When we receive early warning
Radio and television news provide information about the early warning for cyclone and floods. Along with our parents we need to listen to the news carefully. In villages, Gram Panchayat provides early warning, and also requests citizens to be ready for evacuation. Never believe in rumors spread by fake messages on whatsapp and social media. Generally we get early warning 24 hours in advance, and this time is very important for us. We need to discuss with our parents, and start preparing for the disaster. After getting early warning let us:
- Request parents to buy fruits, biscuits, murukku, flattened rice, khakaras, Chikki and other dry food items sufficient for atleast two days.
- Find a good water bottle of at-least two liters, clean it and fill it with drinking water.
- Help parents to keep important household material above ground level.
- Help parents to gather important documents, and keep them in safest place in house.
- Gather and keep all essential medicines for grand parents in a take away bag.
- Most importantly keep our books, school bag and other educational material at a safe place.
- More vulnerability in a society means that the impact of any small scale hazard will be bigger.
- This also means that impact of more vulnerability and large scale of Hazard will be biggest.
