FIRST VLOG SCRIPT

INTRO (CLOSE-UP SHOT)

Hazards exist around us. They affect us in every aspect of our lives. They may be intentional or
not, devastating to us or to others, but regardless of that, one thing remains the same: It is important for
us to recognize and take the necessary steps against the harms that these hazards may cause and the
casualties that it may cost.

Let’s try to look on my perspective.

Vulnerability to Hazards

Everywhere I go, hazards are on my tail. The sun’s rays that shine everyday are hazardous. The vehicles
on the road that pass by me trying to film this video are hazardous. Even being with other people is also
hazardous. Every choice, every situation, and every angle, hazards are always there. Maybe that’s their
personality, and it seems like it really is.

Even the hazards that affect a whole community, they behave in the same way. From the place where I
live, in Brgy. Limason, V.Sagun, Z.D.S, hazards are present everywhere. Since our barangay is surrounded
by wetlands and sea and is also a low-lying community with an average elevation of 14 meters above
sea level, we are considered a tsunami-prone area. We are also currently at high risk due to some spike
in our local COVID-19 cases. Some parts of our barangay are also prone to landslides and soil erosion,
while others are vulnerable to floods and storm surges.

Fortunately, no major disasters have happened in our barangay during the last couple of years. The
biggest recorded disaster ever to affect our barangay was the 1976 Moro Gulf Earthquake that
happened on August 17, 1976, which had a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter Scale, triggering a series of
tsunamis all across Mindanao. The particular event killed hundreds of lives and left destruction to
Zamboanga Peninsula, Pagadian City and other Zamboanga del Sur coastal communities, including our
area in Vincenzo Sagun.

The bottom line is: whether we like it or not, hazards will always remain a threat to our communities,
but with the current means of monitoring by agencies like PHIVOLCS, PAG-ASA, and our local DRRM
offices, we can prepare for what’s coming and prevent these hazards from turning into disasters like the
1976 Moro Gulf Earthquake, but that’s another story for another video.

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hazards and our vulnerability to it.