Lesson 17 Reducing the effects of tropical revolving storms ~ Priority response!

Most valuable Least valuable Short term Long term Take a whole page in your book, and lay out a grid like this one.

1. Fire fighters to drain flooded areas 6. Send out search and rescue teams 11. Medical teams set up emergency centres 16. Heavy lifting gear to remove damaged buildings 21. Clear roads and route ways 2. Provide clean water from stand pipes 7. Set up feeding stations for people made homeless 12. Set up tents as temporary housing for victims 17. Vaccinate school children against cholera 22. Police patrol streets to prevent looting 3. National appeal to raise funds to help victims 8. Rebuild roads and infrastructure 13. Rebuild damaged buildings 18. Assess safety of remaining bridges and roads 23. Government minister to visit area 4. Hospitals cleared of patients waiting for non essential treatment 9. Call in reserve staff in essential services (fire, police, medical) 14. Relocate business to safer locations away from Hurricanes / storm surges 19. Open information centres to co ordinate work 24. Remove and bury dead bodies of people killed in the storm 5. Spend money on public information to let public know what to do in a Hurricane in the future 10. Raise taxes to fund work to reinforce / retrofit vulnerable buildings 15. Research earthquake prediction to try to work of another earthquake 20. Produce TV programme about the disaster 25. Bring in tough building regulations /codes for any new buildings in the area Sorting! You will have the following 25 cards given to you…

Sorting! 1. In your envelopes you will find 25 cards. 2. Your job is to arrange the cards on top of your grid outline in your book. 3. You must be able to justify why you have positioned each card where you have on the grid. 4. When you have finished, simply note the numbers of the cards onto your grid and put the cards back into the envelop. It might look something like… It might look something like…

Most valuable Least valuable Short term Long term Your book should look something like this – although the numbers may differ!

Thinking about thinking! Blue hat thinking…gets you to think about HOW you think! In your books, answer the following questions: 1.Briefly explain how you have decided where to put the 25 cards onto the grid; describe your decision making process. 2.What problems did you encounter? 3.Look back at your sorting, did you arrange the cards as if the hurricane had hit a developed / rich county? What evidence is there to support this in your sorting? Why do you think you did this? 4. Explain what differences you would need to make to your sorting, if the hurricane hit a less developed/poor county?

Homework Complete Lesson 17-3 Hurricane exam Q Part A. Complete any additional notes NOT finished from last lessons links. AQA A2 book Pg Read and make notes (complete for HW). Waugh Pg 235 & Nagle Pg 421 Visit these web sites and read around the topic – what else can you add to your notes about tropical storm formation? ml ml ml ml