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. 2020 Apr 2;11:1629. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15405-7

Table 2.

Validation sources for the proposed framework. Downtimes estimated with the proposed framework (Estimated downtime) for the three natural hazard events considered, along with the downtimes reported by the various validation sources described in Methods.

Region and Event Source Downtime Length
Kathmandu, Nepal Estimated downtime 48 days
Gorkha Earthquake Business surveys, from12 41 days
Kathmandu Post Disaster Needs Assessment41a 37 days
Mobile phone data, from25 56 days
Facebook posts text analysis (n = 299) 51 days
San Juan, Puerto Rico Estimated downtime 118 days
Hurricane Maria Satellite imagery, from11,37 134 days
Puerto Rico Tourism Companyb 97 days
U.S. Energy Information Administrationc 128 days
Facebook posts text analysis (n = 755) 71 days
Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico Estimated downtime 52 days
Chiapas Earthquake Facebook surveys (n = 16) 63 days
Facebook posts text analysis (n = 19) 55 days

a“The earthquakes and series of continuing aftershocks led to the complete closure of schools and colleges for 37 days” (https://www.nepalhousingreconstruction.org/sites/nuh/files/2017-03/PDNA%20Volume%20A%20Final.pdf).

bhttps://tourism.pr.gov.

chttps://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/.