As part of its technical study on the impacts of the devastating May 22, 2011,tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri,国家标准技术研究所（NIST）will be conducting interviews in the Joplin area with survivors and the families and friends of victims from Oct. 14 – Dec. 1, 2011. The interviews will be designed to obtain information about what individuals saw, heard, felt and did before, during and after thetornadoto better understand how people within the warning area responded.
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假色卫星图像显示了2011年5月22日袭击了密苏里州乔普林的龙卷风的22英里轨道。Credit: NASA’s Terra satellite |
The interviews will help NIST determine the behavior and fate of individuals, both those who survived and those who did not, by collecting and analyzing information on injuries and fatalities, human behavior, situation awareness, and emergency communications before and during the Joplin tornado.
任何希望参加NIST访谈的人都应致电（240）780-6701，或与承包商Jennifer Spinney联系。jspinney@rogers.comor NIST researcher Erica Kuligowski aterica.kuligowski@nist.gov。访谈可以在2011年10月14日至12月1日期间的任何时间通过电话进行，或者在2011年10月21日至31日在乔普林（Joplin）的何时亲自进行访谈。
乔普林（Joplin）中的巨大龙卷风被评为EF5类，这是增强的富士秤上最强大的。根据国家气象局（NWS）和联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）的数据，多涡流风暴影响了大约四分之三英里宽的地区，长22英里，摧毁或损坏了约8,000个结构，该地区的路径，并杀死了150多人。这使其成为美国官方记录的61年中美国最致命的龙卷风。
From May 25-28, 2011, NIST sent four engineers to Joplin to conduct a preliminary reconnaissance of building performance and emergency communications during the tornado. Based on the analysis of the data collected and other criteria required by regulation, the NIST Director established a research team under the National Construction Safety Team Act to proceed with a more comprehensive study of the impacts of the disaster.
除了先前既定的目标是更好地理解公众反应和行为的目的，NIST技术研究的其他目标是：
- determine the characteristics of the wind hazard from the tornado;
- determine the performance of residential, commercial and critical (police stations, firehouses, hospitals, etc.) buildings;
- determine the performance of lifelines (natural gas, electrical distribution, water, communications, etc.) as they relate to maintaining building operation; and
- make recommendations, if warranted, for improvements to building codes, standards and practices based on the findings of the study.
Contact:Michael E. Newman
(301) 975-3025
For more information on the NIST Joplin tornado study, go tohttp://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/weather/joplin-072511.cfm。
View Bobby Halton’s interviews with Joplin Fire personnel on the tornado:
