<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi D<span style="font-size: 12pt;">anijel,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thanks for the reply.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px;
font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">You see, I am unclear on whether HOT would engage in a North American disaster, because perhaps the relevant response agencies already have all their GIS requirements fulfilled, and they would not call upon HOT to respond.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">If there is a good chance that HOT would be used during the response/recovery phases, and the only problem boils down to resource prioritization, that's a fixable
problem.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thanks again,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15.555556297302246px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">David</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
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style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Danijel Schorlemmer <osm@schorlemmer.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> hot@openstreetmap.org; David Hiers <davidhiers7836@yahoo.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:40 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [HOT] HOT response to Cascadia Earthquake<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Hi David,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Earthquake and Tsunami forecasting is far away from being feasible on short <br clear="none">time scales. Thus, scientist are assessing the long-term hazard in earthquake-<br clear="none">prone regions. Arguing that HOT should map the Cascadia region because of a <br
clear="none">20% chance in 50 years for a destructive earthquake would in consequence mean <br clear="none">that HOT should map all regions close to major subduction zones (many of them <br clear="none">have even higher chances for large earthquakes). While is it certainly <br clear="none">desirable to have detailed maps available when a catastrophic event hits an <br clear="none">area, I would argue it makes more sense for HOT to focus on emergency <br clear="none">situations like the Haiyan case or the past Haiti earthquake. The resources <br clear="none">are too limited to fully map all earthquake-prone areas.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-danijel<br clear="none"><div class="yqt5116509628" id="yqtfd93659"><br clear="none">On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 09:06:01 PM David Hiers wrote:<br clear="none">> Hello,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> The current estimate is that there is up a 20% chance
that the coastal areas<br clear="none">> of North America from Eureka, California to Port Hardy, British Columbia<br clear="none">> will experience a major quake in the next 50 years:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://oregongeology.org/sub/earthquakes/Coastal/OFR95-67.pdf" target="_blank">http://oregongeology.org/sub/earthquakes/Coastal/OFR95-67.pdf</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Vancouver BC, Seattle, and Portland would pretty much be flattened.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Would this event be considered within the scope of HOT?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Best Regards,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> David<br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>