FloodHelp
"we need a better way to approach Large-Scale Disasters."
The Flood Prevention Project uses crowdsourcing, water sensors, and real-time planning/allocation to enable dispatch teams, first responders, all the way down to citizens to proactively plan, accurately react to unforeseen events during the storm and most importantly to share data to paint a large picture.
5 week Proof of Concept
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Introduction
I was especially excited to be apart of this project in that it's for such a good cause. It's really amazing how disorganized we are when it comes to a major Flood even though we know they're going to happen!
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Concepts, concepts, concepts.
Here were a few concepts we wanted to bring to life though our application.
1. Crowdsourcing - allowing the user to participate in the solution.
2. Predictability - not only reacting but being pro-active, planning.
3. Connectivity - (between different parties)- being user agnostic when it comes to uploading data and telling the overall story.
Final Presentation (sir, please hold all questions)
We presented the idea to the Harris County flood control. The audience included the town, county fire chiefs, Harris County Judge, Firemen, .....