Natural Disaster Progress - Josey

Joplin, Missouri suffered a tornado that took 162 lives in 2011. This is the most deadly on record, with more than 1,000 injured. Not only was it dangerous, but the tornado also resulted in $3 billion from insurance. Since then there has now been the problem of figuring out places for people to go, and ways for the public to be alerted as soon as possible to avoid more fatalities. Despite these warnings saving lives, people still choose to ignore them and take a risk. There are times when warnings like these prove to be false alarms, but if cited by multiple sources and repeatedly shared, people are more willing to listen. Studies have shown that poor and less educated people have less access to means of communication about these storms and are not as likely to take preventative measures. Places prone to tornadoes have "safe rooms" in their homes, but these are expensive to build so this again puts many people in an unsafe place. Disabled people are less likely to return to safe places either because they cannot hear, or they are unable to get their fast enough they are put at more risk. People are more likely to respond to warnings when they have experienced an event like this themselves, especially if it is a more recent memory.
All of this information shows that people are able to learn from past experience and find ways to improve responsiveness in the future, however, how are we able to reduce effects on the certain groups that are not as aware? Lack of communication within communities leads to an ineffective community and this can lead to collapse. Learning what makes communities more immune to the effects of these disasters can help us learn more about societies and what helps them to function better or fall apart, but it also helps us learn more about humans and what means of communication are more effective for people to listen and follow directions. Although this is a small example of the way humans communicate and react to situations, it shows the importance of functioning as a community or a society. Communication is one of the most important skills we have as humans, it allows us to learn more about people, but also helps us learn more about people from other cultures and how societies work for them. If these ways of communication become less valued, but if we work to learn more about what makes people value communication more it can lead to stronger societies against natural disasters.

https://www.longdom.org/open-access/natural-disaster-much-space-for-progress-2167-0587.1000e103.pdf

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