Fire is a very good servant, but, a very bad master. As long as fire is under our control, it serves a lot of useful purposes for us, but, once it goes out of our control, it can create a lot of destruction. However, despite the presence of fire safety measures, the occurrence of accidents…
These are winds of high-speed, many times accompanied by heavy rainfall. These cause structural damage, snapped overhead wires, and, possibility of floods. Because of damage to structure and overhead wires, utility services could be disrupted. Heavy rainfall could cause flooding also. Many times, these could last for a few days. In such cases, any restoration…
Sometimes, it might not be possible to prevent a flood, even if we know that its about to get flooded. However, there are certain actions that can be taken to reduce the impact significantly, or, to reduce the possibility of flooding: 1. The first step is to keep the drainage system clean. This allows water to be carried…
Floods refer to huge amount of water reaching land in a short span of time, causing land surface to be submerged under water – at places, where, land surface is usually not covered with water. Floods could be caused due to natural causes, or, human activities, or, a combination of both. Floods are caused by…
Volcanoes refer to eruption of hot molten lava from below the surface of the earth. As plates move away from each other, at certain places, the surface might get stretched and thinner. In such a situation, the hot molten lava and gaseous substances below this thinned surface could open up a fissure and come out….
When staying in the house, simple precautions should be used: 1. Large/heavy items should be fastened, so that they don’t fall-off, during earthquakes. 2. Hanging items (like: fan, chandeliers, decorations etc.) should be fastened, rather than just left hanging through a hook 3. 4. You should be adequately prepared to live without utilities for several days. As earthquake…
People who stay in an earthquake prone area might do well to make investments in earthquake-proofing of their houses. The process starts with the construction of the house. Traditionally, people in earthquake prone areas used to build homes using lighter materials, and, also materials which could be reused, e.g. wood. The advantage with wood is:…
Earthquakes have very low predictability in short term, i.e. in most cases, there is no warning – even a few minutes before an earthquake. However, in most cases, a much higher degree of predictability exists in long term – in the sense that if a certain area is sitting on a fault line, it can…
Hence, in case of an earthquake, the safest place to be would be in an open ground – away from all kinds of buildings and tall structures. If you can not rush out of your building, you can duck under some sturdy desk etc. which might provide protection against heavy objects falling on your body. If even…
During an earthquake, there are many ways by which one can get hurt (many times, fatally) 1. People inside buildings could get hurt (even critically) by fall of objects/walls/ceilings 2. People outside the buildings could get hurt by falling debris from damaged buildings, glasses etc. 3. People traveling could get hurt by their vehicles falling off the tracks,…