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What would you suggest is a good system/set-up that would have made a difference here?

• tomrod 13y ago
  It's hard to say. You need large hurricane-proofed buildings in the higher barangays. As a person intimately familiar with the Tacloban/Leyte area, that's hard to accomplish since the area is so low-lying where it hit hardest. The three biggest needs to prevent a large death-toll from something like this: 1. Education regarding effects of disasters (e.g. what a storm surge is, what areas are likely to be affected by landslides, etc.) 2. Basic first aid medication (having seen my fair share of misadventure in the Philippines, I can confidently say that a subsidized boy scout-style training program would work wonders there) 3. Instructions for putting together 72-hour crash bags, which should be kept in convenient locations (this is a good idea generally -- no matter where one lives a calamity could occur, and having copies of important documents/candles/matches/clean water can make a huge difference).