Preparations Matters Most

Japan is one of the most powerful and industrialized country not just in Asia but also around the world. But recently, they have lost thousands of lives from the raging claws of disastrous earthquakes, tsunami, and now the radiation scare brought by the explosion of Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan had suffered enough from all of these dismal catastrophes. And now, our beloved country’s already preparing for the possibility that one day, we might land on the same fate experienced by Japan. The question is, if that would happen to us, will the preparation of our country for the likes will suffice our hope to survive?
The preparations of our country in line with this kind of disasters are just few to mention. We may have some of the high technology equipments (courtesy of donations of bigger countries) that would help us rescue lives in times of unprecedented disasters, or we may have offices that would cater on giving relief goods and rescue operations in times of need but those were not sufficient. The Filipino people were not prepared to different kinds of disasters that may embrace our country one day. They do not know what exactly they need to do when desperate times calls on them. We lack for disaster management trainings that are badly needed to be taught to our fellow countrymen. Only in schools and workplaces those training and drill were held, the common people were not yet privileged to undergo such. With these facts, we will not be able to survive if the Japan tragedy happened to us right as of this moment.
What we need now is an enough preparation against the havoc that natural disasters may bring to our country. Natural disasters are inevitable, and can bring down everyone to their knees. We may not be able to predict to how many from us we’ll be able to survive physically and financially after bowing down to the wrath of Mother Earth, or we may not be able to say if our enough preparations can be a good shield against it, but one thing is sure. Remember the saying, ‘if you fail to plan, you plan to fail’? That applies to our current condition, if we fail to prepare, then we prepare to fail. Regrets are always on the last part of every scenario in life, so if we don’t want to regret, we may at least do our best in strengthening our hopes to survive the likes.