SimTsunami?
March 11th, 2007
Curious about what FEMA employees might do at their desks when they’re supposed to be working?
Check out Stop Disasters — a funny little game developed by the United Nations and the ISDR (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) to highlight the issues involved in disaster relief around the world.
The game sets up a virtual community just minutes before a disaster scenario — a wildfire, tsunami, earthquake or hurricane — and gives you fifteen minutes to set up defenses, build hospitals and implement evacuation scenarios before disaster hits.
My tsunami disaster resulted in 62 dead and 62 injured. Not quite as bad as a real disaster, perhaps, but with limited funds and limited time, it was impossible to save everyone.
On second thought, perhaps the sim-tsunami isn’t that different from a real disaster, after all.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Cool!! I’m going to get my younger brother and sister to play.
March 13th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
thanks, amy! i’m glad to see you hanging out around here!
March 19th, 2007 at 10:22 am
I played the flood version over the weekend. They gave me a gold medal, but 14 people died and it wasn’t that bad of a flood, so I’m not sure I deserved that medal…feel kinda bad!
LOL! It was fun trying to figure it out, though, and it really makes you realize there are A LOT of things to do in order to prepare for a disaster like that.
Good pick!
March 19th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
wow, good for you for playing!