ResearchGate Gate Q&A Publications Projects more 3 [Miranda Yeoh] Miranda Yeoh Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor, MALAYSIA (Selangor Matriculation... 33.81 RG Score Question What are the catastrophes that you have endured and survived? What have you learned from it? Do we sometimes think we have a great catastrophe that has fallen upon us? Very recently there were floods in Europe (Serbia, Bosnia, Siberia), and in Chile, South America. All these floods were caused by sudden heavy rains. Forest fires have affected us in Malaysia and our near neighbors, in Australia. A sandstorm hit Tehran on Monday (of this week), killing 5 and injuring dozens. What are your thoughts when these things happen? What are the things that you have all learned from all this? Please share your thoughts. 23 hours ago · Modified 23 hours ago by the commenter. Topics Disaster Studies Emergency Management Disaster Recovery Disaster Relief Disaster Risk Reduction Disasters Emergency Medical Services Disaster Prevention Disaster Preparedness Disaster Management Catastrophe Theory Answer Share 17 / 0 · 23 Answers · 88 Views Popular Answers [Demetris Christopoulos] Demetris Christopoulos · 29.07 · National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Dear Miranda, I will write about the economic disaster of my country. Since 2010, at least the 30% of population and 70% of youth, we are all unemployed or partially workers in a country which has prices of Brussels and wages of former Eastern Europe. Yes, I know, it is not a physical catastrophe, like a flood, an earthquake, a tsunami etc, but I can confirm you that, with an increasing number of suicides: huffingtonpost/2013/09/10/greece-suicides_n_3900906.html it is like being bombarded with a typical war bomb. And, of course, official statistics never reveal the true size of the problem. So, I have survived 4 years now in the economic disaster named Greece. 11 / 0 · 23 hours ago [Beata Borowska-Beszta] Beata Borowska-Beszta · 22.45 · Nicolaus Copernicus University Dear Miranda fortunately I not experienced any catastrophy related to weather, technology, terrorism, evil relationships etc. I live since 1989 in a peaceful country. The only major macro-fact was associated with getting independency from the USSR on 4th June (today!) in 1989 after communism since 1945 while the end of WWII. Difficult times were introduced with state of war in Poland anonuced on 13th December 1981 and finally ended on 22th July 1983. Those particular times were characterized by general scarcity, poverty, persecution of people. When state of war started, I just went to high school. What I have learned during the hard times? - Survival in any hard conditions. Im optimist. 8 / 0 · 22 hours ago All Answers (23) Show full discussion Show previous comments [Beata Borowska-Beszta] Beata Borowska-Beszta · 22.45 · Nicolaus Copernicus University Dear Miranda fortunately I not experienced any catastrophy related to weather, technology, terrorism, evil relationships etc. I live since 1989 in a peaceful country. The only major macro-fact was associated with getting independency from the USSR on 4th June (today!) in 1989 after communism since 1945 while the end of WWII. Difficult times were introduced with state of war in Poland anonuced on 13th December 1981 and finally ended on 22th July 1983. Those particular times were characterized by general scarcity, poverty, persecution of people. When state of war started, I just went to high school. What I have learned during the hard times? - Survival in any hard conditions. Im optimist. 8 / 0 · 22 hours ago [Huajiang Ouyang] Huajiang Ouyang · 47.37 · 111.8 · University of Liverpool There was flood in part of England in winter. Although the scale was big in comparison with those mentioend by Miranda, the flood brought misery and causes a few death and a huge amount of financial losses. The main reason is that a alrge part of England is quite flatand water has no where to go. Weather in recent years seem more extreme in the UK. Some people attribute these to global warming. 6 / 0 · 21 hours ago [Miranda Yeoh] Miranda Yeoh · 33.81 · Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor, MALAYSIA (Selangor Matriculation College) @Beata, @Ouyang thanks. Beata, when Poland was in the war period, they had some form of Underground, right? :))) Ouyang, I remember the floods in UK, and the accidents involving the Tube. Two of my cousins who are permanently in UK come home for summer holidays soon :) After the floods, did the local authorities improve the drainage etc? 6 / 0 · 20 hours ago [Tobias M. Ntuli] Tobias M. Ntuli · 18.68 · 16.51 · University of South Africa Academic exclusion and/or unemployment! Friends are far between and/or few! Purpose is permanent! Setbacks are temporary! Period! 6 / 0 · 20 hours ago [Ljubomir Jacić] Ljubomir Jacić · 60.27 · 7.75 · Technical College Požarevac My dear @Miranda, here is fine article to Overcome Myopia -.....How to learn from Catastrophes?! You like papers that I do submit for You! :) Regarding massive floods in Serbia last month, we just have to learn! :( Of course, disasters like @Demetris mentioned, NATO bombing of Serbia ,..., etc. could be also treated! OvercomingMyopia.pdf 7 / 0 · 20 hours ago [João Pedro Barreiros] João Pedro Barreiros · 34.43 · 154.55 · University of the Azores Dear Miranda Besides the fact that my home base is in a volcanic and highly seismic archipelago - Ive experienced one serious earthquake in 1998 albeit with no personal injuries or property damage, the worst catastrophic by far Ive personally experienced were the start of the civil war in Angola in 1975 (I was a small 10 year old kid and my father an MD within the Portuguese Air Force - by then already in the process of decolonization of the former Portuguese Africa) and my own participation in an infantry company during the Bosnia war in 1991. I was not in a fighting unit but the atrocities commited and testified were appaling - from every side involved since there are no such things as all inocent victims and all terrible assassins - and even today I still have nightmares about that. War might be the most terrible type of catastrophic situation. For me it certainly is. Everybody suffered extremely (Bosnians, Serbs, Croats) especially civilians including elderly people and children who gazed at us as if incredulous about how such horrors could be possible. Best regards, JP 4 / 0 · 20 hours ago [Beata Borowska-Beszta] Beata Borowska-Beszta · 22.45 · Nicolaus Copernicus University Dear Miranda, yes Underground is Specialite de la Polonaise Maison ;)) 4 / 0 · 20 hours ago [Raoof Mostafazadeh] Raoof Mostafazadeh · 26.16 · 4.59 · Tarbiat Modares University The importance of careful preparations in reducing damage arising from disasters. Occurrence frequency of four types of major disasters in the world (Average per country) [134_figure.jpg] 4 / 0 · 20 hours ago [Raoof Mostafazadeh] Raoof Mostafazadeh · 26.16 · 4.59 · Tarbiat Modares University Some of weather-related catastrophes and also extreme events are influenced by CLIMATE CHANGE. You can find some more information in the below link: spiritualresearchfoundation.org/causes-of-global-warming-facts Global warming causes and facts - a spiritual perspective - SSRF English The root causes of global warming and the facts behind climate change and the increasing intensity of natural disasters 4 / 0 · 20 hours ago [Raoof Mostafazadeh] Raoof Mostafazadeh · 26.16 · 4.59 · Tarbiat Modares University Tehran Dust strom! news.yahoo/report-dust-storm-roars-iran-killing-5-160034871.html Report: Dust storm roars into Iran, killing 5 A heavy dust storm roared into Irans capital Monday, blacking out the sun in a swirling cloud and tearing down trees in a squall that killed five people and injured 30, state television reported. 4 / 0 · 20 hours ago [Fatimah Petra] Fatimah Petra · 9.59 · 0.54 · Universiti Brunei Darussalam God willing, Brunei remain calm from catastrophes. But ever since Whatsapp is around, messengers, twitters, facebook, news are flashing... graphic images are visible, horrid tragedies is a click away even though from other countries. There are reasons why things happened, not coincidence. 4 / 0 · 19 hours ago [Ljubomir Jacić] Ljubomir Jacić · 60.27 · 7.75 · Technical College Požarevac All about climate change, vulnerabilities, impacts and adaptation for all European countries could be find at this web portal! climateadaptation.eu/ [circle-4.jpg] 4 / 0 · 18 hours ago [Kamal Eddin Bani-Hani] Kamal Eddin Bani-Hani · 67.22 · 174.46 · Hashemite University For us in Jordan with a population of 6 millions, then receiving the poor vulnerable Syrian refuges (about 1.5 million in Jordan = 25% of our population). They live in miserable condition despite all the help we provided. 5 / 0 · 17 hours ago [Beata Borowska-Beszta] Beata Borowska-Beszta · 22.45 · Nicolaus Copernicus University Dear Kamal, I can imagine, very difficult situation for refugees and Jordanian citizens to coexist. What social problems raised in Jordan with such extensive migration from Syria? 4 / 0 · 16 hours ago [Kamal Eddin Bani-Hani] Kamal Eddin Bani-Hani · 67.22 · 174.46 · Hashemite University Dear Beata: 1. The humanitarian services for these poor refuges are not enough at all 2. There is a huge overload on our infrastructures such as schools, health services and water supply and sanitary structures. Jordan is the third poorest country in the world regarding water resources 5 / 0 · 16 hours ago [Gonzalo Galileo Rivas Platero] Gonzalo Galileo Rivas Platero · 22.24 · 17.97 · Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura In Central America, climate variability is extreme periods of drought or heavy rain (floods, hurricanes) have been very strong in recent decades. Hurricanes as Mitch, Stan and others have produced substantial loss of life, physical structures (roads, housing, etc..), Agricultural crops, etc.. The occurrence of these phenomena has exposed the shortcomings in risk management, forecasts that the region suffers. This process has been key to the development of regional strategies for climate change, agriculture, health, food security and agri-environment, instruments aimed at prevention, capacity building and overall plans and guidelines to address such global calamity. This process is discussed in the context regional forums organized by Central American Integration System in synergy with national and regional partners. 3 / 0 · 15 hours ago [Miranda Yeoh] Miranda Yeoh · 33.81 · Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor, MALAYSIA (Selangor Matriculation College) Thanks for your posts. Each one of us (Tobias, Joao, Profs kamal, Ljubomir, Gonzalo, Raoof, Beata et al.) have experienced these catastrophes. Pardis may still be recovering from the recent sandstorm. Even though she wasnt physically injured, there is often a psychological trauma. But she has replied my email. Thanks for the pdf file, Prof Ljubomir :) Friends, I am thankful we are still alive.....till now. 2 / 0 · 10 hours ago [Adel M. Aladwani] Adel M. Aladwani · 24.07 · 19.47 · Kuwait University I will never forget the dreadful days when my country was invaded more than 20 years ago. It just changed my core beliefs about many things in life. 3 / 0 · 9 hours ago [Miranda Yeoh] Miranda Yeoh · 33.81 · Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor, MALAYSIA (Selangor Matriculation College) @Adel, what have we all learnt from these destructive senseless things like wars? There is so much bloodshed, suffering that humans inflict on humans. Thats why when people seem to be more concerned about plants and animals, than humans, it seems so unusual to me! 1 / 0 · 5 hours ago [Ljubomir Jacić] Ljubomir Jacić · 60.27 · 7.75 · Technical College Požarevac Let us remember, today is World Environmental Day! Everyone has to make an effort in order to prevent catastrophes! unep.org/wed/ World Environment Day - Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level 2 / 0 · 4 hours ago Tobias M. 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