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Natural Disasters Disaster Preparedness Education Program Disasters Essay

Natural Disasters Disaster preparedness education program

Disasters take varied forms and they are bound to happen when lest expected. These are events that are not confined to any given location or region nor confined to given periods. This unpredictability of disaster makes them lethal and hard to contain or stay 100% safe from. It is however possible to take into account the mitigation measures that are appropriate in ensuring the best precaution is observed at the times when these disasters strike. For effective care to be taken, it calls for an absolute acquaintance with various facts and precautions as well as steps and directions to take in the event of a disaster. These can be achieved through a comprehensive education program on disaster management.

The disaster of interest here is the tornadoes or storms. This is due...

Historically, tornadoes have been the most destructive natural disasters that have hit and continue to hit the U.S.A. due to the exacerbating factors that accompany tornadoes. Despite being a natural disaster, it usually induces destructions that are accomplished by man-made objects like the electricity shortages and destruction as well as using the very shelters of people as a killing tool, and that is in addition to the flooding that frequently accompany the tornadoes.
The location and population targeted in this program is the middle school

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H. Bland, Erin S. O'Leary, Eduardo Ferinaro, Fabrizio Jossa & Maurizio Trevisan, (1996). Long-Term Psychological Effects of Natural Disasters. http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/content/58/1/18.full.pdf
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