mardi 19 mai 2015

The Importance Of The Earthquake Survival Kit

By Tammie Caldwell


Most natural disasters strike when least expected and from past experiences it is good it finds one prepared. All it takes is not endless lessons on how to survive but just the basics and one way to do so is having an earthquake survival kit. It's the little actions that we take that will count at the end and this should be mandatory to people living in the high potential areas such as seismic weak lines.

In the past and recent times this natural phenomena have wiped thousands of lives and with the earth plates still moving they won't seize. The origin of this shakes are induced by volcanic activities, brushing and collision of tectonic plates. Anthropogenic induces earthquake may originated from atomic bombs, large water reservoirs, train passing but this are usually of low magnitudes as compared with the natural ones.

Some of personal safety measure include; having enough food and medical stock for survival, teaching your family which rooms are safe to hide, keeping heavy objects low, store flammable objects from potential ignition etc. During the earthquake one should stop driving and park the vehicle, stay away from building, glass, under trees and power lines. After earthquake go humanitarian by helping the injured, switch off naked wires and wait until the buildings is accessed to be safe.

Ensure that the toolkit remains within the vicinity. This should be stored in schools, homes, workplaces and vehicles or any other place that you spend a lot of time in. The kit should be carefully stored and if possible be made from strong plastic to endure destruction and avoid the content being damaged by water in case of floods. The location for its storage should be notified to everyone and be very assessable.

Medical supply such as medicines, bandage, and cotton-tipped adhesive tapes are some of kit content. Other supply include scissors, needles, soaps and instruction books among others.The storage place should be made aware to everyone and very accessible.

A lot of separation mean that one might have to survive on their own four about 72 hours. Communication facilities usually go down along with the network. Basic services such as sewerage, gas, water might goof probably for weeks and that means that when making the kit that possibility should be considered.

Panic is very probable. Psychological preparedness is necessary failure to which stupid actions lead to loss of lives. This supply kit should be the source of chaos and if possible use it to help other in most need of it especially the medical part. Ignorance can be paid expensively here and this means the situation shouldn't underestimate by any means whatsoever.

Nature is can give us such a scare. Casualties are hard to miss but if the situation find one prepared the tragedy will be less. It's impossible to mitigate earthquakes and that all effort should be in adaptation process. Children are the most affected and to make them less prone disaster education should be integrated in the curriculum. Parents on the other hand should train the rest of the members on steps to take to reduce life loss chances.




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