Natural Disasters Dbq

How People React to Natural Disasters How would you feel if someone told you that in the next 5 seconds that your life would be turned upside down? The same exact thing happened to people in central Philippines, the only thing different is that they got no warning. A deadly earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck central Philippines on a national Islamic holiday. The temblor was the strongest to shake the area in 23 years. Powerful aftershocks continue to hit widely across Bohol and Cebu. More than 2.6 million people live in Cebu, and about 12 million people live in Bohol (Background Essay). People respond to a natural disaster by getting involved with organizations that help the victims of the natural disaster, gathering supplies, and by evacuation centers opening up
A person from the Philippines earthquake only source of income is a small, bread business that only earns her family $2 U.S. Dollars on a good day (Document A). Other people have started to rebuild, or repair their house using salvaged materials (Document A). Some people wrote “help us” signs on the highway in big bold letters, so that helicopters could spot them from above and direct aid (Document C). People respond to a natural disaster by gathering supplies because, their basic needs are destroyed, and their homes are unsafe.
Evacuation centers open up their doors to people because, their homes have been destroyed. Almost 4,000 families are still sleeping under a tent, and 3,000 people still remain in evacuation centers (Document A). The public building that was supposed to be made as an evacuation center was not safe for people to live in (Document B). People have made temporary homes out of salvaged materials, and tarpaulins (Document E). Evacuation centers open up their doors to people because, their homes have been destroyed, and their regular evacuation center was declared