Hazards: Managing hazards

Question 1

Planning against earthquakes

Answer 1

-practice drills
-securing furniture
-preparing supplies

Question 2

Monitoring earthquakes

Answer 2

-foreshocks

Question 3

Predicting earthquakes

Answer 3

extremely difficult

Question 4

Protecting from earthquakes

Answer 4

-building design (e.g. rubber foundations)
-sea walls (tsunamis)

Question 5

Monitoring volcanoes

Answer 5

-changes in ground shape
-ground and river temp

Question 6

Predicting volcanoes

Answer 6

-easier than earthquakes

Question 7

Protecting from volcanoes

Answer 7

-evacuation

Question 8

Planning against volcanoes

Answer 8

-exclusion zones
-evacuation
-education
-first aid training

Question 9

Monitoring tropical storms

Answer 9

-satellites (cloud patterns)

Question 10

Predicting tropical storms

Answer 10

-supercomputers (5 day warning)
-track forecast zones

Question 11

Protecting from tropical storms

Answer 11

-cover windows (e.g. with mattress)
-bring in outdoor furniture
-coastal defences
-no build zones

Question 12

Planning against tropical storms

Answer 12

-prepare disaster kits
-fuel vehicles
-plan what family will do