Hazardous Weather

Introduction
Meteorological Hazards and Disaster Risk Management
What is your typical response when you hear a
forecast about heavy rains?

A.Get annoyed because your laundry will not dry properly.

B.You love it because the petrichor and rain just makes you feel alive
C.You instantly prepare an umbrella and check if this rain can cause
flooding in your area.
D.You check the overall weather outlook for the week to see any
developing LPA.
 Whatever it is that you choose, it is apparent that a
meteorological phenomena is a trigger for preparation.
Learning about the weather is to…
• Analyze the process and the
dynamics of weather systems
• Predict the future weather
systems thru forecasting
• Warn the general public of
the hazards that it may cause
Hydrometeorological hazards
• Processes or phenomena of atmospheric, hydrological
or oceanographic in nature.
• may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts,
property damages, loss of livelihoods and services,
social and economic disruptions, or even environmental
damages
So in this course we will study the following:

• Preparedness (What to do before)

• Response (What to do during)

• Rehabilitation (What to do after)

Reactive VS Proactive response
Responses on different hazardous weather is essential. There are
two types of responses:

• REACTIVE: you solve matters as they arise

• PROACTIVE: you solve matters before they become an issue

Reactive examples:
• Ginawang seat-work ang assignment
• Gawin ang schoolwork 30 minutes before deadline.
• makipag-tawaran sa prof na i-extend and deadline.
• tres and grade at humihingi ng extra na gagawin after
i-post ang grades.
Proactive response examples:
• Gumising ng maaga para ma-check kung kaya mo ipaligo ang tubig sa
gripo or mag-iinit ka ba ng tubig.

• Magdesisyon na hindi mag FB sa Feb 14 para hindi ka ma-bitter sa

mga sweet shenanigans ng mga friends mo na taken.

• Mag-research kung ano ang Meteorology at alamin ang curriculum

bago mag enrol at hindi ma-scam na ito ay simpleng “earth science
lang”