I don't know exactly the film I am seeing on media, but, there are high rise hotels standing. I didn't note even window damage.
The United Nations is responding to the people of the South Pacific. Perhaps they might also survey what structures are standing on these islands. If high rise hotels are standing, even with glass damage, they can be built not only for tourism dollars but as shelters during storms as well.
225,000 people are not going to be well served by one high rise hotel building, so the international community might want to entertain building the more to insure safety from these storms. Such storms will happen again. Whatever works to protect their lives and carry rations for disasters should be regarded as important.
Here, Cyclone Pam begins to weaken in Port Vila on Saturday, March 14,
2015. The extremely powerful storm blew through the Pacific's Vanuatu
archipelago late Friday, causing widespread destruction. (UNICEF
Pacific/Associated Press)
March 14, 2015
By The AP
Residents (click here) in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu hunkered in emergency shelters for a second straight night Saturday after venturing out to find their homes damaged or blown away by the powerful storm, aid workers said.
Packing winds of 270 kilometres per hour, Cyclone Pam tore through the tiny South Pacific archipelago early Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and unconfirmed reports of dozens of deaths....
In Africa it has been bed nets that were the salvation of the people from a different type of disaster. Along the Indian Ocean it was Tsunami Alarms. In Vanuatu and other Pacific Islands it is buildings that will serve to save them. Should we do less for them than we have for others?
The residents of these islands can be taught to help in any shelter construction so they have the knowledge to maintain them, too.
In this photo provided by non-governmental
organization 350.org, debris is scattered over a building in Port Vila,
Vanuatu, Saturday, March 14, 2015, in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam.
Winds from the extremely powerful cyclone that blew through the
Pacific's Vanuatu archipelago are beginning to subside, revealing
widespread destruction. (AP Photo/350.org, Isso Nihemi )
March 14, 2015
By Nick Perry
...The president of Vanuatu, (click here) Baldwin Lonsdale, who was attending the conference, told participants: "I do not really know what impact the cyclone has had on Vanuatu."
"I am speaking to you today with a heart that is so heavy," he said. "I stand to appeal on behalf of the government and the people to give a helping hand in this disaster."...
The United Nations is responding to the people of the South Pacific. Perhaps they might also survey what structures are standing on these islands. If high rise hotels are standing, even with glass damage, they can be built not only for tourism dollars but as shelters during storms as well.
225,000 people are not going to be well served by one high rise hotel building, so the international community might want to entertain building the more to insure safety from these storms. Such storms will happen again. Whatever works to protect their lives and carry rations for disasters should be regarded as important.
Here, Cyclone Pam begins to weaken in Port Vila on Saturday, March 14,
2015. The extremely powerful storm blew through the Pacific's Vanuatu
archipelago late Friday, causing widespread destruction. (UNICEF
Pacific/Associated Press)March 14, 2015
By The AP
Residents (click here) in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu hunkered in emergency shelters for a second straight night Saturday after venturing out to find their homes damaged or blown away by the powerful storm, aid workers said.
Packing winds of 270 kilometres per hour, Cyclone Pam tore through the tiny South Pacific archipelago early Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and unconfirmed reports of dozens of deaths....
In Africa it has been bed nets that were the salvation of the people from a different type of disaster. Along the Indian Ocean it was Tsunami Alarms. In Vanuatu and other Pacific Islands it is buildings that will serve to save them. Should we do less for them than we have for others?
The residents of these islands can be taught to help in any shelter construction so they have the knowledge to maintain them, too.
In this photo provided by non-governmental
organization 350.org, debris is scattered over a building in Port Vila,
Vanuatu, Saturday, March 14, 2015, in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam.
Winds from the extremely powerful cyclone that blew through the
Pacific's Vanuatu archipelago are beginning to subside, revealing
widespread destruction. (AP Photo/350.org, Isso Nihemi )March 14, 2015
By Nick Perry
...The president of Vanuatu, (click here) Baldwin Lonsdale, who was attending the conference, told participants: "I do not really know what impact the cyclone has had on Vanuatu."
"I am speaking to you today with a heart that is so heavy," he said. "I stand to appeal on behalf of the government and the people to give a helping hand in this disaster."...
