Communication
is very important in emergencies such as natural disasters. By communicating
millions of people's lives can be saved. Not only that, medical supplies and
other necessities can be sent from other countries to help the horrible
situation.
Many
different techniques of communication were used during Hurricane Katrina and
Asian Tsunami. Ham operators were one of the ways that helped to communicate in
hurricane Katrina using voice, computers, televisions and Morse codes. Some
hams bounce their signals off the upper regions of the atmosphere, so they can
talk with hams on the other side of the world; others use satellites. Many use
short-range, handheld radios that fit in their pockets. Cellphones were a vital
aid in communicating to get help. Families were able to text or call friends or
other relatives in different parts of the world to get help. If they were to
try to call the police the system would probably be overloaded. There are still
many other sorts of communication used in now a day natural disaster.
The
essential information needs to be communicated during a disaster or emergency
are:
- The type
of emergency, the affected areas and populations and the emergency likely
progress.
- It's
impact on health.
-The
immediate impact on health services
- The extent
of damage to other areas similar to health operations
During a
natural disaster you can make precautions before it happens. For example, if
there is a hurricane or tornado, you can get underground in a shelter to avoid
the disaster. The tornado can't blow away an underground shelter. Even if you
do this, you must take supplies like water and foods for this as you do not
want to be stuck underground without any food or water and starve.
Stated
down below are the hardwires and soft wares required to communicating online:
Hardwires:
-monitor
-mouse
-keyboard
-CD-ROMs
SOFTWARE:
-WEB BROWSER
-INTERNET
-SAFARI
-FIRE FOX
