Supplies are essential to survive in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Relief goods have been distributed and include, blankets, water jugs, personal hygiene items,mosquito nets,and tarpaulins, however relief goods are still needed desperately. In fact, some barangay officials have begun hoarding relief goods and selectively distributing them.(Doc. C) Relief goods are difficult to deliver due to broken roads and bridges, but supplies are still making their way to the devastated island, through…
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When hit with a 45 foot tsunami, 100% of the community was able to survive. This was possible because every man, women, and child knew how to act proactively when a disaster is expected. If the ground shook, everyone went to the same high hill, and stayed there. They never considered a false evacuation a waste of time (138). This positive and accepting mentality that disasters can happen and the people have control over how the disaster affects their community is what lead to the communities continued success. In the town of Samoa, they also started creating the community mentality of practicing for a disaster. The CEO of a local company planned a community wide evacuation drill. He gave them a route and directions; the whole community was able to walk that route in 10 minutes. If this evacuation was for a true tsunami, the people of community would have been safe. The organizer of this drill is Troy Nicolini was stated saying that “he planned to do this drill once a year and wanted to expand it to other towns” and that “You have to practice the stuff that’s important, I hope that this will think less about the tsunami. You have a plan, and you don’t have to worry”…
Many people are affected by natural disasters every day. Some are worse than others, but no matter the severity, there is usually a loss, and a cry for help.…
As our Nation's newly elected President you have the ability and influence to “ Make America Great Again”. It is my hope that many “great” things will come about during your presidency- four years . Here are some of my hopes ; equality for all , National Security/immigration , and gun control . American may be a good country but, we do need improvements and you, our Nations President-Elect , can help us Americans out .…
I would first like to thank all of you for taking your time to listen to my speech. I truly appreciate you doing this because it shows that you care about who you are going to vote for.…
Even though Hurricane Sandy was challenging to forecast, lack of proper and useful information confused the public along with a false sense of confidence, eventually leaving 70% of the population behind after evacuation orders. This sense of false confidence contributes to lack of preparation. These are lessons we as a community should have learned from Hurricane Katrina to the Gulf Oil Spill. We must take all of this information and use it to better ourselves, our community, and our future. As Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different…
Corruption and money go hand in hand. Money is a motivating factor for corruption, and the transfer of money or other special benefits often finances corruption.…
The Sumatra earthquake disaster was extremely devastating. It claimed 286,000 lives and caused irreversible damage to the landscape. It recorded a 9.0 on the Richter scale and induced megathrust, with a vertical displacement of between 30ft and 50ft and 75 miles long(Iris). It lasted for eight minutes and without warning systems the victims of these disasters didn’t have a chance. In this case money was a huge reason why the death total was so big. Without enough funds to provide the city of Indonesia with the proper early warning system countless lives were lost.…
is aware of this type of corruption and has taken action against it. Today, citizens vote for those…
Disasters can be described as a cycle with three phases, BEFORE, DURING and AFTER. The “BEFORE” phase is that period of time before a disaster hits, including the time when a warning and/or alert is announced, during which preparation and mitigation activities may take place, with the objective of decreasing people’s vulnerability and reducing the negative impacts of disasters. The “DURING” phase is that period of time during which lives and livelihoods are at risk and lasts until the danger is over. The “AFTER” phase is the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase, after the immediate danger has past, when people and communities put their lives, livelihoods, and homes back together. This paper will concentrate on the BEFORE phase with mitigation and preparedness in this section.…
I would like to thank everyone for allowing me to inform you about some issues America has been facing throughout the years and now. The United States is not as strong as it used to, but we are trying to make it like it used to be, but there are many issues we first have to solve. Our country is in a dilemma concerning shootings involving more than one killing. Another issue deals with immigration, and how students have been deported back to their country when they were not even concerned they were coming to the new country in the first place. I will talk to you about these issues and talk about how we the people can solve them to make a better America.…
To pass the time, Florence and I began to discuss what we were going to do after the baby was born; she was 40 weeks into the pregnancy and due any day. Soon after she fell…
Samii, R., Van Wassenhove, L., Kumar, K., Becerra-Fernandez, I., 2002b. Interna- tional Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent-Choreographer of Disaster Management: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Disasters, INSEAD case study 06/2002-5039.…
Pathetic condition of roads are caused by Defects in the quality of materials used, Defects in construction methods and quality control during construction and not following the correct geometric standards Inadequate surface or subsurface drainage in the locality resulting in the stagnation of water in the sub grade or in any of the pavement layers, Lack of proper maintenance are required there are listed below.…