2009 Niuatoputapu Tsunami Video Interview for Sharing Lessons of the Disaster

 

Hiroshi Inoue1, Masaharu Ando2 , Anau Fonokalafi2 and Rennie Vaiomo'unga3

 1. National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan

2. Tonga Broadcasting Commission, Nuku'alofa, Tonga3. Ministry of Land, Survey, Natural Resources and Environment, Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Contents1. Niuatoputapu Tsunami

2. Objective of the project

3. Video Interview with Picture

4. Video Interview with all the people

5. To do

6. Conclusion

100 km

Samoa

American Samoa

Niuatoputapu

Tonga Trench

Mw7.9

Mw8.0

September 30, 2009 Northern Tonga EarthquakeSource model by Beavan et al. (2010)

2 km

Airport

FalehauVaipoa

Hihifo

10 m

9 m

1-3 m

0-1 m 1-3 m

3 m

Niuatoputapu Tsunami flow depth above ground

8 m

after Clark et al.(2010) modified

Hihifo

Hihifo

Hihifo

Falehau

Southeast coast viewed from the top

Southeast coast Northern Endpoint

Objective of the project• To provide a tool to effectively share the experiences and 

lessons of the people of Niuatoputapu from the September 30, 2009 tsunami disaster with other people of Tonga who live along the coast to reduce future tsunami disasters.

Tongatapu, view from north Ha’apai, from south

Video Interview with Picture to make a documentary TV program

by Ando and Anau of Tonga TV

January, 20101 month

DVD and Bookpublished with a help of UNESCO

Video Interviews with all the peopleto make an archive on the web

by Inoue, Tonga Geology, Niuatoputapu youthOctober 2010, one week

1. Village, Name, Sex, Age, Profession2. Where were you and what were you doing

at the time of the earthquake?3. How did you feel the earthquake? How big

was it? Did you see any damage caused by the ground shaking?

4. Did you imagine that tsunami would come after the earthquake?

5. What did you do just after you felt the earthquake?

6. How did the tsunamis come? How high, how fast, and how far inland did the water come? If you recognized three tsunamis, please describe each of them and their intervals in minutes.

7. How did you escape from tsunami and how did you survive?

8. Were you injured? Were you threatened to death?

9. Did any of your family member get injured or die?

10. Were your house or property damaged?11. Did you lose your animals? (horse, bigs,

chickens,..)

12. Did you see the sea retarding (low tide) before the tsunami came?

13. Did you see any unusual sound or smell before the tsunami came?

14. Did you have any knowledge of tsunami taught by old people or someone before?

15. Did you do the best thing you could do at the time of the earthquake and tsunami? If you can go back to the morning when you started feeling the earthquake, what would you do?

16. What would you have done to prepare against tsunami if you knew five years ago that the tsunami would come within the next ten years.

17. How is your life after one year from tsunami? Still frightened? Mentally healthy?

18. Has the government made any development to save you from the future tsunami?

19. Any suggestions to the people who live along the coast in Tonga?

Questionnaire

1. HINGOA, KOLO, TANGATA/FEFINE, TA’U, NGAUE2. NA’A KE ‘I FE NAI PEA KOE HA HO’O ME’A NA’E FAI HE

TAIMI ‘O E MOFUIKE?3. NA’E FEFE HO’O ONGO’I E MOFUIKE? NA’E LAHI FEFE?

NA’A KE VAKAI KI HA FA’AHINGA MAUMAU ‘I HE NGALULU E KELEKELE?

4. NA’E KE FAKAKAUKAU NAI ‘E HOKO MAI HA PEAUKULA ‘I HE HILI E MOFUIKE?

5. KOE HA LEVA HO’O ME’A NA’E FAI HILI HO’O ONGO’I E MOFUIKE?

6. NA’E ANGA FEFE ‘A E HA’U E PEAUKULA? KOE HA HONO MA’OLUNGA? NA’E VAVE ‘ENE HA’U? PEA KOE HA HONO MAMA’O KI LOTO FONUA ‘A E HA’U ‘A E TAHI? Kapau na`a ke fakatokanga`i koe fo`i peaukula `e tolu;Kataki kake fakamatala`i ange `a e loloa `o e taimi mei he fo`i peau ki he fo`i peau?

7. NA’E ANGA FEFE HO’O HOLA MEI HE PEAUKULA? PEA NA’E ANGA FEFE HO’O HAO?

8. NA’A KE FAINGATA’A’IA NAI? NA’A KE ONGO’I ‘OKU FAKATU’UTAMAKI KEKE MEI MATE AI?

9. NA’E ‘I AI NAI HA TOKOTAHA HO FAMILI NA’E FAINGATA’A’IA PE PEKIA?

10. NA’E HOKO HA MAUMAU KI HO FALE PE KO HO’O KOLOA?

11. NA’E MOLE HA’O MONUMANU? (HOOSI, PUAKA, MOA, KULI, PULU…)

12. NA’A KE SIO KI HE TAHI NA’E ‘ULUAKI MAHA MAMALIE HIFO KIMU`A PEA HOKO MAI E PEAUKULA?

13. NA’A KE FANONGO KI HA FA’AHINGA ONGO NA’E ‘IKAI FA’AHOKO PE NANAMU KI HA ME’A KIMU’A PEA HOKO MAI E PEAUKULA?

14. NA’A KE MA’U KIMU’A HA FA’AHINGA ‘ILO KI HE PEAUKULA MEI HA KAKAI MATU’OUTU’A PE KO HA TAHA PE?

15. ‘OKU KE TUI TEKE LAVA ‘O FAKAHOKO HA NGAUE LELEI ‘I HE TAIMI ‘O E MOFUIKE PE KOE PEAUKULA? KAPAU ‘OKU ‘IKAI, TOE FAKAFOKI ANGE HO’O MANATU KI HE TAIMI NA’A KE ONGO’I AI E MOFUIKE, KOE HA LEVA ME’A TEKE FAI?

16. KAPAU NA’A KE ‘ILO’I HE TA’U ‘E NIMA KUOHILI ‘E TOE HOKO MAI E PEAUKULA ‘I HE TA’U HONGOFULU KA HOKO MAI? KOE HA LEVA HO’O ME’A KUO TEUTEU KI HA TOE HOKO MAI HA PEAUKULA?

17. ‘OKU FEFE LEVA E TU’UNGA HO’O MO’UI HE TAIMI NI ‘I HE HILI E TA’U ‘E TAHA ‘ENE HOKO MAI? (MANAVAHE, TAILIILII PE MANAVASI’I, ILIFIA...)KUO FOKI NAI HO’O MANATU KI HA TU’UNGA FAKAFIEMALIE?

18. ‘OKU ‘I AI NAI HA ‘AONGA ‘A E NGAAHI LANGA FAKALAKALAKA ‘A E PULE’ANGA KE HAOFAKI’I HO’O MO’UI MO HO FAMILI ‘I HA TOE HOKO MAI HA PEAUKULA ‘I HE KAHA’U?

19. ‘OKU TOE ‘I AI HA`O FALE`I MA`AE KAKAI `OKU NOFO TAKAI HE MATATAHI `O TONGA?

EquipmentsDigital camera, Voice recorder, Mini tripod

250 USD/1set

Inoue Filipe Simikeli Sione Akapei

HikaKaufo’ou

LoleiniFehi’aLosana

Filoi

PeauThe government Rep

Rocky

The Team

Meeting Preparing Bamboo Tripod (free)

Practice Practice each other

Go to the village School

Call it a dayMore and more

400

Lessons and Messages

To Do1st step• List all interviews• Edit video and combine audio• Store as web contents

2nd step by team A• English translation and compilation• Video captioning

2nd step by team B• Use it in awareness campaign in Ha’apai Is.

Conclusion• Combining a picture makes a video interview

much more informative. It is the most efficient way of describing experiences of disasters.

• Video interviewing of tsunami with about 400 people of Niuatoputapu was successfully made with the help of local people and inexpensive digital camera.

• Archiving everybody’s experience of disaster in video and handing on the lessons to others is now possible. Make DisasterTube.

Thank you. Malo. Vinaka.