disasters can strike anytime

Nothing beats being prepared for any eventuality and educating people in your household how to exactly react on a given situation. If it is fire, I teach my family where we will all escape, we keep 2 large fire extinguishers and 2 trouble led lights that opens when power goes out, I also make it a habit to sleep near my led flashlight and swiss army knife. Now your question about typhoon which is the most common in the country, we all sleep together in the strongest part of the house, see that we have enough emergency and communication power, also there is always reserve water, food and the medicine cabinet is always stacked, I also update my knowledge of First Aide from time to time, yes the Bible is also handy in case all preparations fail.

I haven't been in a typhoon, but I've prepared for hurricanes. I lived in Louisiana when Katrina and Rita hit. I do think a plan is important. Actually I think we should keep a preparedness kit equipped and ready at all times. You never know when you may have trouble.

If we knew when disaster was coming, we could do something about it. then it would no longer be a disaster. Since we can't know when they are coming, the best we can do is take every precaution to be ready for unknown disasters. the better prepared we can be, the better our chances for survival are.

OMG, I hate to think about this but all the signs and warnings are here. I think there is going to be something really bad that will happen (I hope not, Lord, please). It is so scary how abrupt weather changes can put us in helpless situations. I wonder what we can do when a huge disaster comes. I hope it does not happen.

well i don't have an answer for what to do when a typhoon strikes but i am going to follow your discussion closely to get more information on this well i always used to wonder what possibly one can do when there is a n earthquake? people usually leave their houses and stand outside but eventually the buildings are going to fall over them right!?

I happen to come from Nigeria ( West Africa ) and I am happy for the weather condition in my country. We have never had very serious natural disasters such as earthquake, typhoon, hurricane etc. However, my place have had some heavy rainfall which make walking and driving very difficult.But it is not as serious as the disaster in some countries of the world that we often hear on CNN, BBC, Skynews etc, Whenever, it rains, everybody try to remain indoors or in their cars. There are times when the weather is very hot and most people have to put on an airconditioners either in their cars or in their private homes or offices. However,it is in recognition of the effect of natural disaster that made the government in my country to set up a government agency called NEMA ( National Emergency Management Agency ) This body is charged with assisting community and people who suffer from natural and human made disaster. I also think the best way to tackle some of this unexpected situation is for one to plan ahead. Get the right education on how to handle safety at the workplace, home and on other public centers. But unfortunately most people are not conscious of the need to abide by safety and they end up falling victims to distance. Good education is the key to avoiding disasters.

While visiting South Korea I felt the inland results of a Typhoon. It caused massive flooding and heavy rains inland. To prepare for one I think would be a two step process. One protect yourself from the wind and flying debris. Second be prepared to flee to a place of safety away from rivers and low lying places that might flood. One of the things I have done to prepare for disaster is to compile a list of Medicines and have emailed it to myself and to keep a copy on a flash drive that I can share with a pharmacist if I lose my medicines. I am also in the process of backing up my computer off site so I do not lose my records.

I believe you are right. I think we can never under estimate disaster. We all have to be prepared at one point or another. I just really hope that our governments do someting drastic about the situations right now.

The natural disaster that we have to worry about in our area is either fire or it is an earthquake. Thankfully, neither of these have been things that I have had to deal with in my life. However, fire is the thing that is bothering me the most right now is fire because two of one of my friend's children perished in a home fire about two months ago. That really bothers me because I have children that are the same age.

Two years back when the earthquake hit Italy, I've heard from the surviving members that they were warned but they did not care for and were sleeping without worries and thus perished. All suffer but very few take action and rare people take pre-caution. One has to take care wisely of his global safety. Yes you never know. better to heed the alarming sound specially in these coming years.

Sweety I think i live in a very safe place, there is no eartquake, hurricane, typhoon; so far, earlier there used to had flood, but after construction of the Hirakud dam, it is gone Yes during the war we were given training about where to hide if there is bomb attack etc, but nothing has happened.. Thanks for this beautiful discussion Cheers. God bless you, have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .

There is nothing better than to be prepared for an emergency. In our household I have trained my family to do what is best if ever such a disaster would come. We always have a cabinet stacked with canned goods and extra mineral water containers. I have a also several flash lights and matches prepared if ever electricity would be cut. It is also very advisable to live in a sturdy house where there is no flood.