FA#2 (K1) HAZARDS AND DISASTERS

A) WHAT ARE HAZARDS? DISASTERS?

• In my understanding, hazards are things/ that are very dangerous and should be dealt with caution.
• Disasters are dangerous events that happen in nature.

B) WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THESE HAZARDS AND DISASTERS TO:

• a) a person
• A hazard and disaster can cause a minor to great injury to a person.
• Maybe trauma as well, if the disaster was traumatic for that person.

B) WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THESE HAZARDS AND DISASTERS TO:

• b) community
• Communities are most likely to have wrecked houses after a disaster.
• While hazards could maybe injure some of the people in a community.

B) WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THESE HAZARDS AND DISASTERS TO:

• c) environment
• A hazard and/or disaster can cause many things to break in the environment such as:
• uprooted trees, roofs flying away, roads broken and such.

C) SHARE A STORY

• Well, my mom works in a Japan since she's an OFW and there are a lot of earthquakes in Japan.
• So, earthquakes often happen in her place as well.
• She would tell me that whenever there would an earthquake at their place,
• her shelves, drawers and tables would move back and forth.
• However, she told me that she's used to it considering that she's been working there for years.