUILDINGS WITHOUT WIND ENGINEERING LOSE ROOFS WIND INSURANCE SPREADS RISK

29. FLOODS: RED RIVER & FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA: MARCH 28-30

31. CHIATUNG, TAIWAN: FLOODING; AUGUST 9

32. FLASH FLOODS NEAR ISTHANBUL: SEPTEMBER 9

33. FLASH FLOODS NEAR ISTHANBUL, TURKEY: SEPT 9

34. FLOODS IN CUMBRIA, ENGLAND

35. FLOODS: CUMBRIA; UK; NOV 29-30

36. MAIN INSIGHTS FROM 2009’S FLOODS MONITORING, EARLY WARNING, EVACUATION, AND WETLANDS, SANDBAGS, LEVEES, AND DAMS ARE VITAL FOR SAVING LIVES AND PROTECTING PROPERTY. BEING PREPARED INCLUDES SELF- INSURANCE AND ANTICIPATING THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER-BORNE DISEASES

38. L'AQUILA PLUS 26 TOWNS AND VILLAGES DEVASTATED

39. L'AQUILA: LOCATED IN OLD LAKE BED

40. YUNNAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE:

41. YUNNAN, CHINA: JULY 9

42. TWO LARGE EARTHQUAKES STRIKE WEST SUMATRA AND JAMBI, INDONESIA WHILE IT IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI DISASTER DECEMBER 26, 2004 –- M9.0 SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 — M7.6 OCTOBER 1, 2009 — M6.6

43. INDONESIA: SEPT 30 - OCT 1

44. PADANG, INDONESIA

45. PADANG, INDONESIA: FIRE

46. QUAKE-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE: PADANG PARIAMAN, INDONESIA

47. MAIN INSIGHTS FROM 2009’S EARTHQUAKES BUILDINGS COLLAPSED, INFRA- STRUCTURE LOST FUNCTION, AND PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WERE SITED IN OLD LAKE BEDS OR WERE NOT PROTECTED BY MODERN BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE STANDARDS. LANDSLIDES HINDERED EMERGENCY RESPONSE

48. AMERICAN SAMOA TSUNAMI: SEPT 29

49. TSUNAMI: PAGO PAGO, ANERICAN SAMOA; SEPT 29

50. MAIN INSIGHTS FROM THE TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING OF A POSSIBLE TSUNAMI AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE IS VITAL FOR RAPID VERTICAL EVACUATION TO SAVE LIVES. DEBRIS CAN TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES IN THE OCEAN AND AFFECT OTHER COUNTRIES

51. MOUNT MAYON: THE PHILIPPINES; DEC 16

52. 33,000 EVACUATED AS MOUNT MAYON ERUPTS: DEC 18

53. MAIN INSIGHTS FROM VOLCANO MAYON EARLY WARNING PROVIDES A BASIS FOR EVACUATING THE PEOPLE IN HARM’S WAY BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THE POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS OF AN ERUPTION. BEING UN-PREPARED BECAUSE OF INACTIVITY IS NOT AN OPTION.

54. WINTER STORM: DEC 18 - 20

55. WINTER STORM: 2/3 M; DEC 18