ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: G-Force, Natural Disaster, 2010 Haiti Earthquake
26 Apr 2019
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Disaster population types: closed population, a limited number of victims are known to be involved. Known number of individuals who are on the plane (boarding checks, passport scanning: match remains to list of individuals known to be present, open population, the number of victims is initially unknown. E. g. natural disaster: identification more difficult. Aircraft accident: factors involved in destruction of remains, fires, angle of impact, environment, g-force impact. Fragmentation patterns: aircraft accidents: affected by g-forces, large joints often recovered, cranium often fragmented (50+g, pan am 103 (lackerbie, 259 on place, 11 on ground, explosion (in air, high winds, debris, impact. Bombings and explosions: open or closed, pending on where it happens (ex. Floods: open, but still pending on context, flash floods, hurricanes, storm surges, tsunamis, 2004 indian ocean earthquake & tsunami, 90% deaths due to drowning, 230,000 killed. 2: debris, traumatic injury, multiple fractures, pm damage, body parts-force of waves caused dismemberment.
