Act Of God ? OR Ill Will Of Man ?

Act Of
God ?
GI Talk – 17th Oct’14
OR
Ill Will
Of Man ?
Speaker - Amita Aggerwal
M.Tech-GI, Civil Dept
IIT Kanpur
Email: [email protected]
Disclaimer
This presentation is made solely to support the
passion and importance of GI talk.
The presenter today is still in her 1st semester, So any
misspelled jargon or any fully-not-known concept may
please be excused .
The slides have certain contents related to Govt.
I am not against Govt, I simply don’t agree with its ways.
P.S. It is not thesis defense so it has lots of pictures
 ENJOY 
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Contents
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Acts of God
Wait and think
Political Scenario
NDMA
How we are responsible
Will natural disasters increase
How people contribute sadistically
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Acts of God…..
WAIT and THINK !!
U all are very improved and intelligent mind … be it
my seniors , classmates or even the professors.
With the day –break we have issues like
• How to improve that Image enhancement Algo ?
• What I have to teach my dumb-head students
today ?
• Or in our case what assignment we have to submit
by 5:00 pm on ftp ?
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CARING ABOUT ONE LIFE ON MARS MORE THAN ABOUT THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE DYING ON OUR OWN EARTH
Book near and Book far away
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DO YOU REALLY EVEN CARE
READING ANY OTHER NEWS
ARTICLE RATHER THA
SACHIN???
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Even a professor
knows how to
proceed in
tackling the flood
using technology
but people in
position doesn’t
take the pain .
Intro. to remote sensing course slide by Prof Bharat Lohani , CE dept.– IIT Kanpur
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taken from - www.dailymail.co.uk
NDMA-Failing or Killing ??
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A project on disaster forecast, approved a decade ago, is a classic example. If
effective warning systems which were planned 10 years ago had been put in
place by now, the destruction in Uttarakhand could have been minimized.
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The Department of Space, had approved a disaster management programme
in 2003 and despite Rs 112 crore pumped in for various components of
disaster forecasting, the project has been put in cold storage.
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Other than these, NDMA projects such as earthquake, flood and landslide risk
mitigation have not even begun despite being approved in 2007. Either the
projects are abandoned midway or are incomplete for long.
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The nodal agency for disaster management failed to ensure that the mission
aimed at disaster forecasting is expedited. The body also failed miserably in
implementing its own projects such as the National Disaster Management
Informatics System and National Disaster Communication Network.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2351152/Disaster-management-projects-limboIndia-counting-cost-bureaucratic-apathy.html#ixzz3GNAioNDY
Necessity / Luxury
• "This is a necessity, not a luxury and it should have been in
place if it was conceived way back. This proves that disaster
management in India is a disaster in itself,"
- Former CEO of '108' Emergency Response Services in
Uttarakhand, Anup Nautiyal
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All hard work in vain !!
The disaster management programme aimed at providing quick
support and services by using hitech systems.
This included creating of :
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A digital database to identify hazard zones
Damage assessment
Monitoring natural disasters using satellite and aerial data
Establishing satellite-based reliable communication network
Deployment of emergency communication equipment.
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Clean Your Mess!!
What is my fault ??? – If politicians are bad at their work ???
REALLY??
At present, however, the international community cannot even
agree on whether human activities contribute to global warming,
let alone how to manage it. This situation calls to mind the
Biblical truth: “It does not belong to man . . . even to direct his
step.” (Jeremiah 10:23)
“We’re in the middle of a large uncontrolled experiment on the
only planet we have,” said an editorial on climate change
in Science magazine.
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What scholars say ???
• The devastation wrought by such natural disasters is "unnatural" in
origin, caused by ecologically destructive practices and an increasing
number of people living in harm's way.
• "By degrading forests, engineering rivers, filling in wetlands, and
destabilizing the climate, we are unraveling the strands of a complex
ecological safety net," said Senior Researcher and author of
Unnatural Disasters Janet Abramovitz. "We have altered so many
natural systems so dramatically, their ability to protect us from
disturbances is greatly diminished."
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POPULATION
More people are affected by natural disasters today because there
are more people in the world to be affected.
But beyond basic statistics, Natural disasters are getting more expensive
because more people are building more expensive infrastructure in areas
that are prone to natural disasters,
coastal areas
fire-prone forests
steep mountain slopes
riverbanks.
If populations in high-risk areas continue to climb and forests continue to decline,
there is little cause for optimism.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RisingCost/rising_cost3.php
Global warming – Just a
change in weather?
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STORM
Hurricane that slammed
into the island city of
Galveston, Texas, on
September 8, 1900. Storm
waves claimed nearly
12,000 lives and
demolished some 3,600
houses. In fact, not one
man-made structure in
Galveston remained
unscathed.
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Storms serve as massive heat exchangers,
helping to moderate the climate.
But when the temperature in the upper
level of the ocean—the “boiler room” of
the climate machine—exceeds about 80
degrees Fahrenheit [27°C], tropical storms
may acquire enough energy to become
cyclones, hurricanes, or
typhoons—regional names
for essentially the same
phenomena.
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FLOODS
Rising sea levels
According to an editorial in the journal Science, ―sea
levels have risen 10 to 20 centimeters [four to eight
inches] in the past century, and more is in store for us.‖
How might this be related to global warming?
2 possible mechanisms.
• Melting of land-based polar ice and glaciers, which
would add to the volume of the oceans.
• Thermal expansion—as oceans become warmer,
their volume increases.
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DEFORESTATION
In 2004, Haiti (an island nation with a high
population and a history of deforestation.)
when torrential rains occurred they caused mud
slides that claimed thousands of lives.
It can worsen drought by causing soil to dry out
more quickly
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EARTHQUAKES
―Earthquakes don’t kill people;
buildings do,‖
But what choice do people have
when they are too poor to build
earthquake-resistant structures?
Population density in high-risk
areas.
―Nearly half the world’s big cities
now lie in areas of seismic risk,‖
says author Andrew Robinson.
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VOLCANOES
Believe it or not Volcanoes are actually good – natural
disaster.
According to a University Web site, as much as ―90% of
all the continents and ocean basins are the product of
volcanism.‖
Again we are contributing to it by disturbing the earth
insides by extensive deep drilling and the overall change
in earth’s temperature .
Although they are deadly to a civilization, Yet it would
not be so deadly if the people heed the warning signs.
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Will Natural Disasters Increase?
In their World Disasters Report 2004,the International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies stated that :
During the past decade, geophysical and weather-related disasters
have increased by over 60 percent.
This was published before the catastrophic December 26 tsunamis in
the Indian Ocean
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Will Natural Disasters Increase?
Industrialized countries continue to pump ever more greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere.
According to an editorial in the journal Science , procrastinating on
emissions reduction
“is like refusing medication for a developing infection: It
guarantees that greater costs will have to be paid later.”
Pointing to those costs, a Canadian report on disaster mitigation
stated: “Climate change can be argued to be the most pervasive and
far-reaching environmental issue ever dealt with by the international
community.”
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Man-made decisions-affect the
severity of “natural” disasters.
• Lisbon earthquake of 1755,-killed 10,000 to 100,000 people
and destroyed the city . When Portugal rebuilt, all buildings
had to meet a strict building code. Deaths during earthquakes
decreased significantly.
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 led to a fire that
burned for three days-3,000 people died. The city rebuilt with
safer buildings, and when a similarly severe earthquake hit in
1989, an estimated 67 people died.
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Feasting the tragedy …
• Shopkeepers increase the price of even the basic necessities like food
and medicines.
• Transportation costs are sky high.
• Bad quality food with Ineffective chopper shower.
• “So-and-so Minister will survey the affected districts on this day from
AIR”
• “Generous aid of xyz lakhs to the family of the deceased”
• “Talks are going on”
• Epidemics strike ruthlessly on the already doomed people but that is
seen as a destined outcome rather than taking measures against it.
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People to contact in case
of a disaster
• Police
• Representatives of faith communities
• Media
• Fire and rescue services
• Action groups
• Emergency medical services
• Body recovery companies
• Social services
• Debriefing and counseling organizations
• Funeral directors
• Local authority emergency planning staff
• Voluntary bodies
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Future sustainability
The well-known French philosopher Voltaire wrote “Poem on the
Lisbon Disaster”
What crime, what sin, had those young hearts conceived
That lie, bleeding and torn, on mother’s breast?
Did fallen Lisbon deeper drink of vice
Than London, Paris, or sunlit Madrid?
In these men dance; at Lisbon yawns the
abyss.
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REFERENCES
• http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102005532
• http://www.google.com
• http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RisingCost
/rising_cost3.php
• http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapter
dbid/82179.html
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