Vulnerability Reduction Carmela Madrigal-Lua

1.My hometown is Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. I felt that it was difficult trying to locate the exact point on the map since it is such a big scale. I would have to say that since my town is small it does not experience many natural hazards or disasters. Looking at the maps perspective I would say that were at a level zone of zero for earthquakes and extratropical. It also said that for a wildfire it is level one, for tornadoes it is a level two, and it scored a much higher zone for hailstorms it was a level three. I would say that I am not sure how accurate these locations really are because I don’t have an actual exact location. The levels that it ranked my town seem to be accurate. Another thing is during a winter storm my town can expect to get a lot of hailstorms which does occur. Overall, I think that this task would be easier if there was a better system to view a better accuracy of the results.

2. From visiting, The Hungarian National Association web site, I would focus on the power outage. This took place on April 1, 2016 at 3:42 am in the state of Kentucky, Calloway County. The cause of the power outage was due to serve weather. There were 15,000 people affected because of this incident. Although no one was injured and there were no casualties. I can say that my hometown could experience the same kind of weather disaster. The reason why is that power outage is common to occur when there is a server weather and it has happened in the past. I think that most of the times that this has happened it has not lasted long because they get to the issue and resolve it as soon as possible. The reason I believe it is something that is handled quick and fast is because of the size of my town which is small. Although I know that if this were to happen elsewhere like a town which is 30 mins away from me called York it would take a longer time since it is a bigger populated area. This kind of disaster would affect everyone differently because in my neighborhood everyone lives in single homes. I think that the only thing once can do for cases like these is have the generator in case that one of the power outages are very severe that we go days without power.

3. From my personal experience, I have been living in the sam place for about 8 years now. I can say that there are not many natural hazards or disasters that occur. The only one time I can recall is when it rained and hail stormed at the same time. I was driving home from my classes and I misjudged how bad the roads really were. As I arrived home the driveway seemed fine to walk on until I slipped and I cut my temple. Once in a while when it rains there will be flooded, but other than that I can’t really recall other forms of natural disasters.

4. Ever since that incident, I learned to be more alert. I think that we misjudge what we see and think it is still safe. I think that it is a harder task to know how bad it really is if it is dark outside which was the case for me. Something that I should have done differently was calling my parents to ask them how the weather was before I headed it. Another thing is it is always important to check the weather forecast because you can prevent incidents like mine. In order to prevent situations like these is that my town should add more night lighting around my neighborhood for better visualization. The best person that would be able to perform this task would be by going to my borough and placing a request. In conclusion, I think that I could play my part in collecting signatures from my town to make this happen.

5 thoughts on “Vulnerability Reduction Carmela Madrigal-Lua

  1. Hi Carmela! My name is Sophie. I am also from Pennsylvania and our towns are relatively in the same zones on the map that we looked at. Like you stated though, it was difficult to pinpoint the exact location on the map. As I continued reading your post, I found out about the accident you had and I am sorry to hear that.
    Feel free to check out my blog post and see what else I wrote about.
    http://sites.psu.edu/geog30/2016/04/01/module-8-sophia-greene/

  2. Hi Carmela, my name is Jonah Kim and here is a link to my blog:
    http://sites.psu.edu/geog30/2016/04/01/50637/

    What really caught my eye was the fact that you are from Pennsylvania too. I noticed that our towns had many similarities including hail and then a lack of natural hazards. Driving in a natural hazard might be one of the scariest things so trying to be an alert and safe driver is a great tip. Also, the power outage in kentucky was interesting to read about. I never really thought about how widespread a power outage really could be. I normally just think of myself as the only one suffering without power.

  3. Hi Camela, my name is Alyssa and I found your post very relatable. If you are interested here is a link to my blog. https://wp.me/p3RCAy-dcK
    I too focused on the power outage in Kentucky and I was drawn to your post because you said power outages have happened in your town as well. The longest I went with out power was fourteen days. It really tested my families creativity. I also see very mild/ limited natural disasters in my area just like you mentioned. Everythi.ng is caused by storms. I really enjoyed your post

  4. Hi Carmela my name is Alexis! Here is a link to my post https://wp.me/p3RCAy-daO

    I found your post very interesting. Im sorry to here about your accident. Though I have never experienced something like that my hometown is known for its tornados. I do agree that it takes one time for something to happen in order for a person to become more alert. Checking the weather ahead of time is one thing that I also talked about in my post as it can be very beneficial especially in situations that can happen at anytime.

  5. Hi Carmela, my name is Kelsey! My hometown is Pottsville, PA. I found your post interesting to read. I do agree with you that the Nathan map was hard to read. Once you tried zooming in on the map everything became blurry. I can’t believe 15,000 people are affected from the severe storm in Calloway County. I also stated in my post that checking your local weather forecast is very important. Nice post!

    Here’s a link to my post if you would like to look at it:
    https://wp.me/p3RCAy-d6M

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