[HOT] HOT response to Cascadia Earthquake

[David Hiers]

Got it :)

Cheers,

David



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 From: Danijel Schorlemmer <osm at schorlemmer.net>
To: David Hiers <davidhiers7836 at yahoo.com> 
Cc: "hot at openstreetmap.org" <hot at openstreetmap.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [HOT] HOT response to Cascadia Earthquake
 

Hi David,

> 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.

I did not say that HOT would not engage in North America. I'm not 
participating in the coordination of HOT and thus cannot judge the priorities 
the HOT may have. My argument was simply that preparatory work for the event 
you referred to would be equally important in many regions of the world. And, 
in fact, the US may be better prepared than other countries. Still, I would 
consider after-event mapping very valuable as a HOT action.

I guess, somebody from the HOT coordination can better clarify the situation.


Cheers

-danijel
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