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A large part of the costs of these disasters has fallen on the federal treasury, as wed as state and local governments. These and other recent natural disasters also have had a serious impact on the private sector, most notably the insurance industry.
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Preparedness anticipates the effects and takes appropriate countermeasures in advance, such as issuing warnings, stockpiling supplies, or establishing evacuation routes. Response includes actions taken during an event and its immediate aftermath, including rescue.
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period the information-producing organizations may collect and manage baseline data; construct predictive models; develop new modeling, data analysis, and instrumentation methods; and help communicate hazard information to user groups through maps, reports, public contacts, and other means. During the response phase (or during the occurrence of an extreme event)
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Each adds significant value in monitoring and simulating events and in characterizing infrastructure, high-hazard areas, and disaster zones, which is essential to rapidly bring scarce resources to bear in the most effective manner in both pro- and postdisaster contexts. Despite technological advances, disaster risk continues to grow.
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It should be noted that a DIN would not be a central database or a network like a telephone or computer network; instead, it would be a comprehensive activity relating all aspects of disaster information, including accessing information resources, producing derivative and integrative information products, and delivering the information to decision makers of all types in a 10 Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information
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Some features of a DIN should include: · improved methods for finding information with specific attributes, for example, for a particular area or type of hazard; · ways to determine the source, quality, and reliability of information, including standards for data compatibility; · systems or software for integrating information rapidly to produce and deliver information tailored to the needs of a decision maker for the specific problem at hand; and · courses to train users and build awareness. Much of the DIN focus should be on developing integrative products for decision makers.
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