Tag Archives: natural disasters
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic – a Bit of Background
This Coronavirus has hit and its impact has been severe! I am dumbfounded and staggered to see the speed with which it has moved, and the toll it has taken – physically, socially, economically. There is so much to say, and you may know that I am opinionated, so here goes. Along with a degree […]
Hurricane Season – Part 2
Sometimes we humans aren’t too smart. We don’t use our God-given intelligence. In the 21st century, with satellite technology and weather sensors, we see a hurricane forming, building, and strengthening, and can easily track direction and progress. As the hurricane grows nearer, we are forewarned to leave an area. Sometimes we are ordered to evacuate. […]
Hurricane Season – Part 1
Although now living in British Columbia, some of you are aware that I grew up in South Carolina. The areas are as different as chalk and cheese. One of these is the weather and what influences it. Here we have the Japanese current, bringing relative warmth to our part of the southern Canadian Pacific coastline. […]
Snow and more snow
We’re snowed in! This isn’t earthshaking news for Canada but in our part of the country, it is. Fifteen inches over three days and most everything has stopped in its tracks. Only essential travel is recommended. So we have little movement at the end of our dead-end road to the farm. The dynamics are interesting. […]
A Valuable Lesson from Hurricane Florence
One of the first of numerous natural disasters to which I responded throughout the world was a hurricane along the coast of my home state, South Carolina. I never realized the journey that one small response would take me. I don’t even recall the name of that storm! Hurricane Florence hitting the Carolinas last September […]
Household Emergency Kit Maintenance
A while back, my shoulder began aching. Although it seemed to come out of nowhere, maybe it was a pulled muscle or ligament from tackling all the chores on a fruit and berry farm. I discounted this as soreness, but the pain kept worsening. Maybe it’s yet another invasion of the ‘A-word’ (i.e. arthritis), that […]
A look back on 2016
It’s worthwhile to look back at events, because as we often hear…”there’s nothing new under the sun.” The end of the year is an appropriate time to review a few disasters and emergencies, and perhaps weaknesses in preparedness and response. Maybe we can learn a few lessons. As we know, disasters can be either human-induced […]
Getting from Disasters to Development
Is there a connection between development and disasters? Emphatically yes! The line may not be straight, but the more developed is the country, the less is the impact of disasters. I am speaking mostly of natural disasters, because these seem to be the most frequent events in developed countries. What do we mean by ‘developed’? […]
A look back on 2015 – Natural Disasters
Wow! What a year it has been! Let’s think back a bit on some of the disruptions to people’s lives. After all, this is the essence of a disaster. As you know, we can divide disasters into natural and human-induced. Let’s speak to natural disasters first, and if room allows, we’ll speak to those whose […]
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