Living with Disaster

Public knowledge and awareness of disasters needs to be improved. This could be included in the school curriculum.

September 15, 2009

THE earthquake that shook Tasikmalaya and surrounding areas taught us a lot and gave us something to think about. It must be admitted that the system of spreading information and early warnings worked well. As soon as the earth began to shake, information about the time, strength and location of the quake as well as the potential of a tsunami spread very quickly through SMS text messages and the media. This system should be maintained, and the ar

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