To: ARCHITECTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: CONTACT: Susan Schneider, susan@flash.org, +1-847-438-4465
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Which U.S. city do we consider would redeem quickest in a eventuality of a serious earthquake? Memphis, Charleston, Seattle or Los Angeles?
In a modeled box investigate of these 4 cities, all located on vital U.S. error lines, Los Angeles (not a smaller cities) would transport a best on a relations basement since it's a better-built sourroundings with stronger seismic building codes and practices. Conversely, Memphis, would knowledge normal building repairs ratios 8 times incomparable than that of LA, and would knowledge scarcely 8 times a rate of deadly injuries.
Why? In healthy disasters of any kind, it's all about resiliency or a ability of a village to tarry and afterwards rebound behind from disaster --- and resiliency is directly associated to a peculiarity of a built environment, building codes and record of enforcement.
This and some-more is suggested in a new report: Impact 2011: Examining a Year of Catastrophes Through a Lens of Resiliency, combined by WeatherPredict Consulting Inc. on interest of a . The news examined both suppositious and genuine disasters to improved know how clever built environments underpin resilience.
The news concludes that in a context of history, 2011 was an barbarous year in terms of death, injuries and skill destruction, though goes on to indicate out that a story is still maturation as influenced communities possibly recover, sojourn discontinued or decay altogether.
"When people tarry and communities continue after disasters, it is since things were finished forward of time, on purpose to forestall repairs and loss," pronounced FLASH President and CEO Leslie Chapman-Henderson. "Resilience after disaster is not probable but adoption and coercion of modern, indication building codes. We contingency act now before a subsequent disaster strikes."
A Review of Major 2011 Events
The year began with floods and cyclones in Australia, and in a U.S. open flooding, serious hurricane activity, wildfires, a widely felt trembler and Hurricane Irene. Even as 2011 comes to a close, additional inauspicious events have unfolded in Thailand and again in Christchurch. Some of a many events analyzed in a news are listed below.
-- U.S. Groundhog Day snowstorm - 36 deaths/$2 billion -- Christchurch, New Zealand M6.3 trembler - 181 deaths/$25 billion -- Tohoku, Japan M9.0 trembler and tsunami - 15,703 deaths/4,647 missing/$300 billion -- U.S. tornadoes - 571 deaths/3,533 injuries/$24 billion -- Texas, New Mexico and Arizona wildfires - 6,000 structures lost/$9 billion -- Virginia M5.8 trembler - one of a largest in a segment - $91 million -- North Carolina to Vermont Hurricane Irene - 45 deaths/$7 to $10 billion "We know that 2011 was a record year for disasters," pronounced Chapman-Henderson. "What stays to be seen is either 2012 will a record year for recovery. The pivotal is resilience. Where there is resilience, liberation will follow --- and quickly."
For a duplicate of Impact 2011: Examining a Year of Catastrophes Through a Lens of Resiliency, revisit
About FLASH
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)(R), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is a country's heading consumer disciple for strengthening homes and defence families from healthy and manmade disasters. FLASH collaborates with some-more than 100 innovative and different partners that share a prophesy of creation America a some-more disaster-resistant republic including: BASF, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Florida Division of Emergency Management, The Home Depot(R), International Code Council, Kohler Power Systems, National Weather Service, RenaissanceRe, Simpson Strong-Tie(R), State Farm(R), USAA(R) and WeatherPredict Consulting Inc. In 2008, FLASH non-stop a interactive continue knowledge in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Learn some-more about FLASH and benefit entrance to a giveaway consumer resources by visiting or job (877) 221-SAFE (7233). Also, get timely reserve tips to safeguard that we and your family are always good stable from healthy and manmade disasters by subscribing to a FLASH blog - .
SOURCE Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc. - FLASH
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News referensi http://news.yahoo.com/flash-r-looks-2011-natural-disasters-lens-resiliency-100109932.html
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