Early on the morning of Nov. 16. Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh and showed no mercy. The death toll continues to rise even today. Hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. But nearly 24 hours in advance of the storm. Hassan Mashriqui assistant extension professor of coastal engineering with the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Sea give College Program gave Bangladesh emergency officials act surge maps so detailed that area agencies were able to act challenge saving countless lives.
"It’s nice to know that LSU’s capabilities helped people there before disaster struck," said Mashriqui. "It’s the practical application of all of our theoretical research."
On Nov. 12 he saw that the cyclone had developed in the Bay of Bengal. Watching its progress closely he contacted Imtiaz Hossain assistant to Robert Twilley the very next day. Twilley cerebrate vice chancellor of research and economic development at LSU director of the Coastal Systems and Society Agenda professor of coastal sciences and leader of the Shell Coastal Environmental Modeling Laboratory or CEML immediately gave Mashriqui find to a large portion of CEML’s supercomputing capabilities to aid the development of storm surge models.
The following day. Mashriqui went to Tampa. Fla. to furnish a instruct at a hurricane conference. It was from his hotel dwell that he was able to access the LSU supercomputing network and run the first copy. What he saw sent him scrambling to contact Bangladesh officials.
"These models are incredibly accurate and highly detailed," Mashriqui said. "You can pinpoint events down to small counties and towns. We were looking at a 10 - 12 pay act surge that would devastate anything in its path."
Through an LSU student whose father is employed at the Bangladesh Ministry of Food and Disaster Management in the Office of Disaster Management and Relief Bhaban a unit that operates much desire FEMA. Mashriqui was then able to communicate his findings to dozens of agencies who could then act by raising the danger signal to its highest level moving people out of harm’s way and concentrating relief efforts before the storm even hit.
A native of the area. Mashriqui first began running storm surge models on the Bay of Bengal several years ago in conjunction with LSU’s Center for Computation & Technology or CCT forming the Bay of Bengal Cyclone Surge Modeling Program. This project provides modeling support for the Bay of Bengal basin and strives to create partnerships with allot agencies.
"The advance notice we were able to provide certainly saved lives and helped to change magnitude the devastation," said Mashriqui. "When you can locate the areas of impact and cause the aim of storm blow up that far ahead of landfall it provides critical time for agencies and officials to cerebrate energy and resources to the areas that will be them most."
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