[Talk-ht] [CrisisMappers] Tropical storm (Haiti) & Typhoon (Taiwan)

[Heather Leson]

HI all, Janie - I'll be in touch (off-list) about your deployment. Maybe
some of the Ushahidi community can assist you.

Heather


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On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jguilhem at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> I saw Kurt Jean-Charles this morning, and they are preparing for the storm
> with his team at Noula.ht (which has a local call center, with a short
> number, 177), in coordination with local actors, such as the Red Cross and
> Haitian authorities.
>
> He was going to make the announcement himself when they are ready, but I
> mention it now as it might be better to coordinate as early as possible and
> avoid duplication of efforts.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
> (currently in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
> Tel : +509 4362 4735 ;
> Skype : jeanguilhem
> Most people currently at Haiti Communitere are planning to move to Phil's
> apartment in Petionville for the storm, approximately there:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.507988&mlon=-72.28723&zoom=18&layers=M)
>
>
> Le 23/08/2012 12:59, Jaakko Helleranta.com a écrit :
>
> Good to hear that there's a crowdmap up and running for Isaac / Haiti.
> (Added HOT at osm to the list.)
>
>  I am in the country (have been here about two years) and have started to
> prepare to the storm with fellow-HOTties. As of now we are doing standard
> HOT preparations (locating equipment, mappers, checking up with local
> actors, continuing with checking OSM data (after the license change bot),
> etc). I have a team of local mappers who are helping out to ensure that we
> have the capacity to respond as needed.
>
>  The government has raised the alert level to red (the highest level).
>
>  It seems that while we may well get a major amount of water and possibly
> hurricane class winds and there's a possibility for heavy damage (rain of
> possibly 20-30 cm) it's also quite possible that the wind speeds may not
> pick up to total destruction levels.
> The humanitarian threat is real nevertheless to major with some 400,000
> people still in camps and a possible trajectory of the center of the storm
> that might cross right over this area..
>
>  Any other people in Haiti or working with / doing things related to the
> storm on these lists?
>
>  Links to the storm info:
> * Overview of things + links: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/cyclones/
> * Tropical Storm Force Wind Speed Probabilities (5 days):
> http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/060337.shtml?tswind120?large#contents
> * Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center:
> http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/115735.shtml?5day?large#contents
>
>  This just in:
> http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2012-08-23_hurricane_isaac_getting_to_haiti
>
>  Now off to personal preparations for the storm...
>
>  Regards from Haiti,
> -Jaakko
> http://osm.org/user/jaakkoh
>
>  --
> jaakko at helleranta.com * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +509-3726-9154
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Janie Desjardins <
> desjardinsjanie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon
>>
>> This is the one we will use in Haiti :
>> https://hurricaneisaachaiti.crowdmap.com/
>>
>> Have a good day
>>
>> Janie
>>
>> 2012/8/23, Patrick Meier (CrisisMappers) <patrick at crisismappers.net>:
>>  > Dear CrisisMappers,
>> >
>> > Anyone engaged in any crisis mapping preparations for these two incoming
>> > hazards? If so what, and can you share any links & info?
>> >
>> > Many thanks,
>> > Patrick
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