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Hello guys! First, I would to apologize for the late post about "Technology that saves the environment" because I have healthy issue recently. But, Alhamdulillah I already recovered as well. So, today we will discuss about Floods Early Warning System (EWS), that's been my organization's project since 2015. We called it Zephyrus Project, due to Floods issue that always come every year in Bandung. We?re eager to solve the problem by providing this kind of EWS. Basically, what we need to do is providing Automatic Weather Station (AWS) and Automatic Water Level Recorder (AWLR). These are basic equipment for measuring daily condition of the Weather and Water Level on the Rivers. Putting this equipment on the riverside in the same watershed could provide a meaningful data. Because based on these data, we can analysis the historical of the Floods, i.e. with 20 mm of rainfall, when will the floods come? How long it takes to the downstream of the rivers? How big the impact of the floods? And etc. These kind of data would be very useful to create the EWS, and of course, we can save more life and lots of sectors especially on Economic and Environmental sectors. At least, the government and the societies itself can be prepared for the worst conditional that might happens in the City. The concept of this EWS is really simple, based on this historical data, we can add some feature to the equipment. Just like I said before, if one of AWS records the heavy precipitation or AWLR records the water level rising, then it could give some warning system to the local government, local youth communities, and societies. Zephyrus project itself still being developed by Meteorology Students Association, and if it?s possible, we can joint implementation with Weather and Climate Prediction Laboratory or local bureau of Meteorology, to provide long-term EWS based on Weather prediction. This means, we can provide the EWS for the next 2 days – 14 days. Ah! This is why I love Meteorology, for those who interested more, kindly please write your comment below, or contact me directly via linkedin.com :) Best Regards, Muhammad Rafi Al-Hariri Nasution https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafiharirinst
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8 Comments
Dear Heonjun,
This project's still running, and we're trying to engage more stakeholders to make it happens though. Would report the progress in the end of my ambassador term hoho :D Thanks for your wish also hoho
Posted 12-05-2016 02:38
Dear Minjoo,
Thanks for your kind words. Anyway, thanks for your information also, looking forward to do a little research though!
Posted 12-05-2016 02:36
Hey Muhammad, no need for apology really! I'm sure everyone reading this will send you good vibes for your recovery :D It would be much beneficial for the societies if the project succeeds. Even if it fails to return any benefit, I believe the challenge and efforts you put in will never fade and make you a better, more experienced person. CHEERS!
Posted 10-05-2016 18:18
Muhammad, first of all I sincerely hope your health have recovered fully. There are a number of countries suffering from unpredictable natural disasters, and I suppose your nation is one of the victims as well. Though the type of disaster is different, I guess you may also find some helpful information from Japan Japan also has advanced technolgies to predict earthquakes beforehand. I hope your project to succeed, and have a great day!
Posted 10-05-2016 12:27
.................. Well, I think there's something wrong with our Public Health, thought ..... Recently, lots of my friends having dengue or any healthy issue haha. Anyway, it might be applicable on every city in Indonesia, which is gonna support our environment, economic and lots of related sectors though :) Thanks for reading and giving your opinion, Patricia :D
Posted 08-05-2016 04:14
This is a really great idea! As a fellow Indonesian, I know how frequent floods occur and how devastating the damage it causes are. With this system, lots of lives would be saved and there would be less damage in the area. Technology truly has advanced. Thank you for your report and I'm so glad you're better now. I was recently sick too due to dengue fever but i'm fine now haha. Keep up the good work!
Posted 08-05-2016 02:46
Dear Arushi,
Definitely! Even, in Bandung itself, every year, there would be Floods, and its loss could achieve 75 Billions Rupiah (6 Million USD). With this kind of Technology, I believe we can reduce the loss as many as possible :)
Posted 08-05-2016 01:37
With so much of loss incurred in past due to frequent, unpredicted floods, It's really the need of an hour to have such systems to predict and warn about floods. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 08-05-2016 01:25