Should scientific methods be used to carry out disaster relief efforts like those needed in Haiti?
If so what sorts of methods do you suggest?
Plenty are available, and are used as appropriate. Lack of methods isn’t the problem. And if Haiti could afford a football stadium, it could afford to build its non-frivolous structures to withstand earthquakes.
Science is the process of gaining information about the physical world. It is not a process for doing disaster relief. However, the laws of the universe discovered by science are quite important. For example, the laws of thermodynamics are important to build the engines of the vehicles delivering the aid. The principles of electromagnetics are important in the communication equipment needed to coordinate the relief effort.
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The agencies on the front lines of disaster relief have employed science to determine how to help the greatest number of people in the worst of circumstances. But that applies to plans. Sometimes you make a new plan on the fly because not all of the variables were known before hand.
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I notice today the UN have set up a supervised line system which I suggested yesterday, so I have edited my answer
In my opinion they should have set up a broader line allowing faster movement,
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Electronic detectors can be used to find people trapped in collapsed buildings.
Food, beaching powder etc can be air dropped in the area.
as air ports does not work, people can be air dropped to do help in remote areas.
Vaccinations against Cholera is to be given.
Trained Dogs can detect trapped human beings.
Many many ways science can help in disaster management.
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Plenty are available, and are used as appropriate. Lack of methods isn’t the problem. And if Haiti could afford a football stadium, it could afford to build its non-frivolous structures to withstand earthquakes.
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