Saint Augustine’s School

Rizal,Tagudin,Ilocos Sur

In partial fulfillment of the subject, English 10,

A.Y. 2019-2020

Submitted by: Submitted to:

Favienne Angelie D. Sudario Ms. Julie Anne Tadeja
Student Mrs. Christina Bayan

Date: October 15, 2019

 Reduction of the Killings of Nature
Have you ever thought about the disasters that could easily have your life
be taken? If not, I should tell you that nature can kill. It is really not
possible to stop nature from giving off disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis,
and volcanic eruptions. But as humans, it is our responsibility to protect our
lives in such situations. Though we cannot stop these, we can have the
destructions it causes be lessened with the right planning and mitigation.
These disasters are known to bring forth massive death and destructions.
Yes, it is true as this occurrences are unstoppable therefore the results they
give after the natural phenomena are uncontrollable. As what happened on the
eruption of Mt. Etna on Africa where almost 17,000 people died and 20,000 were
left homeless. From the investigations and reports these people were informed
very late about the awakening of the said volcano which caused the evacuation
delay. If only the people were aware of it, with proper information that
prioritizes the people’s safety they could’ve been saved. The destructions
could’ve been reduced if only the disseminations of warning were done according
to a plan. If the people practiced drills and if they had known evacuation areas
as safe zones, they might still be alive.
Now think that these people counts on you when it comes to this things.
Imagine that those people are your responsibility as an official, wouldn’t you
take an action? Think that if they die, your conscience might kill you for you
know you should’ve done something. The big question is how about if you, the
person who’s responsible for things as such would also die, who will you blame?
If you remember, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao last February,
2017 and by the devastation it caused, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) had everyone warned to learn from the resulted
situation of the event for a more powerful one. An earthquake said to be ranging
from magnitude 7-8 coming from the most and only feared fault in the cracks of
Luzon, Philippines which is the West Valley Fault where it transverses from the
major parts in Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Laguna and Cavite which
they named the Big One. Visualize if the Big One happened the next sunrise. Think
of the disasters we could experience from it. As what Arch. Felino A. Palafox,
one of the country’s disaster mitigator in architecture said “We live in cities
plagued by the ills of poor urban planning and construction design practices, and
we work in a country that is susceptible to natural and man-made disasters.”, it
is unlikely that we could be safe in spite of this. But that is why the word
“mitigation” together with “risk reduction” is present. Because we can do
something to survive from the expected phenomena.
According to the “Study for Earthquake Impact Reduction for Metropolitan
Manila in the Republic of the Philippines” which was conducted by the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) back in 2004 predicted that around
170,000 residential houses would be heavily damaged or might collapse, and 26
percent of the buildings would be moderately damaged. From their study, the first
hour of the Big One could reach a death toll 34,000 people and another 20,000
could become casualties in the succeeding hours from the damages of the
infrastructures that may cause injuries to people. On the event, rescue
operations might be limited. With the enormous devastations, rescuers may have
delays upon operation therefore proper orientation on evacuation areas is needed
for people’s independence on such days.
Strategic planning could be the difference between life and death in an
emergency situation. Therefore we need to conduct such mappings, practices, and
meetings for our people. In preparation for the Big One it is very important that
there should be ordinance for infrastructures telling that each and every
building in our place should have an evacuation map for the people together with
fire alarms for people’s awareness. Concrete buildings can be truly devastated
with a 7-8 magnitude and may cause injuries and deaths in which we as officials
are responsible with. It is our sworn responsibility to protect our people on
such cases that we should do. Necessarily, we should conduct meetings for
everyone which would raise awareness on such disasters. People can never decide
on situations as this when they do not know a thing concerning earthquakes and
its aftershocks, what to do after, before and during an earthquake, where to
report and the facilities concerning health related problems. We should also have
drills be practiced for this situation. In shorter term, we need a disaster
awareness campaign be raised on our locality. For our very people to have
knowledge on this devastating phenomena we expect and also for them to protect
their families. It is their right to gain safety with their lives when we know
they can, through us. We are the officials of this local therefore we should work
as one. Officiating our people working and prioritizing with them and for them.
Our people should be our priority for they chose us to be responsible for their
safety. A disaster awareness campaign can change people’s lives and can save
lives during the Big One. Such campaign for our people’s as our responsibility.
 Saint auguStine’S School
Rizal,Tagudin,Ilocos Sur

In partial fulfillment of the subject,

English 10, A.Y. 2019-2020

Submitted by: Submitted to:

Kurt Gabriel larioza Ms. Julie Anne Tadeja
Student Mrs. Christina Bayan

Date: October 15, 2019

 The Earth Shakes the Ground Breaks
Cracks, faults, trenches, and destructions all because of the shakings.
Death and devastations as situations which earthquakes commonly that cause fear
to the people. Because a single shaking could change the lives of many, which
will just obviously be worse. It’s either an injury for them, death, or losing
what they earned to comfortably live on this planet. People nowadays fear the
natural occurences but tend to do nothing. Fear isn’t enough. Step on it and take
action.
On the 11th of March 2011, an earthquake occurred in Japan. This happened to
trigger a massive tsunami along the Pacific Coast of northeastern Japan. This
disaster resulted to the death of twenty thousand (20,000) people. Damages of
infrastructures also resulted from the said event. What if this happens in our
country? We all know about the Big One now for sure. From the disseminations of
information from the Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) back when
an earthquake struck the lands of Surigao with magnitude 6.7.
The Big One is predicted to occur with magnitude 7.2 from the occurrence of
past earthquakes. “It might be impossible to predict when the next earthquake may
occur but scientists can pin down what is called a recurrence interval or the
average time span between earthquake occurrences.” said Kristine Angeli Sabelino
the reporter of Asias News Network. From her report it is said that in a
collaboration study with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and
the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Phivolcs visualized at 18
earthquake scenarios. The three organizations selected three scenarios for
detailed damage analysis: a 7.2-magnitude earthquake from the West Valley Fault,
an offshore 7.9-magnitude earthquake from the Manila Trench and a 6.5-magnitude
earthquake hitting Manila Bay. That of the West Valley Fault, a 100-kilometer
fault that runs through six cities in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, is
considered the worst-case scenario. This is “The Big One."
The main reason why we should prepare and raise awareness for our people. To
save lives from such phenomena. There should be programs for these situations for
the knowledge of our people on what to do, before, during, and after the event.
They wouldn’t function well for themselves and their families if they know
nothing about the situation. Drills should be conducted regularly in public.
Meetings must be conducted which will strike on the preparedness, information,
and knowledge of the people about the earthquakes. We should have a disaster
awareness program to help save the lives of our people. They count on us as
officials we must do what must be done. To prioritize their safety on such
situations.
When the earth shakes the ground breaks, preparedness is what we need. If
not, devastations the event may cause may result to a massive one. Truly we
cannot stop this occurrence but remember we can do things to reduce the
destructions and the negative resulting situations from the earthquake. Buildings
may be damaged but what’s important is lives be saved. That our people can
survive. That this wouldn’t end an individual’s life just because of the lack of
knowledge from this situation. It is our sworn responsibility to have our people
on the best and the safest situations on times of those events. Therefore we
should not just wait but function not just for us but for our men who chose us to
govern and officiate them. They put their trust on us and breaking it isn’t
right.
It is our ultimate goal to lessen death and injuries in such events
therefore cooperation with them is a need. Interaction on how they will act on
those situations should be guided while time is ticking until it stops on the
earthquake. We must have a disaster campaign to lessen the earthquake’s resulting
pain.