Tag: Alerting

  • Extending SAMBRO for HydroMet Warnings in Nepal

    Extending SAMBRO for HydroMet Warnings in Nepal

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    Biplov Bhandari
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    Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) has been accepted by Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) for disseminating warnings in Nepal. I am setting up the system in their office and customizing it to meet their needs. SAMBRO will be hosted in the DMH main office in Kathmandu. National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) will also…

  • Towards a Research Design: Pictographs in Disasters

    Towards a Research Design: Pictographs in Disasters

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    Nuwan Waidyanatha
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    The Research Team met at Microsoft Research India, in Bangalore, to formulate a practical and appropriate research design to test the hypothesis – “pictographs, designed for the linguistically challenged, can effectively communicate disaster information for saving lives and livelihoods.” In the context of disaster communication we have identified two key communication requirements, illustrated in the…