Hazards Flashcards
USA san Fransico earthquake
a lot of money so make better buildings that don’t fall with steel cross-bracing
better trained people
Pakistan earthquake
not much money so cheap buildings
not well educated so not trained
USA GNI and literacy rate
GNI $66080
100% literacy rate
Pakistan GNI and literacy rate
GNI $4800
58% Literacy rate
What is Prediction, Preparation, and Communication (Hurricane)
Prediction - saves lives
Preparation - save buildings
Communication - warn people to evacuate and prepare buildings
prediction - Hurricane Texas 2008
evacuated 1,000,000 people by buses
no one died
calculated hurricane path with technology
Preparation - Florida hurricane 2010
most buildings destroyed despite warnings
storm surge hit buildings and broke them lol
one building survived because stilts - water passed through it.