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TOWARDS A NEW HAITI FIVE YEARS AFTER THE JANUARY 12, 2010 EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

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Page 1: 5th Anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake: 12 January 2010

TOWARDS A NEW HAITI

FIVE YEARS AFTER THE

JANUARY 12, 2010

EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

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M7.0 EARTHQUAKE

STRIKES HAITI

THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE’S

POOREST NATION HIT HARD

4:53 p.m.; JANUARY 12, 2010

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SOCIETAL IMPACTS

• The lives of 3 million Haitians were

adversely impacted.

• Over two hundred thousand deaths

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It was the largest quake ever

recorded in the area and the

first major one since a M6.7

temblor in 1984

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THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE AND

THE CARIBBEAN PLATE

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LOCATION

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SHALLOW HYPOCENTER

• The US Geological Survey reported

that the earthquake was centered

about 10 miles (16 km) west of Port-

au-Prince, with 1.8 million people in

the area at high risk.

• The quake’s shallow depth - about

5 miles (8 km), exacerbated damage.

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PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION IN A

NATION OF NINE MILLION

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A SPEED BUMP IN THE ROAD

TOWARDS A NEW HAITI

• The earthquake caused a tragic, long-

term interruption of the steady, but

SLOW, national development that was

finally beginning to happen.

• It is still be an incentive for raising a

NEW HAITI out of the debris and

destruction of January 12, 2010.

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THE PRESIDENT OF HAITI

• The President took control of

the historic emergency

response needs and the

international assistance

activities.

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PRIORITY ONE WAS SAVING

HAITIAN LIVES

• Search and rescue activities, which

started immediately with the efforts

of individual survivors working

without equipment, were

augmented as quickly as possible

with experts and heavy equipment.

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MEDICAL CARE

• A major concern was how to care

for the homeless and injured

Haitians and how and where to

provide temporary housing for

them.

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BUILDING DAMAGE

• No modern construction standards

had been implemented for years

because of political instability, so

• - - - Thousands of buildings (e.g.,

houses, businesses, schools,

prisons, hospitals) were damaged

or collapsed by the ground

shaking.

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THE US EMBASSY

• The US Embassy, which was

constructed in accordance with a

modern building code, survived

with very little damage, while other

buildings in the vicinity collapsed.

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OFFICES OF THE UNITED

NATIONS

• The building housing United

Nations personnel collapsed,

killing the Head of the UN’s Peace

Keeping Force, and others.

• 100 UN workers impacted.

• The UN’s humanitarian assistance

was slowed, but not stopped.

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COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING;

PORT AU PRINCE

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DEATH TOLL REACHED TWO

HUNDRED THOUSAND+

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DAMAGE TO HOUSES ON

HILLSIDE: PORT AU PRINCE

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DAMAGE TO HOUSES ON

HILLSIDE: PORT AU PRINCE

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EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE TO

HOMES: PORT AU PRINCE

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EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE TO

HOMES: PORT AU PRINCE

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EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE TO

HOMES: PORT AU PRINCE

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EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE:

PORT AU PRINCE

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SOCIETAL IMPACTS:

PUBLIC BUILDINGS

• Numerous public buildings were

destroyed, including: a hospital,

the Presidential Palace, the

parliament building, the Finance

Ministry, The Public Works

Ministry, the Palace of Justice, and

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-

Prince (the national cathedral).

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AFTER THE QUAKE: CATHEDRAL

BADLY DAMAGED

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AFTER THE QUAKE: THE

PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

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INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE

• Power was knocked out.

• Communication was disrupted.

• Utility service was interrupted.

• Roads were damaged.

• The airport’s control tower was

badly damaged.

• The port was damaged.

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DAMAGED ROADS

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TOUSSANT L’OUVERATURE

AIRPORT: PORT AU PRINCE

• The airport’s communication tower

was damaged in the earthquake.

• An operational runway was

receiving military transports with

supplies the next day.

• The airport’s “normal” day of 25

flights quickly became more than

50 flights.

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TOUSSANT L’OUVERATURE

AIRPORT

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PORT DAMAGE

• Piers were broken.

• Cranes were overturned.

• Containers were toppled.

• Debris was everywhere.

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PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS

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PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE

STREET: JANUARY 12

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TRAFFIC JAMS HINDER SEARCH

AND RESCUE; JAN 14

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SEARCH AND RESCUE

UNDERWAY: JAN 13

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SEARCH AND RESCUE IN A

SCHOOL BY INDIVIDUALS: JAN 13

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SURVIVORS RECEIVING WATER:

JAN 14

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EVACUATION OF INJURED:

JAN 13

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SURVIVORS SLEEPING IN

TENTS: JANUARY 15

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INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

• The USA provided immediate

assistance (e.g., financial,

technical, logistical, security,

search and rescue teams, and

damage assessment) at the

request of Haiti’s President.

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US AIRCRAFT CARRIER CARL

VINSON ARRIVING IN HAITI

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INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

• Within hours to a few days, other

nations (e.g., Cuba, Dominion

Republic, Venezuela, Mexico,

Taiwan, Spain, Italy, UK, China,

etc.) provided assistance in a

variety of ways and quantities.

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INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

• International NGO’s responded

immediately (e.g., Catholic

Relief Services, World Vision,

International Red Cross,

Doctors Without Borders, The

Salvation Army, Samaritan’s

Purse, etc.,).

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE

DEPARTMENT: TO ASSIST

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A DOG IS PART OF THE TEAM

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TIAWAN SEARCH AND RESCUE

TEAM: TO ASSIST

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BRITISH SEARCH AND RESCUE

TEAM: TO ASSIST

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SPANISH SEARCH AND

RESCUE TEAM WITH 9 DOGS

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FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA

S AND R TEAM: TO ASSIST

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INFECTUOUS DISEASES

FEARED

• In addition to the two hundred

thousand+ deaths and injuries

and the shortage and

contamination of water,

another fear was the onset of

diseases such as malaria.

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FIVE YEARS LATER:

still moving towards a new

Haiti

OVER $1 BILLION RAISED BY

INTERNATIONAL DONORS

RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS

STILL UNDERWAY

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THE GOALS:

• Rebuilding Haiti in a way that gives

Haitians a chance to recover quickly

and become self-sufficient and

disaster resilient.

• Balancing Science, Engineering, the

Political Process, and Reality

Page 53: 5th Anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake: 12 January 2010

REALITY

Haiti is located in a geographic area

prone to disasters caused by

earthquakes, hurricanes, floods,

and landslides

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SCIENCE

AND ENGINEERING

• Implementation of the seismic design

provisions of a modern building code

and modern lifeline standards is urgent

to prevent widespread damage to

residences, and commercial and

government buildings in future

earthquakes.

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POLITICAL: TOWARDS A

NEW HAITI

Break the poverty cycle for

Haitians through innovative

job creation and training

programs.

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TOWARDS A NEW HAITI

Develop Haitian business enterprise

that is adept in finding innovative

ways to lift Haitians out of the

poverty cycle by exporting services

within the Caribbean basin.

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TOWARDS A NEW HAITI

Use education and training, each

with a relevant curriculum, to

penetrate all sectors of Haitian

Society and equip children and

adults alike for a future that includes

living with earthquakes, hurricanes,

etc.

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TOWARDS A NEW HAITI

Create a Haitian Academy of

Science, Engineering, and

Medicene to function as an

“institute without walls” during

recovery and reconstruction.

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TOWARDS A NEW HAITI

Adopt and implement a

modern building code and

lifeline standards with

seismic design provisions

that are appropriate for Haiti.

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TOWARDS A NEW HAITI

Build professional capacity

for urban planning, siting,

design, and construction

through continuous

“training.”