From: sackman@plains.nodak.edu (Gleason Sackman)
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Subject: NetPower Snapshot # 4 new (fwd)
Date: 5 Nov 92 04:50:11 GMT
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*******      NetPower Snapshot #4   **********
     The United Nations Disaster Network

NetPower Snapshots are posted once-in-awhile to various
lists and BBSs in keeping with "the spirit of the net", by National
Education & Technology Alliance. Permission granted
to cross-post and freely distribute, but we would appreciate
retaining our trailing" blurb" attached. Thanks.


Hello!
Doesn't it seem to you that the last few years have had
more than the normal number of disasters? - Somalia famine,
Yugoslavia war, Egypt earthquake, Middle East, Hurricane
Andrew, Hurricane Iniki, developments in Haiti, Central
America.....  and many, many  more;  more frequent- and larger-
disasters in one year than the international community
has had in decades.

The people who deal with these problems on a daily
basis are connected by a network, as you might
imagine. This network connects the designated
Disaster Contact Person(s) of each country. And, by
gaining access to this network, you can keep up to
date on what is going on all over the globe, who is
helping which country with what disaster, and how
and how much. It's extremely interesting, and I
know you'll agree with us that there can be
tremendous educational value gained here. Did you
know that Japan donated $50,000 to help the Bahamas
in the first days of the Hurricane Andrew disaster?

Browsing the system and searching the database of
Situation Reports almost makes you feel as if you
are "on the inside of the UN team". And, you will
be amazed at the information available for purchase
- color slides, videos, reports, training on
disaster management.(some for free)

NOTE: The UN has no particular interest in linking
thousands of K-99 groups "just for fun". This
network exists to serve an important purpose.
However, if you compose a reasonable letter to the
Board Secretary, on letterhead, noting your
interest in education and world disasters, you will
most likely be granted access. Educators and their
students at all levels can benefit from the info on
this network. And, since there is an alphabetical
list of countries, contacts and e-mail addresses,
you'll be able to communicate with the persons
directly involved in these disaster situations.
Real-time, at-the-source involvement for you and
your students! (One more thing - no matter what
your background, we guarantee that you won't know
about some of the countries and territories listed
on this system!)

We hope you enjoy this information. Try this
system.***The following is an excerpt from our new guide
called "NetPower: The Educator's Resource Guide to
Online Computer Services"


UNIENET
M.J. Floret, Board Secretary
United Nations International Emergency Network
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland

Telephone:     (+4122) 731-0211  ext. 2261
Fax:            (+4122) 733-5623
E-mail:        undroreg@unicc.bitnet or
                gavinio@unicc.bitnet


UNIENET is a disaster-specific electronic
information network providing the international
disaster management community with access to
disaster-related information. It is housed on  a
BT/Tymnet Dialcom computer located in Maryland with
access via dialup lines, using your modem. You can
connect with any computer, modem and software.
Internet access is expected in 1993.

Features of the UNIENET System:
  -Electronic mail for communicating among disaster-
  management organizations worldwide
  -Bulletin boards of current disaster emergency
  situations, international disaster management
  conferences, meetings, and events, training
  materials
  -Situation Reports
  -Disaster emergency contacts
  -Databases containing press releases,
  descriptions of NGO's dealing with disasters,
  bibliographies, etc., and the training centers
  forthcoming activities.
  -Access to other United Nations Networks,
  including World Health Organization, Food and
  Agricultral Organizations, Asian Institute of
  Technogy/Diaster Preparednes, Organization of
  American States, many others.
  -Newswire services, federal agency news

This is a menu-driven system, easy to use, with
multiple menu screens.

Using UNIENET
This network is quite inexpensive and gives you
access to information that you just aren't going to
find elsewhere. The information to be had on this system
can easily be used in the classroom for world studies,
geography, current events, and in many other ways. A system
such as this can easily be shared throughout an entire
school, since it is not message-intensive.

Here's a sample of what we found in one short session:

     -Listing of all United Nations countries, with
addresses, fax and phone numbers and contact person
in charge of dealing with disasters. This is
searchable by country.
     -Database of disaster reports prepared by DHA-
UNDRO (The Department of Humanitarian Affairs-
United Nations Disaster Relief Organization).
Search this huge database by keyword . We entered
ANDREW and received information on Hurricane
Andrew, international contacts to aid in relief,
and a summary of the initial funding and
contributions by other countries. You may enter a
name of country, a date, name of a hurricane, a
region -- any keyword.
     -Other UN databases, some also searchable
     -Huge listing of all type so resources
prepared by,  or in association with, UN sources on
the subject of disasters. For example, lots of
color slide sets, videos,  reports, booklets, etc.
available on dozens of disasters and UN Disaster
Relief efforts around the world. Some are free,
others are very reasonably priced. These are on-
site reports by people who were there as things
happened. Not your typical fare - great, out-of-the-
mainstream stuff. I
     -Training materials on "How to " handle
disasters. Some are free, some are actually on-
line.
     -Bulletin boards of current disaster emergency
situations, meetings, etc.
     -Hundreds of files on eduational, mathematical
adn scientific software, due to the system based on
Dialcom. (see Dialcom listing in NetPower guide)
     -Much more, including a good electronic mail
system that llows you to communicate with other
users, and with disaster contact persons of member
countries.


Getting Connected to UNIENET
In order get a password, you must first complete an
application and send it to Switzerland. You may
request info and an application by faxing your
request; or using Internet, send a message. Rates
are $9 per hour daytime, $5 per hour night based on
United States eastern time zone, plus a $10 per
month service charge. After an account is
established, they send you an invoice each month.
BT/Tyment, SprintNet, PCPursuit and other packet
switching network may be used for telecommunications.

You'll need a password to gain
access, and they will send you complete access and
logon instructions at that time; access through
thousands of local dial numbers worldwide due to
links with data networks.  When you are using the
system, you may find out that you accidently
dropped back to a simple system prompt. In that
case, you have dropped into the DIALCOM system-
level network, type HELP and you'll get system
commands and you can browse the DIALCOM system.
To get directly back into UNIENET, type
UNIENET.

***** SAMPLE LOG ON SESSION*****

        Sample Session Excerpt

United Nations Internatioinal Emergency Network

CONNECT 2400/REL-MNP

Dialcom: call connected
Primecom Network 19.4Q.111 System 41

 Please Sign On
>ID UNX---
Password: -------
Dialcom Computer Services 19.4Q.111(41)
On At 13:34 10/25/92 EST

Mail call (1 Unread)

UNIENET: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
     EMERGENCY NETWORK
                    ++ Welcome ++
---------------------------------------------------
----

CODE               USER SERVICES
----           -------------
*  1          Electronic Mail
*  2          Bulletin Board
*  3          DHA-UNDRO SITREPS (Situation Reports)
*  4          Disaster Emergency Contacts
*  5          Databases
*  6          Access to Other UN Networks
*  7          Network Users
*  96         UNIENET News
*  97         Return to UNIENET Menu
*  98         System Level/Commands (>)
*  99         Exit

Enter CODE #, H)elp or Q)uit:  2

UNIENET: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
     EMERGENCY NETWORK
                  ++ Bulletin Boards ++
---------------------------------------------------


*  1        DHA-UNDRO Department of Humanitarian
                        Affairs UNDRO/Geneva
*  2        UNHCR     United Nations High
                        Commissioner for Refugees
*  3        FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
*  4        WHO       World Health Organization
*  5        OAS/DRD   Organization of American
                        States/Dept. of Regional Deve
*  6        PAHO      Pan-American Health
                        Organization
*  7        PCDPPP    Pan-Caribbean Disaster
                        Prevention Preparedness Proj.
*  8        ADPC-AIT  Asian Disaster Preparedness
                        Center
*  9        IDNDR     International Decade for
                        Natural Hazard Reduction

Enter CODE #, H)elp or Q)uit:  6

UNIENET: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
     EMERGENCY NETWORK
Pan-American Health Organization
------------------------------------------------

*  1         National Disaster Coordinators
*  2         PAHO/WHO Training Materials
*  3         Conferences and Meetings
*  96        Return to Organization Menu
*  97        Return to UNIENET Menu
*  98        System Level/Commands (>)
*  99        Exit

                Gateway to United Nations Agencies
                     ---------------+++------------

*  1         >UNISER   - United Nations Information
                Service
*  2         >UNIENET  - United Nations
                International Emergency Network
*  3         >UNET     - UNICEF Electronic Information Network
*  4         >UNDP     - UNDP Electronic Mail Service
*  5         >UNCJIN   - U.N. Criminal Justice Information  Network
*  6         >HIVNET   - HIV/AIDS Global Network
*  7         >PAHONET  - Pan-American Health Network
*  8         >UNCED    - UN Conf. on the Environment and Development
*  9         >UNEP     - United Nations Environment Programme
*  98        System Level/Commands (>) /Niveau Systeme/Commandes (>)
*  99        Logoff / Sortie

Ed. Note: Choice 4 of the main menu allowed us to
retrieve the following distaster contact
information on United Nations member countries, in
alpahabetical order, or you may search for a
particular country.

#SOMALIA (UN MEMBER STATE, DATE OF ADMISSION 20
SEP. 1960)
                 MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
                 MOGADISCIO, SOMALIA
                    TELEPHONE:  21080
                    TELEX:      NDC HQ 66451
                 DATE: 1992

#SOUTH AFRICA (UN MEMBER STATE, DATE OF ADMISSION 7
NOV. 1945)
                 MR. R. G. WILLEMSE
                 DIRECTOR OF LOCAL AUTHORITY
                   TRAINING AND PROTECTION SERVICES
                   (IN CHARGE OF CIVIL PROTECTION
IN THE
                   GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA)
                 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
                 PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL
HOUSING
                  PRIVATE BAG X644
                 PRETORIA 0001
                 SOUTH AFRICA
                    TELEPHONE:  421-1890
                    TELEFAX:    341-7328
                  TELEX: 32 0397 (FOR CIVIL PROTECTION)
                  CABLES:     COPLAN PRETORIA (FOR CIVIL PROTECTION)
                 DATE/SOURCE: JUL.91/SAF GOV.


Ed. Note: Choice #3 of the Main Menu, Situation
Reports,  allows you to search on any keyword and
discover if the database has any reports on file.
Database covers disasters worldwide and goes back
well over fifteen years.

Enter keywords or Read or Scan

--ANDREW
Searching - Please wait...

    3   Occurrences
Enter keywords to search again,  or Read or Scan
--SCAN
1.   22 September 1992
DHA-UNDRO Bahamas and USA Hurricane Andrew Info.
No.3

2.   26 August 1992
DHA-UNDRO Bahamas & U.S.A. Hurricane Andrew Inf
No.1

3.    26 August 1992
DHA-UNDRO Bahamas & U.S.A. Hurricane Andrew Inf
No.2

Enter keywords to search again,  or Read or Scan

--READ

SITUATION REPORT DATABASE
Tuesday   22 September 1992

DHA-UNDRO Bahamas and USA Hurricane Andrew Info.
No.3


UNDRO 92/0670

                         BAHAMAS AND USA
                        HURRICANE ANDREW
               DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 3
                        22 SEPTEMBER 1992

SITUATION
---------

1.  HURRICANE ANDREW, ESTIMATED TO BE THE MOST
DAMAGING TO HIT THE REGION THIS CENTURY, CROSSED
NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS AND THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA ON 24 AUGUST 1992 CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
TO HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.  ON 26 AUGUST 1992,
HURRICANE REENTERED USA MAINLAND IN LOUISIANA ABOUT
100 KM (60 MILES) SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS,
PRECEDED BY TORNADOS AND A 12 TO 16 FEET (3.6
METRES TO 4.8 METRES) STORM SURGE CAUSING FLOODING
IN SOME URBAN AREAS.  WINDS WERE DOWN TO 125 MPH
(201 KPH) AND HURRICANE DOWNGRADED TO FORCE 3.

IMPACT
------

2.  THE DEATH TOLL IN THE BAHAMAS STANDS AT 4, WITH
1700 HOMELESS, FIVE SCHOOLS AND 800 HOMES
DESTROYED, WATER, SANITATION, AND TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AIRPORT AND
PORT INSTALLATIONS SEVERELY DAMAGED.  AGRICULTURAL
AND FISHING INDUSTRIES SEVERELY AFFECTED.

COUNTRY LEVEL INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
------- ----- ------------- --------

3.  MEETINGS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED NATIONS
AGENCIES, DONOR COUNTRIES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
BAHAMAS WERE HELD AT THE OFFICE OF THE UN RESIDENT
COORDINATOR IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA, TO COORDINATE
RELIEF RESPONSES.

4.  CONTRIBUTIONS - ASSISTANCE TO BAHAMAS
    -------------   (TOTAL REPORTED TO DHA-UNDRO)

UN SYSTEM                                 US DLRS
-- ------
-- ----

-DHA-UNDRO         CASH GRANT FOR LOCAL PURCHASE
                                        20,000

-UNDP              CASH GRANT            50,000

GOVERNMENTS
-----------

-CANADA            CASH THROUGH IFRC (CAD 25,0000)
                                        USD   21,008

-JAMAICA           RELIEF ITEMS, ASSESSEMENT TEAMS

-JAPAN             CASH GRANT           50,000

-UNITED KINGDOM    30 MAN ARMY ENGINEER PARTY PLUS
                   EQUIPMENT, BLANKETS, TENTAGE FOR
                   RELIEF IN ISLAND OF ELEUTHERA
++

-UNITED STATES     CASH GRANT           25,000

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
---------------- -------------

-AMERICAN RED      100 TENTS, 100 ROLLS PLASTIC SHEETING,
 CROSS             1,000 COTS, 2,000 BAHAMAS RC STICKERS
                    CASH GRANT OF US DLRS 10,000
                    Total               32,298

-PAN-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
 FOUNDATION, CITIBANK
 BAHAMAS                      RELIEF SUPPLIES
++                   TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS 198,306

=======
(++ VALUE NOT REPORTED TO DHA-UNDRO)

5.  FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, PLEASE INFORM DHA-
UNDRO IMMEDIATELY AS INDICATED BELOW OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS.

6.  THIS IS THE FINAL INFORMATION REPORT ON THIS
EMERGENCY UNLESS FURTHER SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS
OCCUR.

       = DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS-UNDRO
GENEVA +


TELEPHONE NO:  +41-22-731.02.11
EMERGENCY TEL.NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS):  +41-22-
733.20.10

DESK OFFICER:  J. DE RIVERO, EXT: 3513
PRESS TO CONTACT SPOKESPERSON:  M. KHATIB, EXT:
2856

TELEX:  414242 DRO CH    FAX: +41-22-733.56.23
ELECTRONIC MAIL: UNX 008
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