Preventing a Ton of Cure: Disaster Preparedness.
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Disaster Preparedness.
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Disasters, be they natural or human made, do occur--they have been
occurring all throughout human history, they occur even nowadays; they
are nothing new to us. They do not surprise us.
Sadly though, whenever a disaster causing human and material damages
happens, we act very shocked and surprised, time after time again. I
say "act", because we should not, really, act surprised each time a
disaster causes life loss and damage, wherever this might happen in
the world, because we know of the possibility of disasters happening
just about at any place on Earth, and we can envision what damages
might occur at those places at such times.
Common sense dictates that it would be much wiser to prevent and to
mitigate any possible effects of any disaster before it happens! I am
sure that the state of the art of our science is such that we already
are aware of the inadequacy of our disaster preparedness--why don't we
use our capabilities, our knowledge to be ready (better than we are
now) in case of disasters, and more importantly--why don't we do
everything humanly possible to prevent the terrible damages and life
loss that happen every so often before a disaster does happen?
All this that I write is very trite, but it is true--time after time
again. We know that disasters do happen; we know very well what the
aftermath of any potential disaster anywhere in the world could be,
and yet--anytime a disaster strikes, we play the same game over and
over again. We feel very sorry for the victims, we feed the huge
relief industry with our money, and we are ready for the next round,
without ever trying to address the problem at where it might be
stemming from well enough to make a difference.
Wouldn't it be much more humane to become concerned before disasters
happen, and feel compassion for our neighbors before something
preventable happens and causes grief to them?
Here is what I would like to suggest:
Let us have a look all over the globe, and let us try to imagine what
damages could happen should a disaster, natural or otherwise, happen
there.
Let us not stop there; Let us do get prepared for any relief might be
necessary in the future for after disasters happen, but--let us also
start suggesting what the optimal conditions at each potential
disaster site would have to be to make the damage and loss of life
minimal, should a disaster happen there.
May all these suggestions be made "visible" in models that would be
accessible to anyone on the Internet, or by using what-so-ever media
available, and may all this be open to critique and input by anyone
who might feel that they may have some ideas pertinent to the subject
to offer.
It would not be realistic to expect that all of these suggestions of
how the ideal situations in which as little damage and life loss would
happen in case of disasters would be immediately followed up upon,
but, all of these suggestions would be there to be implemented when
possible. The models would be there for anyone to see where to put
their efforts into before anything bad happens, rather than be ever so
concerned after a disaster strikes.
The news that we hear on the radio on the TV, etc., after each
disaster strikes are the wrong kind of news. What the news should be
about every day, should be about how we are preventing the next
disaster from happening! About what the potential dangers are where,
and about what should be done so that the next disaster, should it
happen, would cause as little damage as possible.
Thank you sincerely - Hearthstone - www.ModelEarth.Org .