How to Protect Us from Natural Disasters

I’m going to write about natural disasters in Japan, today.

In the world, there are many kinds of natural disasters such as earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunami, landslide, flood, tornado, drought, tidal wave, snow damage or others. Sometimes these kill or injure a lot of people. Every year, many people die unexpectedly because of natural disasters suddenly. 

Especially, earthquake and tsunami which arises in the wake of earthquake, and volcanic eruption are natural disasters which Japanese pay attention. 

Therefore, this time, I mention how to protect us by ourselves from these three natural disasters.

First, earthquakes often happen in Japan every year and they have different sizes.

They cause the damage for human because of injury, the danger of life, mental damage like stress, depression and neurosis because of the death of their family or friends and the life at refuge. Also, it causes the damage for structures, agriculture, traditional buildings, factories, stores, lifeline, and ground, fire, tsunami, the decline in medical service, public service and public service.

By the way, what should we do to protect us from earthquake?

We can put up resistances to earthquakes on houses, hold furniture strongly, check shelters, prepare preserved food and listen to information of earthquakes and second disasters.

When earthquake happens, we should leave from large furniture, protect our heads and bodies, put out the fire on gas stove, shut the gas tap, open doors and windows, and wear clothes, shoes and helmet to protect. After the shaking subsides, you should go outside.

Second, Japanese also consider that volcanic eruption is one of the natural disasters which people are afraid of.

Some people die and injure, volcanic eruption give damages to mountains and forests, wastelands, rest stations on the mountains, private houses, airplanes and other transportation because of volcanic gasses, cinders, volcanic mudslide, volcanic ash slide, lava, and eruption. Some ship are sometimes wrecked and people are killed because of eruptions of undersea volcanoes.

We can listen to the information about volcanic activities in ordinary life, especially before we go to mountains. We can submit climbing notification, confirm where there are the shelters or mountain huts, and take protective mask and goggles before we go to mountains. Also, it is necessary to prepare preserved food and water, flashlight, blanket, and medicines if you live near active volcano.

When we meet volcanic eruption in mountain, we should go upwind and the shelters or mountain huts, cover your mouse with handkerchief or mask, and take contact lenses off. If we meet volcanic eruption in the house, we should gather information and seal up windows.

A volcanic eruption of Mount Ontake took place on September 27th, 2014. Mount Ontake is a volcano located in Japan and located around 200 km western Tokyo. It killed over 50 people. Also, on March 11^th, 2011, the large earthquake stuck Japan. It is significant for Japanese to pay attention to natural disasters and prepare countermeasures against them.

*reference*

The Japan Times

Mount Ontake's ashes yield four more bodies as search teams race to beat typhoon 

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/05/national/bodies-found-volcano-search-resumes-ahead-typhoon/#.VDG_P3lxnIU