[Talk-us] Hurricane Irma - Puerto Rico

Marc Gemis marc.gemis at gmail.com
Thu Sep 7 05:43:31 UTC 2017


The hot task manager http://tasks.hotosm.org/ already lists 4 tasks :
3499, 3501, 3502 and 3504

regards

m.

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Jordan Brod <jordan.brod at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I was curious if anybody was planning to do a response similar to what was
> done in the Houston area for Puerto Rico (technically part of the US) in
> regards to Irma.  From looking at the map San Juan looks to be well mapped
> but the other areas seem to be lacking in building footprints.  The reason I
> ask is that with Puerto Rico being a commonwealth / unincorporated territory
> of the U.S. and not a state I don't know what kind of attention they will
> receive from FEMA or any of the other federal disaster departments, and if
> they are really hamstrung on data we might be able to offer assistance.  I
> don't think HOT will do an activation for Puerto Rico since they are part of
> the U.S. even if not an official state, and from the looks of the current
> response they are only activating for islands that have requested their
> help.
>
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