How to prevent future disasters or protect yourself in hazardous situations
Event / Disaster Suggested plan of action
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Earthquakes If one lives in an earthquake area, one should improve on
his building by placing metal bars on the exterior (even if they
look ugly) and stabilizers on the foundations
Tsunamis Can be so devastating to all humanity that people from
around the world should donate money to help victims
and also build a warning system for all oceans
Volcanoes People living around volcanoes should be the ones to educate
themselves about the dangers from volcanic eruptions
River Flooding Don’t build on the floodplain, but if you are there now,
be prepared after big storms
Floods If you live near a river that floods regularly, your house should
be modified to float in water
Winter storm Listen to weather reports, stock up, be prepared
New Orleans From the distance, it looks like people got punished because
they lived in sin
Hurricanes Forget your home and run. If you are on a boat listen for
weather warnings
Tornadoes Take cover in the basement or lie down in a ditch & cover your
head to protect from flying debris. Video of Elie, Aug. 2007
Elie Tornado, By just missing getting hit by Canada’s strongest ever tornado
Aug. 2007 (an F5) one is forced to realize that our climate is changing
fast. We have to change by respecting our environment so that
our children will not face climate disasters
Forest fires On hot, dry weather you have to watch for fires & plan your
exit. Don’t get caught unprepared
Forest Fires They are vital to a healthy forest. Today’s forests are
overprotected and this should be stopped. The fire processes
dead material into nutrients faster than decay does.
Landslides If you live on a slope, it is time to move out, then maybe
flatten the hill by blowing up the steep part (very
innovative !), so it will be less of a danger in the future
Landslides Keep trees on the slope to make sure the soil stays in place
like an anchor keeps a boat in place
State of Our water A prediction made by an elder in 1982 that “ in 20 years we
will pay for water” has turned out to be true. Today, bottled
water (frequently of questionable quality) is worth more than
gasoline. A prediction can be made today that in 20 years from
now we will export water
Sandy Bay From first hand knowledge, Sandy Bay is drawing lake
Treatment Plant water (which is much cleaner than Portage river water)
into a “wet well” using “reverse gravity” method, silica
sand, no lime and chlorination
Oil spills Have disastrous effects but cannot be helped. As much as
possible move away from using crude oil, gasoline and related
products
New Energy It is time to turn into solar, wind and geothermal forms of
energy production. More information is required by the public
and some flexibility to apply them to older homes
Nuclear Energy It is difficult to judge whether new factories should be
encouraged. However, it sounds scary to have a nuclear plant
nearby due to the long term effects in case of accidents
Save Energy! There are numerous ways to save energy and water in a home.
Remember the methods our parents and grandparents used who
lived well without wasting energy and water
Recycling Anyone caring about the surroundings would be passionate
about starting a recycling program if there is none in one’s
community. It isn’t a big operation, it takes little time and easy
to find followers esp. among children
Recycling When you throw something into the garbage, you feel guilty of
the place that it is going into. The planet is already overwhelmed
with garbage, so recycling is natural along with reducing and
reusing not just for us but for the generations to follow us
Air pollution We are setting ourselves for self destruction the way we use the
air as a dump
DDT It was an important discovery in the fight against mosquitoes, but
it has entered the food chain so it can do a lot of damage to
living things
Waste management We need to monitor material dumped at landfill sites
Climate change We have to change the way we live. Lots of people are not
informed of the changes we have made to the climate.
Governments & big industry with held or distort the truth and
people will be trapped in natural disasters or man-made
disasters
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