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When a disaster strikes, it is usually sudden and without warning. Depending on your knowledge, skills and beliefs you will have a high or low probability of survival so you must begin to adjust your thinking now. Maybe you believe in global warming and you can link the disaster to climate change. Maybe you believe in god. Maybe you believe in both or maybe you believe in nothing. Hopefully, either way, you have enough good sense and intelligence to see that we are in times of change and things are liable to drastically change overnight. If you think god will step in to save you, you may want to ask whether this is realistic or not. If you expect the government to help you, you could be sorely disappointed. The bottom line is, if you want to survive you will need to depend on yourself more than anything else. To do this start by becoming informed about the possibilities of risk and preparing to help yourself and your loved ones survive any situation. Click to Learn about natural disasters, human disasters and how to survive.
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A volcano is a vent which molten rock escapes through to the surface of the earth. An eruption happens when pressure from gases within the molten rock becomes too great. There may be lava flows, flattened landscapes, poisonous gases, flying rock and ash.
Because of their intense heat, lava flows are great fire hazards. Lava flows destroy everything in their path, but most move slowly enough that people can move out of the way.
Fresh volcanic ash, made of pulverized rock, can be abrasive, acidic, gritty, gassy, and odorous. While not immediately dangerous, the acidic gas and ash can cause lung damage to infants, older adults, and individuals with severe respiratory illnesses.... |
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A recent study from University of California Davis revealed that the number one cause of wildfire deaths in America is from smoking. Flicking a cigarette out a car window, for example, can cause a multi-thousand acre fire instantly. The first and best way to survive such a fire is to prevent it. Wildfires, however, can start naturally and in most cases are caused by somebody else's careless act.
If trapped in a wildfire the best thing to do right away, if possible, is to evacuate the area... |
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An ouce of prevention is worth a pound of reaction. Thus, the best way to survive global warming and the consequent natural disasters is to take every possible measure to prevent them. This means reducing CO2 footprint and changing over, as a societies, to more agrarian and sustainable futures. However, with current western lifestyles demanding increasing levels of resources and energy it would be wise not to assume we can reverse our destruction and to start preparing for the worst. We... |
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Disasters caused by humans include aviation (flying) accidents, arson (lighting a fire to burn something), CBRNs (where a country has a powerful weapon), civil disorder (where people riot or do crimes), power outages (where electricity is interrupted), public relations crises where a company must tell bad news, radiation contamination (where nuclear weapons are used or accidentally get out of control), disasters in space, a telecommunications outage (not being able to communicate), terrorism... |
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