Problem Description by Dylan

People stuck in a building during earthquake. How can we get emergency supplies to them?

1. In the recent earthquake in the Philippines (7.2 magnitude on Oct 15, 2013) the people stuck in the buildings needed enough food, water, and medicine to last until the rescue teams could evacuate them.
2. There were several reasons why it was hard for the rescue teams to get to them because they needed to find them,
3. The roads and bridges were blocked or too narrow,
4. The weather was bad,
5. There were many aftershocks,
6. Many places didn’t have power
7. They didn’t have enough equipment that was strong enough to move/ cut through heavy objects and that did not require a separate electricity source.

Souces:

1. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/10/18/1246550/rescuers-struggle-find-bohol-quake-victims
2. http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/11/02/1251946/bohol-quake-victims-glad-miners-came-search-rescue-efforts

3. Rescue operations for Cebu, Bohol quake victims - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PkaWC0vyA‎