WEBVTT 00:00:02.736 --> 00:00:07.273 We make our cities more resilient by looking at how we responded to the last disaster. 00:00:07.273 --> 00:00:11.011 S&T looks at what happened in the past, and we want to develop plans to strengthen 00:00:11.011 --> 00:00:14.014 our critical infastructure twenty years into the future. 00:00:14.647 --> 00:00:18.618 So let's say there's a hurricane headed for this notional town that's near water. 00:00:18.618 --> 00:00:24.024 Our Relational Adaptive Processing of Information and Display program, or RAPID, 00:00:24.024 --> 00:00:28.028 enables decision making for the community to assess risks and develop plans 00:00:28.028 --> 00:00:33.033 to make buildings, roads and houses more resilient before the disaster happens. 00:00:33.033 --> 00:00:38.038 At the same time, RAPID provides a decision support system for during the disaster: 00:00:38.038 --> 00:00:42.042 we know what to do and when to do it as the water rises. 00:00:42.042 --> 00:00:46.046 And let's say the water did rise, and the subway is about to be flooded. 00:00:46.046 --> 00:00:50.050 Wouldn't it be handy to have something that could inflate and plug the tunnels? 00:00:50.050 --> 00:00:55.055 The tunnel plug would be pre-installed so that someone can flip a switch remotely, it deploys, 00:00:55.055 --> 00:00:57.057 and now the subway is safe. 00:00:57.057 --> 00:01:01.995 But - uh oh! All that water caused one of our extra-high voltage transformers to blow. 00:01:01.995 --> 00:01:08.001 Well, we have a recovery transformer - or RecX, that we can load up on an 18-wheeler. 00:01:08.001 --> 00:01:12.005 Instead of taking weeks or months to replace an EHV transformer, 00:01:12.005 --> 00:01:15.008 RecX shortens this process to six days. 00:01:15.008 --> 00:01:19.012 The flooding also damages electrical distribution infastructure. 00:01:19.012 --> 00:01:25.018 Well - we have grid imagery capabilities to help utilities quickly access and identify flooded areas, 00:01:25.018 --> 00:01:28.021 and more quickly begin recovery operations. 00:01:28.021 --> 00:01:34.027 The high winds from the hurricane also caused trees to fall on power lines, and caused power outages. 00:01:34.027 --> 00:01:39.599 Well, we have two things to help with that: first, we have the downed line status indicator. 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:45.038 We have sensors on the poles that can communicate and tell utilities which areas have problems. 00:01:45.038 --> 00:01:49.042 Second, we have the quick-release connector on utility poles, 00:01:49.042 --> 00:01:52.579 so that when lines do go down, the poles don't go down with them, 00:01:52.579 --> 00:01:56.049 meaning restoring power is faster and easy. 00:01:56.049 --> 00:02:00.053 Bad things are going to happen, and our critical infastructure may be threatened. 00:02:00.053 --> 00:02:03.990 But, RAPID helps us make smarter decisions, which reduces damage 00:02:03.990 --> 00:02:07.594 and recovery time when a hurricane floods the town. 00:02:07.594 --> 00:02:11.798 At S&T, we've got a plan!