Cultural Anthropology - Natural Disasters

Connor Kissack
Mr. Roddy
IHSS
9/12/2019
Natural Disasters
Throughout this article, it talked about how in certain areas where there are tornados there tend to be much more casualties than what it’s expected to be. People are choosing to ignore these tornado alarms because fake ones have happened in the past. Also, some people, such as the poor, do not have certain access to evacuating the city when a tornado is likely to hit. Again also with elderly people and disabled individuals. Some people don’t have the cognitive function in order to be evacuated or aren’t able to hear the tornado alarm going off at the time. Evidently, this ends up leading to the collapse of certain communities and cities. The disasters end up leaving communities and/or cities in hundreds of thousand dollars of renovation. Multiple buildings and other infrastructure ends up having to be replaced due to all the damage the natural disaster has caused. At the moment, there isn’t a relatively superb solution towards this, but certain cities need to be advocating strategies for their people and the infrastructure that goes through the natural disasters.
My mom used to live in Kansas and there used to be tornados there all the time. She was once going through the drive thru at a McDonalds and she had heard the tornado siren for the first time at that time. She asked the lady giving her, her food and she said “Oh yeah, it’s just a tornado alarm. Not a big deal.” Yet she was terrified and was wondering why people we’re just carrying out their daily routine and not freaking out about the whole situation. It’s quite sad that the poor are the most susceptible towards natural disasters. I believe that during a catastrophe, every poor person, disabled person, and elderly person should be immediately evacuated and moved to safety so there are fewer mortalities. Sadly, it’s difficult for the infrastructure side of things. Hopefully, in the near future we figure out a way to keep communities much more safe from natural disasters.
https://www.longdom.org/open-access/natural-disaster-much-space-for-progress-2167-0587.1000e103.pdf

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