Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction: Disasters and Its Effects Learning From Weakness Why Us? Not Others?

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Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

Module 3
Disasters and Its Effects
Learning from Weakness
WHY US? NOT OTHERS?

What’s In

Direction: Think of five (5) disasters that you had experienced, watched, or read in the
past two years. Then, write how you feel while experiencing, watching, or reading it.

Calamity/Disaster Your Feeling


1. Typhoon Yolanda Upon watching the news I feel sad for the
people who experienced it because there is
nothing left with their homes.

2. Taal Volcano Eruption When this is reported in the news I saw how
people don’t want to leave their place and I feel
sad for them that they don’t have a choice.

3. Earthquake in Bohol I feel worried for our relatives in bohol upon


receiving this news because they are near form
where the earthquake was.

4. Typhoon Bopha While watching about disasters documentary its


so sad how this disaster had killed many people.

5. Mt. Pinatubo eruption When I watched it I see how the people


struggled so its kind of sad that all their
belongings and houses are destroyed because
of ashes.
CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
Directions: List down at least 5 other possible vulnerable situations found in your home,
community, or in the society together with the hazard that could strike.

Vulnerability Hazard
Weak walls Earthquake
Weak infrastructure Super Typhoon
No trees Landslide
Creek with trash Flood

Care and Concern for others:

As a resident of your community, how would you show concern in order to lessen
vulnerability of a certain area?
I would clean our environment and make some safety precautions in our community.

HAZARDOUS TRIP 1
DIRECTIONS: Examine the diagram below. Each letter represent a scenario based on
the figure. Kindly describe briefly the effect of hazard for each respective scenario and
answer the question that follows.

Typhoon
Scenario Earthquake
(Strong winds and rains)
A. Family in concrete house
Their house might have a
near the highway far from Less damage
river and mountain small damage

They can blown away by


B. Mountain climbers going up the strong winds and This can caused some
the slope their way is slippery serious physical damage.
because of the rain
C. Exchange learners in local
family home in the barrio They can be flooded. Tsunami.
near the river
Get stuck more and
D. Friends in an isolated beach Tsunami.
some destruction.
There boat might get
E. Fishermen on the open sea Tsunami
destroyed
F. Passengers in a jeep along Destruction of roads and
Traffic and slippery road.
a road with moderate traffic landslide.

Question: Are the impacts of hazards the same? no

HAZARDOUS TRIP 2
DIRECTIONS: Examine the diagram below. Each letter represent a scenario based on
the figure. Kindly describe briefly the effect of hazard for each respective scenario and
answer the question that follows.

Scenario Landslide Faulty Electrical Wiring

A. Family in concrete house


They will be safe in They can be a brownout in
near the highway far from
river and mountain landslide. their community.
They might have a They will be safe because
B. Mountain climbers going up
the slope
chance to they can occur there is no near electric
a landslide. post.
C. Exchange learners in local They might get in danger
family home in the barrio because of the river They might be electrocuted
near the river might rise.
They maybe stuck there
D. Friends in an isolated beach They might be no lights.
for a long time
They might be caught in
E. Fishermen on the open sea They might be electrocuted
a tsunami
Its dangerous to have a
F. Passengers in a jeep along
It an cause more traffic. electric al problems along
a road with moderate traffic
the way.

Question:
1. Are the impacts of hazards the same? Yes in some ways.
2. Which hazard affected everyone? Which did not? The landslide.
________________________________________________________________

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING


Directions: Think of a hazard that would fall into hydrometeorological, geological, and
man-made and be able to identify if the hazards could happen in your local community
and which one could less likely to happen. Explain briefly. Use the format of the table
below.
HAZARDS
Describe your local
community here: Technological /
Hydrometeorological Geological
Man-made
Ex.: Typhoon Ex.: Earthquakes Ex.: Car accidents
Because we still can Because Manila is There is to much
Our community is avoid this but we in a fault line. population so it
in a high place, can lessen the happens
people here clean damage like our sometimes.
their own trash but community is not
not all. There is a getting flood.
creek nearby.
What’s More

Direction: Consider yourself as a friend to the following people. Given their situations
and the fact that they are suffering from a previous disaster, state the impact / effects of
the disasters they are experiencing and what tips, advice or words can you give them to
help them recover?

1. Dale Marc is a 16-year-old student. He lives in Taal, Batangas, together with his
family. Fishing is their primary source of income. They found out that the Taal
volcano had erupted in Taal Batangas. What are the possible effects / effects of this
condition on their family, and what advice are you going to give him?
 Ashes from the volcano can cause some serious health problems they should
evacuate and go to safe areas because staying in there house is dangerous.

2. Anna is a primary school teacher in Cainta, Rizal. She used to be the mother of two
beautiful children. Their community was hit by a Super Typhoon submerging and
washed away their homes and properties. It is noticeably clear to her mind how her
two children tried to hold their hands tightly, but their hands slipped away. What
would be the potential effect / effects of the Super Typhoon teacher Anna is
experiencing? How do you think can she be helped in coping up from the tragedy?
 The super typhoon may caused her some serious mental problems like
depression and trauma. She should go where she can find space to think of
her problems and move on.

3. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe


acute coronavirus 2 respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified in
Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019 and resulted in a continuing pandemic. The
first confirmed case in Hubei dates back to 17 November 2019. The virus arrived in
the Philippines on 30 January 2020 when the first case of the disease was confirmed
in Metro Manila. After more than a month without recording any cases, the
Philippines confirmed its first local transmission on 7 March 2020. Since then, the
virus has spread to the country with at least one case recorded in the 17 regions of
the country. During this pandemic situation, Nurses serves as a “frontliner” to help
COVID patients obtain good health and recover from their current situation. What
could be the potential effect / impact of the increasingly confirmed cases of COVID
patients on Nurses in the Philippines?
 The nurses will decreased in numbers and we will have a hard time to make
the situation in control.
What I Have Learned
Knowing that a disaster disturbs the usual pattern of life and can cause both physical
and emotional harm among people, how would you ensure that you are prepared to
face the possible effects of ANY disaster that you may encounter in life?
 I should educate myself on how to be aware in any disaster. I should be more
knowledgeable about the effects of an any disasters so when it occurs I am
ready.

Have you learned so much from this module? What are the three things that you
learned today? What are the two things you found interesting?

3 Things I learned Today


1. Vulnerability
2. Impact/effects of a disaster
3. Factors affecting vulnerability

2 Things I Found Interesting


1. Knowing your weakness is like knowing how to become strong.
2. Disaster that is unknown to us but it’s totally exist.

1 Question I have
1. I don’t have a question for this topic.
Additional Activities

Read the quotation below. Then, write your agreement or disagreement to the message
that it conveys.
“Disasters gave me two things: a
moment to REACT and a decision
to OVERCOME.”

Michael Dooley

I agree to this quotation because when you are experiencing a disaster you need to
react fast, make decisions for the safety of yourself. There is only a matter of second
when you can react fast so you need to be aware to anything might happen to you so
making a right decision also can save not just your life but also others life.

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