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Aerial Video of Turkey Earthquake Destruction, Rescue video and Photo Gallery
Social Media Resources Guide, Part 4 The links below include video of rescue operation of woman pulled from the rubble 3 days after the Turkey earthquake, aerial video of the destruction, and a large photo gallery showing the destruction, rescue efforts, and survivors and continuing coverage of challenges facing survivors Video: Turkey earthquake: Teacher […]
Dramatic Rescue Videos and Damage Assessments from Turkey Earthquake
Social Media Resources Guide, Part 3 IEM’s continuing social media resources coverage of the Turkey earthquake for October 25th includes new videos of dramatic rescues including a 2 week old baby and a toddler pulled from the rubble. Twitter: #deprem (Turkish word for “earthquake”) Video: “Dramatic Rescue for Baby After Turkish Quake” “Toddler rescued from […]
Twitter Social Movement Connects Turkey Earthquake Victims with Shelters
Social Media Resources Guide, Part 2 IEM has continued to monitor the social media traffic around Sunday’s earthquake in southeastern Turkey. We’ve identified additional relevant first-hand accounts of the disaster. A sweeping social movement is happening right now through Twitter to connect earthquake victims with safe shelter in private homes that were undamaged. Over 17,000 […]
7.2 Earthquake in eastern Turkey: Social Media Resources Guide
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck at 1:41 p.m. (1041 GMT; 6:41 a.m. EDT), near the city of Van and town of Ercis, Turkey. At least 138 people were killed and 350 injured in Sunday’s quake as buildings pancaked and collapsed into rubble. The area has experienced at least 20 aftershocks that threaten further damage and […]
Sikkim Earthquake – Continuing Social Media Coverage and Resources from Disaster Social Network
The Disaster Social Network is continuing to monitor social media traffic pertaining to the September18th earthquake centered near Sikkim, India. We’ve identified some additional relevant resources of firsthand accounts, current satellite imagery of resulting landslides, and explanations of seismic activity in the area. Twitter http://twitter.com/#%21/Kuldipnar – Kuldip Nar is working on recovery efforts in Sikkim […]
Disaster Social Network – 9/18 India Nepal Earthquake in Sikkim, India
On September 18th, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the northern Indian state of Sikkim. The quake epicenter was near the border of the two nations of India and Nepal. The death toll in India, Nepal and Tibet is estimated at over 100 dead (as of September 22). The quake caused landslides that blocked roads and […]
A Modeler’s Review of ‘Contagion’
Would descent into anarchy and selfishness be our reaction to an event like the one portrayed in the movie Contagion? Or would we pull together and become more altruistic in the face of such a massive catastrophe? And that, too, is natural enough. In fact, it comes to this: nobody is capable of really thinking […]
Making sense of the debt ceiling debate
The debt ceiling debate has gripped the nation so much that we have focused on the political game of brinksmanship and lost focus on the two basic questions underlying the debate. First, what will happen if the debt ceiling is not raised? Second, is the nation’s level of debt too high? Let’s look at the […]
Part II – Bioterrorism planning study focuses on traffic and public access to points of dispensing (PODs)
Attached is Part II of a video interview with IEM’s Dr. Sid Baccam, primary author of “Mass Prophylaxis Dispensing Concerns: Traffic and Public Access to PODs” which was published in the June issue of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. To see the first part of the interview, see Bioterrorism planning study, part 1 To read the full […]
Wildfire, Emergency Response, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Natural disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima Daichii nuclear-power plant, flooding at the Fort Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear Stations in Nebraska, and the Las Conchas wildfire outside of the Los Alamos National Laboratory remind us of the importance of emergency planning. The wildfire outside of the Los Alamos National Laboratory […]