Question

3. In 1998, a huge ice storm hit an area from Kingston, Ontario, to Nova Scotia. Major hospitals lost their main power, traffic lights stopped working, some radio and television stations lost the ability to broadcast, and some stores reported panic buying. Imagine that an ice storm is forecast for your area. How might the social systems where you live (for example, police, transit, health care, volunteer fire departments) prepare for such an event?

Answer 1

the social system should be patient and should be functioning properly to prevent the mitigation caused due to a natural disaster

Explanation:

• firstly there should be adequate number of Doctors, nurses and other healthcare personnel to look after the health of the people.
• There should be volunteers such as fire control and police to look after the welfare of the people. there should be evacuation system and camp that should be set to place people who have lost their property.

• There should be plenty of food reserve so as to prevent hunger in the affected people  
• people should not be allowed to move away from their home during the natural disaster