Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction: Disasters and Its Effects Learning From Weakness Why Us? Not Others?
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction: Disasters and Its Effects Learning From Weakness Why Us? Not Others?
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction: Disasters and Its Effects Learning From Weakness Why Us? Not Others?
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.
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.
Vulnerability Hazard
Weak walls Earthquake
Weak infrastructure Super Typhoon
No trees Landslide
Creek with trash Flood
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
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.
Question:
1. Are the impacts of hazards the same? Yes in some ways.
2. Which hazard affected everyone? Which did not? The landslide.
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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.
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?
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.