HAVE WE FINALLY FOUND THE ELUSIVE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION?

1. HAVE WE FINALLY FOUND THE ELUSIVE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION? DR. Walter Hays GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

2. MY ANSWER (BASED ON 40 YEARS OF GLOBAL DISASTERS) Is YES

3. BACKGROUND

4. HAZARD MAPS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • POLICIES / PRACTICES: • PROTECTION • PREPAREDNESS • EARLY WARNING • EM. RESPONSE • RECOVERY & RECONSTUCT INTEGRATED GOALS RISK ASSESSMENT ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK DISASTER RESILIENCE YOUR COMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

5. THE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE Creates The ForceField That Causes Matter To Have Mass And Make Things Happen • Creates The Influence Field That Causes People To Form A Critical Mass And Make Cities Disaster Resilient

6. THE “HIGGS BOSON” PARTICLE IS THE GOD PARTICLE - - - ----The Particle In The Invisible World That Creates The ForceField That Causes Matter to Have Mass And Make Things Happen

7. THE “HIGGS BOSON” PARTICLE OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IS THE PERSON -- ---- In The Visible World Who Creates The Influence Field That Causes People to Form A Critical Mass And Make Disaster Prone Cities Become Disaster Resilient

8. QUESTION--- ARE YOUAHIGGS BOSON PERSON FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION?

9. “YOU ARE”--- IF • You have become a multi-dimensional KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATOR developing a city-specific knowledge base needed for disaster resilience

10. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS DURING THE 1970’S AND 1980’S A Focus on Programs for Individual Natural Hazards and Windows of Opportunity

11. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”1970’S AND 1980’S • GILBERT WHITE • JOANNE NIGG • TED ALGERMISSEN • KARL STEINBRUGGE • FOURNIER D’ABLE

12. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”1970’S AND 1980’S • HARESH SHAH • TSUNEO KATAYAMA • FAROUK TEBBAL • VIT KARNIK

13. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS DURING THE 1990’S A Focus on The International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction and All Hazards

14. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”1990’S • FRANK PRESS • GEORGE HOUSNER • 188 NATIONAL COMMITTEES (MEN AND WOMEN PARTICIPANTS IN THE IDNDR) • UN AGENCY EXPERTS

15. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS DURING 2000-2012 A Focus on The International Strategy For Disaster Reduction and INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

16. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”2000’S—2010’S • UN - ISDR • GLOBAL RISK FORUM (GRF’s History is too short at present) • THE G-20– (for the future)

17. IT IS TIME TO START PLANNING FOR THE DRD[DISASTER RESILIENCE DIVIDEND]AUGUST 26, 2012

18. THE DISASTER RESILIENCE DIVIDEND The DRD is HEALTH on a global scale

19. "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-beingand not merely the absence of disease or infirmity“ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

20. GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL SURGES:A WAY TO CAUSE A PARADIGM SHIFT FROM DISASTER PRONE TO DISASTER RESILIENCE TO GLOBAL HEALTH DURING THE 21ST CENTURY

21. LINKED SURGES A GLOBAL RESOURCE A GLOBAL PLATFORM KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE DISASTER RESILIENCE FOR COMMUNITIES CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DISASTER LABORATORIES ISLAND NATIONS PARTNERS: EDUCATIONAL SURGES SUBSAHARA AFRICA REGION PARTNERS: - Strategic Interactions - LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION PARTNERS: CAPACITY BUILDING EUROPEAN REGION PARTNERS: PRIMERS MEDITERRANEAN REGION PARTNERS: MEETINGS ASIAN REGION PARTNERS: TURNING POINTS FOR CHANGE NORTH AMERICAN REGION PARTNERS:

22. NON-DISASTER RESILIENCE

23. CHARACTERISTICS OF A NON-DISASTER-RESILIENT CITY UN—PROTECTED, or UN—PREPARED, or UN—WARNED, or UN--ABLE TO RESPOND, or UN—”PEPPER--ED”

24. UN—PROTECTED

25. COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING; PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI: MARCH 10, 2010

26. COLLAPSED BUILDINGS: BEICHUAN, CHINA; MAY 12, 2008

27. UN—PREPARED

28. VARZAGHAN, IRAN: AUGUST 15, 2012

29. OVER 600 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCE BLACKOUTS:JULY 2012

30. TRASH FROM THE MARCH 11, 2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI; JULY 2012

31. FANGSHAN DISTRICT, BEIJING, CHINA: JULY 25, 2012

32. UN—WARNED

33. KRYMSK, RUSSIA: FLASH FLOOD; JULY 8, 2012

34. BANDA ACHE, INDONESIA TSUNAMI: DECEMBER 26, 2004 • 230,000 died mainly as the result of inadequate warning

35. CYCLONE NARGISH: MYANMAR; MARCH 12, 2009 • 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BECAUSE THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA PREVENTED EARLY WARNING AND DELIVERY OF INTERNATIONAL AID

36. NEVADA DEL RUIZ, COLOMBIA: 1989 • 24,000.DIED IN ARMERO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL WARNING.

37. UN--ABLE TO RESPOND

38. L’AQUILLA, ITALY EARTHQUAKE; APRIL 6, 2009

39. WENCHUAN, CHINA; EARTHQUAKE LAKE: MAY 31, 2008

40. WENCHUAN, CHINA: MAY 32, 2008

41. HURRICANE STAN: OCTOBER 2005 • DEVASTATING MUDSLIDESWERE TRIGGERED BY PROLONGED, HEAVY PRECIPITATION.

42. SEARCH AND RESCUE AFTER HURRICANE STAN: OCTOBER 2005 • WHEN A MUDSLIDE BURIES A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE BECOMES VERY URGENT.

43. KOCALEI, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE: AUGUST 1999 • MASS CARE PROVIDES A SAFETY NET FOR THE HOMELESS DURING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERIOD.

44. KOCALEI, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE:AUGUST1999 • A “TENT CITY” PROVIDES TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS DURING RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION

45. LOMA PRIETA, CA EARTHQUAKE FIRE AND POWER OUTAGES: OCT.,1989 • M7.1 • 63 DEAD • FIRE IN MARINA DISTRICT • WIDE SPREAD LOSS OF POWER • 1 BILLION INSURED LOSS

46. SAN FERNANDO, CA EARTHQUAKE: FEB., 1971 • LOWERING THE WATER LEVEL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE PREVENTED FLOODING IN LOS ANGELES.

47. UN—”PEPPER--ED”

48. WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE: MAY 12, 2008 • 88,000 DEAD • 30,000 INJURED • 300,000 HOMELESS • 25 MILLION BUILDINGS DAMAGED • 45 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED

49. MANAGUA, NICARAGUA EARTHQUAKE: FEB, 1972 • 10,000 DEAD; 20,000 INJURED; 300,000 HOMELESS • NEAR TOTAL DISRUPTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION • POLITICAL CHAOS • CITY RELOCATED

50. LOMA PRIETA, CA EARTHQUAKE: OCTOBER 17, 1989 • M7.1 • 63 DEAD • COLLAPSE AND LOSS OF FUNCTION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE • $ 1 BILLION INSURED LOSS