The USA Disaster Situation Report
Special About the SitRep
New Mailing List - The use of the Internet in Disaster Situations and
Partnership with CASI
Communication of information by the internet during disasters is an area
that I have been involved in studying for 3 years and attempting to bring
about by establishing The Disaster Center site, as a media distribution
outlet, by establishing our status as a media distribution outlet for
government agencies, developing the means to collect and distribute official
disaster related reports, that are then posted to a message board system
that is accessible by search engine, and by promoting the development of the
internet as a means for communication of the disaster related message by the
emergency management community.
The Disaster Center is an advocate for the development of the use of the
internet as a means of communicating the "disaster message" by the Federal,
state, and local governments, nonprofit organizations, groups in the
disaster area, and by the people.
Our search engine driven message board system has been used by individuals
writing about the disaster long after it takes place, and by people in the
middle of it.
At this point in time the internet has already been used as the only means
of communication into the center of an area during a severe disaster*, as an
organized means of collecting, compiling and distributing disaster reports
from large areas**, as a means for the collection and for the distribution
of official disaster information in a single location***, to collect
archives of local storm and weather reports and NWS text statements
available to the public on the Internet****, and as a means of collecting
and sharing local public information in a closed and open networks.*****
*Kobe Earthquake
**Caribbean Hurricane Page -- Caribbean Reports(1)
***The Disaster Center(2)
****Central Atlantic Storm Investigators(3)
*****(1)(2)(3)
Yet, the greatest developments in the use of the internet for the
communication of the emergency and disaster related message are just over
the horizon.
I believe that the development of internet and wireless based systems for
the communication of the disaster message will proceed at such a pace, that
a child born this last week, will need to have explained to him or her what
we are now doing; because by the time he or she is ten, the systems that
will be established to provide that message will be so far advanced that
those children will wonder how we got along without the ability to
communicate during disasters.
Announcing a New Mailing list:
I would like to take this time to invite members of CASI and the SitRep to
join a new mailing list for discussion about the development of improved
ways of collecting and communicating information during and after disasters
by the use of the internet.
The purpose of this list is to promote the use of and development of the
internet by public agencies; and to discuss the development of other
internet based systems for the collection and distribution of the "disaster
message."
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an e-mail to:
disastercom-request{at}disastercenter.com
with the word
subscribe
or the word
unsubscribe
only, in the body of the message.
Recently we became partners with Central Atlantic Storm Investigators
(CASI).
What that means is that we have agreed to work together to promote each
others efforts.
Before we partnered with CASI the largest single group of people who
received "The SitReps" are professionals involved in disaster response.
Jesse Ferrell CASI and I (Christopher Effgen The Disaster Center) are both
involved in the development of web sites designed to perform similar yet
different purposes. One of the reasons that I am excited about our new
partnership is that the members of CASI are involved in an effort that is
similar to what The Disaster Center has been set up to accomplish.
The CASI mailing list is an established group of people involved in
reporting about weather related events, by people, interested or
professionally involved in meteorology.
Much of the SitRep (Daily USA Disaster Situation Report) should be of
interest to members of CASI because most USA disasters are weather related.
The SitRep contains:
probability forecasts
information related to daily national:
flood
fire
earthquake
severe weather reports
and
current weather advisories once a day.
We provide:
long term forecasts,
and other disaster related reports.
We also provide a link area at the end of the SitRep that provides links
to
images
conference information
training information
disaster reports
other media
other links
and disaster related products.
We will at times send out Special Reports due to sudden changes in weather
probabilities and in response to major news events.
We send out "About The SitRep's," about every two weeks
The information presented here is not authoritative.
It contains preliminary and partial information reports. It is intended to serve as a general daily digest of disaster related reports. Any other use is not intended or authorized.
The Disaster Center is a partner with CASI - Central Atlantic Storm Investigators. CASI is a group of over a thousand amateur and professional meteorologists, storm spotters, and weather observers from around the world dedicated to the observation and documentation of weather events
http://www.weatherwatchers.org
The Current Report can be accessed at:
http://www.disastercenter.com/current.htm
If you wish to send a report please use our Disaster Center Situation Report Form form located at:
http://www.disastercenter.com/email/formSR.htm
To subcribe or unsubscribe to this list send an e-mail to:
sitrep-request{at}disastercenter.com
with the word
subscribe
or the word
unsubscribe
only, in the body of the message.
If you wish to contact the list owner send an e-mail to: host{at}disastercenter.com
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