Archive for January, 2006
Fighting quakes with computers
In today’s world of modern technology, one wonders if computers could not have warned about the October 8
However, there is no high-tech system in the world to give warnings about earthquakes and assess its exact timing but there must be a technology that could help lessen the damage. Earth changes could be monitored regularly using modern technology.
“We are arranging an international conference on seismology in Islamabad on March 6 to 8, 2006. The conference will discuss many topics, including the role of computers in warning people about earthquakes well in time,” Dr Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry, the Pakistan Metrological Department director general, told Daily Times.
Rocker Bryan Adams in Pakistan for quake relief gig
Canadian rocker
Adams, who performed most of his hits and moved the audience with “
“I am here because this city has a special love for music,” the singer greeted his fans at the Arabian Sea Club on the outskirts of Karachi, as hundreds of Pakistani police guarded roads and checked vehicles leading to the venue.
Ashland blankets on their way to Pakistan
Boxed and labeled, the 350 to 400 blankets collected to help victims of the October
On Thursday, Karen Amarotico and two friends loaded the boxes of blankets onto wooden pallets and affixed stickers that read “Blankets to Pakistan with love from
Oak Harbor Freight donated the shipment of the blankets from Ashland to Los Angeles, where a large relief effort is underway. Amarotico’s blankets will be added to supplies already collected and ferried to Pakistan before winter ends.
For postquake Pakistanis, a greater need
Following is the editorial from The Christian Science Monitor:
Try explaining “donor fatigue” to the earthquake survivors in Pakistan – up to 3 million of whom need food and shelter as winter blows into the
Perhaps because the Oct. 8 quake came in the wake of other large-scale disasters, perhaps because nations’ aid budgets are stretched, or because the 7.6 temblor hasn’t received 24/7 media coverage – whatever the reasons, the relief effort in mountainous northern
Why 10,000 schools collapsed
Ten-year-old Kaleem’s classroom is now a tent, his schoolyard a patch of ground near a stream. His real school in Bampora was flattened in the
Kaleem’s makeshift tent school, which the Army opened just days ago in
Winter weather presents new challenges for relief agencies
Winter weather is slowing down the relief and support activities, in earthquake affected areas. Thierry Lakahinsky of
Skytech is under contract to the International Committee of the
Earthquake appeal from Peter Gabriel
Peter has provided a Digital Download of 2 MP3 format tracks (256kbs). All sales proceedings, after deduction of transaction charges, will go to charities working for relief and support of earthquake victims.
USAID to spend $ 66.6 M in earthquake affected areas of Pakistan
The USAID has funded eight NGO partners to provide shelter assistance for a targeted 75,500 households.
The Agency has also provided nearly 6.3 million dollars in emergency relief commodities, including transportation cost for earthquake affected areas.
The Agency has also delivered a total of 47,500 blankets, 1,570 winterized tents, 8,050 rolls of plastic sheeting for 36,672 families, 15,000 water containers, 2 water purification units.