Volcanoes, Earthquakes & any kind of flood, if you’re caught up in natural disasters like these you could be in trouble!

But what of the Tropical Cyclonic storm?

I believe there’s a way we CAN BEAT NATURE!

How?

With architecture - with what I’ve euphemistically called TELESCOPIC BUILDINGS!
See this clip:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs - Have you finished laughing yet?
The main building in this clip - called Marineville http://stingray.sfdaydreams.com/
(scroll to bottom) along with other models in the classic kids hit TV show are able to move up and down beneath the ground.

With properly watertight hatches couldn’t this be the answer to hurricanes and typhoons?

Isn’t the real challenge though, to ’scale’ the whole thing up & create designs we can economically mass produce? After all, we’ve been using lifts IN buildings for a very long time now - can’t we take it a step further & somehow actually make buildings INTO LIFTS to save lives during storms?
One interesting answer so far:-

1. The mass of the buildings could be solved with scale. I.E. R+D should be started with say, a small ground floor apartment.

2. As to the speed of the lifts - surely that would be dependent on gearing and similar type factors - and does it have to be fast? Normally there’s some sort of warning of a storm, which gives ‘preparation’ time that people already use now, when they nail down boards over their windows etc., thus enabling building descent time.
3. The weight issue, it seemed to me that alot of the elevating platforms featured in the various Gerry Anderson puppet shows did have a basis in fact, just needing the right kind of R+D associated with problems of scale.

3. As to anchoring a buiding securely - I have seen programmes on the TV where whole buildings have been relocated - the R+D starts there!

4. As to the water table issue - if the ‘basement’ walls and floor were made of concrete, surely this would give the necessary integrity!

Please understand, I am in no way an alarmist nor raise my voice to steer anyone in the incorrect direction, but I see something that has recently occurred that has me really concern in the short and long term sense.
The most recent oil rig disaster in the Gulf off the American coast seems to be looked upon in a blasé fashion. What I mean is doesn’t you the citizens of the world know what the true short and long term ramifications of what is occurring, what is going to happen because of the incompetence of one of the worlds biggest greed mongers.
People who have gone out to help with the clean up, the fishermen, shrimpers, and Joe American found themselves becoming extremely sick, that they were told that they needed to wear hazmat suits while doing the clean up of bacteria ridden oil that has been trapped in the earth for millions of years.
Don’t you realize that within 9 to 14 months this oil spill, I mean the continuous oil flood will have circumnavigated the earth in some form or the other carrying God only knows what new diseases that have been trapped for millions of years, propagating, multiplying and morphing in the stew pot of protein the oceans has to offer as one giant Petri dish; bacteria that very well could have been the very device that could have wiped out the dinosaurs. Bacteria that could be easily be spread much quicker inland by just one hurricane and across the globe, and you have BP who seems not to know their [jack] ass from a hole in the ground, in solo control of this mess.
You may think, we pump oil out of the ground all over the earth and nothing has happened yet; yes this is true but the difference is that the oil is in a closed system, and is kept under wraps all through its processes of breaking it down [cracking] into the products we all use. People get sick when exposed to crude oil really sick and cases of cancer in the short term have been documented from the date of contact.
We bitch and complain and point our fingers at the government for its lack of action while BP hides behind policies that have been put in place by those who protect big business rather it be Democrat or Republican, when we all throughout this planet need to stand up and I mean stand up now and protest in masses about this whole mess. Brother and Sisters put aside your indifference’s and make your voice heard. To quote an old line in a movie, we are damn mad and we ain’t going to take it anymore. Pick up the phone; go on line, walk, drive or bike to the local political parties or officials and voice you anger. Boycott BP; don’t buy gasoline or any other product from them, send them a clear and indisputable message that we as the human race will not supply your coffers with the fodder your greedy corporation feeds upon until this mess is 100% taken care of , then watch how fast it gets fixed.
Heck, take a few of those fat cat BP executives and shoot them into the well head that should quickly plug it up.
Voice your positive or negative concerns, all answers will be appreciated; don’t delay act now or parish in the future.

Volcanoes, Earthquakes & any kind of flood, if you’re caught up in natural disasters like these you’re in dire straits!

But what of the Tropical Cyclonic storm?

I believe there’s a way we CAN BEAT NATURE!

How?

With architecture - with what I’ve euphemistically called TELESCOPIC BUILDINGS - watch this clip:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs - have you finished laughing yet?
The main building in this clip - called http://stingray.sfdaydreams.com/ (scroll down along with other models in the classic kids hit TV show are able to move themselves up and down beneath the ground.

Surely this is the answer to hurricanes and typhoons isn’t it?
But what of the cost I hear you say?

Isn’t that the real challenge? To ’scale’ the whole thing up & create a design we can mass produce? After all, we’ve been using lifts in buildings for a very long time now - can’t we take it a step further & somehow actually make buildings INTO LIFTS to save precious lives?
This question is principally aimed at those poor sods who suffered that horrendous tornado in Enterprise, Alabama; where I believe they lost the roof to their school - just imagine a telescopic school!!

What about people ? Is it possible you engineers and architects out there could design buildings that could adapt to bad weather such as this?

Surely the bottom-line is - if your homes and schools and office and maybe whole factories etc., aren’t on the SURFACE when one of these cyclonic events happens, then we can protect our buildings as apposed having to keep rebuilding them everytime a storm hits?
deeohhgee I suppose being a fully paid up member of the Moral Coward Society i.e. someone who doesn’t display an IM or Email address goes hand in hand with not reading the question properly - I think your find I covered the FLOODING aspect in the first two lines of my question, but just for you -" any kind of flood, if you’re caught up in natural disasters like these you’re in dire straits!" and as far as it being a ‘bug’ in my idea, don’t we have submarines then with hermetically sealed doors and hatches ?

Making the underground area in which a building would lower into water tight, I would have thought would be a relatively simple thing to achieve - where I feel the real challenge would be - as I previously said in the question, would be to make any such venture affordable, especially on a mass produced scale !

No one can predict a natural disaster or world crisis. When a hurricane or flood or a pandemic strikes a country, who is most likely to respond first? Which economic system is the best solution to handling a crisis of epic proportion?

What advantages might a socialist system have in responding to the needs of people struck by an emergency situation like the earthquake that occurred in Haiti in January, 2010?

When disasters hit an area, the cost of everything seems to go up immediately: food, water, housing, gas and so forth. Explain why this phenomenon may be a good thing, using the laws of supply and demand to explain your answer.

List your references according to APA guidelines in the space below. You are required to use at least one outside source to support your viewpoint, and this source can be the textbook.

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Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there became a strong concern in this country
about our ability to cope with natural disasters. Due to the expensive cost of
acquiring detailed data about the hazard before, during and after the event, many
agencies are putting systems forth to allow citizens affected by the events to
contribute details about their surroundings. This may be in the form of data sent
over a mobile phone, or Internet connection to a PC. Please weigh in your thoughts
about using this system as a method of coping with natural disasters by taking this
brief survey.
* 1. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
Yes
No
2.
Which of the following hazards have you experienced?
Flood
Hurricane
Earthquake
Fire
Tornado
None
3.
About at what intensity did the disaster occur?
Very low
low
moderate
high
very high
* 4.
Did you have access to the internet following the event
Yes
No
5.
As the event passed, did you feel that adequate updates about the hazard were
provided to affected citizens?
Yes
No
* 6.
Following the event, did you feel coherent enough that you would be able to
communicate in detail about your surroundings?
Yes
No
* 7.
Have you ever contributed Geospatial Information about a hazard or extreme event
online? (Through Google Earth, USGS website, Weather channel, etc..)
Yes
No
* 8.
Do you have any experience using a GPS system?
Yes
No
* 9.
Do you feel that your community has an adequate emergency response system in
place for the onset of natural disasters?
Yes
No
10.
Do you feel that GIS and Remote Sensing is a very appropriate way of coping with a
natural disaster before, during and after the onset of a natural hazard
Yes
No

Do you want to;
Commit to be baptized by water and by the spirit?
Pay a 10% tithing of your gross income?
Go on a two year mission at your expense?
Participate in a welfare project such a a farm or dairy, etc
Visit two or three assigned members once a month and report if they have a need?
Fast two meals a month and give the cost to a fast offering fund?
Take an assignment such as Bishop (Pastor) scout master, class teacher, etc, at your expense?
Spend a three hour session each week in a worship and study period?
Visit two or three assigned members once a month and report if they have a need?
Store a two years supply of food to share in case of a flood or hurricane?
Belong the the Relief Society (for women) and give aid to the poor?
Hold the Priesthood (for men) so you can bless the sick, etc.?
The list goes on, but so do the blessings.

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there became a strong concern in this country
about our ability to cope with natural disasters. Due to the expensive cost of
acquiring detailed data about the hazard before, during and after the event, many
agencies are putting systems forth to allow citizens affected by the events to
contribute details about their surroundings. This may be in the form of data sent
over a mobile phone, or Internet connection to a PC. Please weigh in your thoughts
about using this system as a method of coping with natural disasters by taking this
brief survey.

* 1. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
Yes
No
2.
Which of the following hazards have you experienced?
Flood
Hurricane
Earthquake
Fire
Tornado
None
3.
About at what intensity did the disaster occur?
Very low
low
moderate
high
very high
* 4.
Did you have access to the internet following the event
Yes
No
5.
As the event passed, did you feel that adequate updates about the hazard were
provided to affected citizens?
Yes
No
* 6.
Following the event, did you feel coherent enough that you would be able to
communicate in detail about your surroundings?
Yes
No
* 7.
Have you ever contributed Geospatial Information about a hazard or extreme event
online? (Through Google Earth, USGS website, Weather channel, etc..)
Yes
No
* 8.
Do you have any experience using a GPS system?
Yes
No
* 9.
Do you feel that your community has an adequate emergency response system in
place for the onset of natural disasters?
Yes
No
10.
Do you feel that GIS and Remote Sensing is a very appropriate way of coping with a
natural disaster before, during and after the onset of a natural hazard
Yes
No

What state are you located in?

Thank you for your contribution

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there became a strong concern in this country
about our ability to cope with natural disasters. Due to the expensive cost of
acquiring detailed data about the hazard before, during and after the event, many
agencies are putting systems forth to allow citizens affected by the events to
contribute details about their surroundings. This may be in the form of data sent
over a mobile phone, or Internet connection to a PC. Please weigh in your thoughts
about using this system as a method of coping with natural disasters by taking this
brief survey.

* 1. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
Yes
No
2.
Which of the following hazards have you experienced?
Flood
Hurricane
Earthquake
Fire
Tornado
None
3.
About at what intensity did the disaster occur?
Very low
low
moderate
high
very high
* 4.
Did you have access to the internet following the event
Yes
No
5.
As the event passed, did you feel that adequate updates about the hazard were
provided to affected citizens?
Yes
No
* 6.
Following the event, did you feel coherent enough that you would be able to
communicate in detail about your surroundings?
Yes
No
* 7.
Have you ever contributed Geospatial Information about a hazard or extreme event
online? (Through Google Earth, USGS website, Weather channel, etc..)
Yes
No
* 8.
Do you have any experience using a GPS system?
Yes
No
* 9.
Do you feel that your community has an adequate emergency response system in
place for the onset of natural disasters?
Yes
No
10.
Do you feel that GIS and Remote Sensing is a very appropriate way of coping with a
natural disaster before, during and after the onset of a natural hazard
Yes
No

What state are you located in?

Alrighty, I’ll be creating topics within the next few months basically every time something stronger than a tropical wave (storms or hurricanes) poses a serious threat to Barbados. I might do it also within the other Caribbean countries depending on how much i like the particular island.

I’m not a meteorologist nor am i a God. So please listen to bulletins regular along and our local meteorologist. The info i put up is subject to errors and flaws and is not intended to be used as a safety bible. I’m however gonna interpret what i see on weather maps, computer simulators, provide links and give the best possible advice i could.

I’ll advice everyone though to find out who’s in charge of your zoning area for the district emergency organisations just incase of an emergency you would know where to go and who to contact..

Also Subscribing to www.barbadosweather.org a good idea it sends u live updates of when the island is under a flood watch, hurricane watch etc and it also sends you updates every time the weather changes. *which is pretty damn regular* so beware of alot of emails.

It’s an informative post so if anyone have any questions feel free to ask me.
Nice article Adela
To voting it goes!!!

My 3rd time asking a question now..
OK i don’t believe in it but i simply have a assignment draft its a feature article and it photo of a car and flood and a storm and fire and map of the world
I thoughts id include about the beliefs of whatever the people are in it but every time i asked about Jehovah witness and Mayans i was told it isn’t them so now i am wondering who is it… i was told it was it was Jehovah witness but yeah maybe the person who told me didn’t give me correct information
If i cant figure it out i guess i am going to have change my whole feature article ;\

Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following would protect against a flood?

Homes/Shelter

Dams

Sirens

TV

Question 11 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

A hurricane is getting stronger if

The pressure in the eye is increasing

The pressure in the eye is remaining the same

The pressure in the eye is dropping

It is impossible to tell

Question 15 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

How does the jet stream influence global weather?

The jet stream moves weather from one place to another.

Thunderstorms are produced by the jet stream.

Hurricanes are produced by the jet stream.

Tornadoes are produced by the jet stream.

Question 21 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is a benefit of the atmosphere?

The atmosphere provides us with water to drink.

The atmosphere provides the soil with nutrients.

The atmosphere provides warmth.

The atmosphere provides food.

Question 22 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

How does the ocean influence global weather patterns?

Places that are located near the ocean are warmer.

Places that are located near the ocean are colder.

Places that are located near the ocean have a more constant temperature throughout the year.

The ocean does not affect the global weather.

Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following would protect against a flood?

Homes/Shelter

Dams

Sirens

TV

Question 11 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

A hurricane is getting stronger if

The pressure in the eye is increasing

The pressure in the eye is remaining the same

The pressure in the eye is dropping

It is impossible to tell

Question 15 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

How does the jet stream influence global weather?

The jet stream moves weather from one place to another.

Thunderstorms are produced by the jet stream.

Hurricanes are produced by the jet stream.

Tornadoes are produced by the jet stream.

Question 21 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following is a benefit of the atmosphere?

The atmosphere provides us with water to drink.

The atmosphere provides the soil with nutrients.

The atmosphere provides warmth.

The atmosphere provides food.

Question 22 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

How does the ocean influence global weather patterns?

Places that are located near the ocean are warmer.

Places that are located near the ocean are colder.

Places that are located near the ocean have a more constant temperature throughout the year.

The ocean does not affect the global weather.

recently , More than 200 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes due to flooding in and around metropolitan manila in the philiines.
The tropical storm Ondoy , was dropping a month’s worth of rain in just 12 hours and have affected a quarter of metropolitan Manila , as well as some 24 provinces around the country . The government of the philippines suggested the 1.8 million people affected by the storm and subsequent flooding .
Like usual floods, dirty water from flood is all over there which can cause several serious diseases for especially children . poor people in the area damaged the worst and they
try to rebuild and clean up with the very little they have . All the garbage came down the river and was dumped into trees , and on top of houses .
So what should we do exactly ?
as I said , everything is destroyed and these people have lost everything . The lack of safe water is a major health concern and could lead to disease .But there is what you
can do for this really simply . think about donating to the UNICEF . now UNICEF is closely involved in delivering relief to displaced families , including hygiene kits , essential medicines , water purification tablets ,portable toilets , and family kits containing blankets and soap . and you can get involved through donation. It’s emergency . All they need is help , not just concerning or watching tv . You may wonder how to donate to the UNICEF , Just go to the website www.unicef.org and push the donate button .
It’s easy and simple but you can save poor children and family who is suffering from floods . thank you .
I think the part ‘ why do we have to donate for philippines ‘ is too weak . I even don’t know why ..
because philippines are poor country ? help me ..

35 Wind may affect ______.

a) rates of water loss
b) pollen dispersal
c) patterns of plant growth
d) all of these

43 Why might introduced species flourish in their nonnative habitat?

a) Nonnative species are usually larger than native species.
b) The nonnative habitat may lack predators that recognize the introduced species as prey.
c) The nonnative habitat may lack species that compete with the introduced species.
d) The nonnative species may quickly evolve mutualistic relationships with native pathogens.

47 Which of these factors operates in a density-dependent manner?

a) hurricane
b) food supply
c) volcanic eruption
d) flood

49 A movement corridor ?

a) is the path most commonly used by an animal within its home range
b) unites otherwise isolated patches of quality habitat for a species
c) is always some natural component of the environment
d) is always beneficial to a species

Volcanoes, Earthquakes & any kind of flood, if you’re caught up in natural disasters like these you’re in dire straits!

But what of the Tropical Cyclonic storm?

I believe there’s a way we CAN BEAT NATURE!

How?

With architecture - with what I’ve euphemistically called TELESCOPIC BUILDINGS - watch this clip:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs - have you finished laughing yet?
The main building in this clip - called http://stingray.sfdaydreams.com/ (scroll down along with other models in the classic kids hit TV show are able to move themselves up and down beneath the ground.

Surely this is the answer to hurricanes and typhoons isn’t it?
But what of the cost I hear you say?

Isn’t that the real challenge? To ’scale’ the whole thing up & create a design we can mass produce? After all, we’ve been using lifts in buildings for a very long time now - can’t we take it a step further & somehow actually make buildings INTO LIFTS to save precious lives?
This question is principally aimed at those poor sods who suffered that horrendous tornado in Enterprise, Alabama; where I believe they lost the roof to their school - just imagine a telescopic school!!

What about people ? Is it possible you engineers and architects out there could design buildings that could adapt to bad weather such as this?

Surely the bottom-line is - if your homes and schools and office and maybe whole factories etc., aren’t on the SURFACE when one of these cyclonic events happens, then we can protect our buildings as apposed having to keep rebuilding them everytime a storm hits?

Tropical Storm Fay stalled while passing over the Treasure Coast region of south Florida, causing extensive flooding. This is a quick informal look at the efforts made to evacuate residents.

Volcanoes, Earthquakes & any kind of flood, if you’re caught up in natural disasters like these you could be in trouble!

But what of the Tropical Cyclonic storm?

I believe there’s a way we CAN BEAT NATURE!

How?

With architecture - with what I’ve euphemistically called TELESCOPIC BUILDINGS!
See this clip:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs
Have you finished laughing yet?
The main building in this clip - called Marineville http://stingray.sfdaydreams.com/
(scroll to bottom) along with other models in the classic kids hit TV show are able to move up & down beneath the ground.

With properly watertight hatches couldn’t this be the answer to damage caused by these storms?

Isn’t the real challenge though, to ’scale’ the whole thing up & create designs we can economically mass produce? After all, we’ve been using lifts IN buildings for a very long time now - can’t we take it a step further & somehow actually make buildings INTO LIFTS to save lives during storms!
There is also the point that if these ‘telescopic buildings’ could be made somehow, then if there was a future war where missiles were being used either conventional or nuclear, then there might be some modicum of protection to people where there wouldn’t be otherwise!

Hurricane Kenna slammed into Mexico on 25th October 2002 - rarely seen footage of natures fury full details of Kenna are on my website www.emergency.co.nz

Update 9-28-2009 MANILA — Tropical storm Ondoy (international code name Ketsana) has continued on Sunday to move farther away from the country after badly affecting several parts of the Philippines, particularly Metro Manila and provinces of Bulacan and Rizal. Weather agency Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) said that, as of 10 pm, Ondoy was already 560 kilometers west of Iba, Zambales with maximum winds of 110 kilometers per hour near the canter and gustiness of 140 kph. Ondoy is forecast to be at 880 kilometers west of Iba, Zambales by Monday evening. The tropical storm has left nearly 100 people dead and at least 50 people missing. According to the National Disaster Coordinating Council, Ondoy has affected more than 300000 people mostly in NCR, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Region IV-A, and Region III. Nearly 60000 people were already evacuated to at least 118 centers. Additional Keywords: ondoy ketsana philppines phillipines philipines filipines filipino flood flooding manila luzon rain waters stranded victims dead injured cristine reyes celebrity story related news

When food, fuel, power are scarce and expensive. When the sea water will rise between 7 to 43 meter. When hurricane, tornadoes, flood and drought will increase in intensity and reduce our habitat and food supply to a dangerous level. When population increase to 9 Billion. What do we need to do? and Would we able to do something about it or it is no longer humanly possible to correct? Read Luke 21 about the sign of the coming of the Creator for Overhaul job of the earth.

well, you all know that hurricane hannah(montana) is heading for the east coast, they are predicting 80 mph winds, strong rain, tropical storm warning, and flood watch,and possible tornado warnings….. yea , i know, right, its crazy. what should i do?

EXCLUSIVE HURRICANE BILL FOOTAGE MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION from south shore Nova Scotia

MANY DISASTER TAKES PLACE LIKE EARTH QUAKE, TSUNAMI, FLOOD, TEC. I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO SET UP THE RELIEF CAMP IN THOSE AREAS, PLANNING, ORGANISING AND CONDUCTING

disaster like a flood or tornado? A bunch of my friends and I were discussing high school and our year books and one friend said everything from her childhood was lost in a house fire. I felt bad for her. All her photos and things that meant so much to her. She is the second person I’ve met whose home were destroyed.

How about close calls too?