Seemingly, an earthquake lasting 45 seconds or more is a significant event, especially at the beach. Therefore, I would gather my family and start running for higher ground as fast as I could without any of my belongings (University of Hawaii at Hilo, 2018). Once, we get to higher ground I would search for an area that has a solid foundation with barriers that could be placed in-between my family and the tsunami that may be materializing offshore. Lastly, I would try to gather supplies and seek emergency information from a variety of sources if possible.
As a young child, I was caught in a rip current off the coast of Florida. It was not a very good feeling and all I remember was fear and panic as I clawed my way through the sand to get out of the water. Unfortunately, …show more content…
(University of Delaware, n.d.).
Nevertheless, not all rip currents are so easily identifiable, but can be defeated by swimming parallel to the shore to escape its powerful grasp (Abbott, 2014).
Weather and climate change often get confused in discussions, especially in the media. Often the media and politicians place a spin on weather events that occur regularly and label them as long-term climate changes or vice versa. Therefore, it’s easy for people to confuse the two when they are taken out of context and not explained in detail. Moreover, weather events are usually seasonal regularly occurring events, whereas climate changes are events that occur over long periods of time (Schmidt, 2018).
In my research for this discussion, I found a neat little online game that relates to our course of study. Please feel free to follow the link and check it out.
Game - http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html
(International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)
As a young child, I was caught in a rip current off the coast of Florida. It was not a very good feeling and all I remember was fear and panic as I clawed my way through the sand to get out of the water. Unfortunately, …show more content…
(University of Delaware, n.d.).
Nevertheless, not all rip currents are so easily identifiable, but can be defeated by swimming parallel to the shore to escape its powerful grasp (Abbott, 2014).
Weather and climate change often get confused in discussions, especially in the media. Often the media and politicians place a spin on weather events that occur regularly and label them as long-term climate changes or vice versa. Therefore, it’s easy for people to confuse the two when they are taken out of context and not explained in detail. Moreover, weather events are usually seasonal regularly occurring events, whereas climate changes are events that occur over long periods of time (Schmidt, 2018).
In my research for this discussion, I found a neat little online game that relates to our course of study. Please feel free to follow the link and check it out.
Game - http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html
(International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)