[HOT] Super Typhoon Hagupit (International Name Ruby)

Mark Cupitt markcupitt at gmail.com
Thu Dec 4 06:11:57 UTC 2014


Hi All, Jean-Guilhem updated the Bing Hi Res Imagery availability. I have
uploaded an updated image to the Wiki ..

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Typhoon_Hagupit_(Ruby)#Maps



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On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> Bing/Mapbox OSM limits seem outdated, at least for Samar island (the one
> I checked). Now they cover many more areas of the island.
>
> I modified the limits for Samar, but would be interesting to
> check/modify them for other areas that could be affected.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rafael.
>
> On 04/12/14 01:12, Mark Cupitt wrote:
> > Hi Andrew, Thanks great links. I think Maning and I are good candidates
> > to lead this, he is in Manila, I am in Negros, down south.
> >
> > I agree and think it will swing towards the north. The track i sent is
> > from a site called http://Typhoon2000.com, he has been tracking
> > Philippine Typhooons for years and is located in Bicol. (So we may get
> > first hand accounts)
> >
> > It is also worth watching with Wundergorund as the local knowledge on
> > the tracks kicks in.
> >
> > I also agree that flooding will be the major issue the way it looks now.
> >
> > I will start a HOT Wiki Page today for this with the basics as well. It
> > will be somewhere to put all the information in one place.
> >
> > Hi Pierre
> >
> > Yep, I think the imagery assessment on what is currently available is
> > the first step. We can adjust as the track
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mark Cupitt
> >
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> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Andrew Buck <andrew.r.buck at gmail.com
> > <mailto:andrew.r.buck at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the heads up Mark.  It is definitely good to start watching
> > these things as soon as possible and planning the response.  Below is
> > a link to Jeff Masters most recent blog post about the typhoon; Jeff
> > is an expert on hurricanes/typhoons and his analysis pre-Haiyan was
> > what allowed us to focus on Tacloban before the storm even hit.  The
> > second link is to the Wunderground tracking page for the storm itself
> > showing lots of useful info, and the third link is to the 'Wundermap'
> > with the tropical storm layer turned on.
> >
> > http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2871
> >
> >
> http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2014/Super-Typhoon-Hagupit
> >
> > http://wxug.us/1m0l5
> >
> > According to his reading of the situation, as well as the results of
> > the various model runs it is looking like it will be a catergory 4 or
> > 5 when it hits the Philippines (Haiyan was a cat 5 at landfall).
> > There are some positive signs though: wind shear is expected to pick
> > up which will weaken the storm and the waters are not as warm as when
> > Haiyan struck; both positive signs.  For us I think the most relevant
> > part of the blog is the following:
> >
> > "There is less heat energy available in the ocean for Hagupit, and
> > wind shear is expected to rise to the high range on Friday as strong
> > upper-level winds tear at the storm. Heavy rains, not high winds and
> > storm storm surge, will likely be the greatest threat for the
> > Philippines from Hagupit."
> >
> > Heavy rains means flooding, and it means landslides.  The Phillipines
> > is a mountainous region so landslides are a possibility on slopes,
> > especially where farming/deforestation have happened.  I would say at
> > this point, making sure the major waterways are traced in OSM would be
> > the highest priority until we know more accurately where it will make
> > landfall.
> >
> > This will likely be an event that we end up activating for.  We should
> > start figuring out who will lead the activation and start making
> > contact with our humanitarian contacts regarding their likely
> > response.  Since Pierre and I are still on the ebola activation it
> > probably doesn't make sense for us to lead this one, but we can
> > certainly offer help/guidance to anyone interested in stepping up to
> > lead the HOT response.
> >
> > Fortunately we mapped a lot of the potentially affected area during
> > Haiyan, but this one looks to be swinging more to the north than that
> > one did.  That is good, since the map is pretty good in the north, but
> > bad because the reason the map is better is that is where most of the
> > population is.
> >
> > This is another opportunity to help out.  Let's get to it, and show
> > the world what we can do.  :)
> >
> > -AndrewBuck
> >
> >
> > On 12/03/2014 06:36 PM, Mark Cupitt wrote:
> >> Dear All
> >
> >> This 280kph Super Typhoon is headed to the Phillippines.  Expected
> >> to hit at the end of weekend north of Tacloban where Haiyan Hit. It
> >> is approximately the same intensity as Haiyan. This one is going to
> >> hurt
> >
> >> [image: Inline image 1]
> >
> >> Regards
> >
> >> Mark Cupitt
> >
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