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Opinion
Cartoon
for an Earthquake
T
MerryChristmas
his autumn, a series of powerful and destructive earthquakes
struck my country’s immediate neigbour, Italy, wreaking
havoc on the region’s infrastructure and terrifying the
populace. As I was reading The Argus’ November story on the topic
of structural safety of HUFS buildings, warning systems and safety
Hello!
This is the bear
drills used in other countries, I realized how woefully unprepared a
"No Name" from
citizeninmycountryisforaneventualityofastronganddestructive
The Argus.
earthquake.
During all of my years in the education system, I have never been
informed of procedures that are to be followed in the case of an
earthquake, let alone participated in a drill. But not just trusting this
anecdotalevidence,Itooktotheinternetandresearchedmycountry’s
anduniversity’slawsandguidelinesregardingearthquakesafety.The
findings were quite appalling. There seem to be no laws prescribing
thecreationofearthquakesurvivalmanualsanddrills,andpeopleare
not taught how to distinguish the siren’s earthquake warning signal
It is time to
from others. That is extremely concerning, given that my country
say goodbye to you
lies in an earthquake-prone region, with a history of very destructive
all after three
semesters.
occurrences in the past, including one significantly damaging the
capitalin1895.
ArneJakobZakrajsek
ExchangeStudent
to Prepare for an Earthquake
T
his year, “earthquake” has been a hot issue in Korea.
EarthquakesinGyeongjuremindedusthatKoreaisnolonger
I wish you all luck
a safe place from earthquakes, so we need to be prepared for
and happiness!
them. Most Koreans know that seismic designs are needed for the
Take care!
existingbuildings,butithasnotbeenputtopracticeyet.Itwaspretty
shocking that the buildings in HUFS are not seismically reinforced,
especially those that had been built in 1990s. But I do not think
that school takes this problem seriously as well because people still
have stereotype that Korea is safe even though we have experienced
several big earthquakes. Then what can we do to solve these serious
problems?Asthearticlesaid,specificearthquakemanualsneedtobe
created.Wecannotwaituntilthebuildingsareseismicallyreinforced.
We should know how to get through an earthquake when it strikes
in the future. And school needs to provide the earthquake response
education regularly.We should break the fixed idea where we live is
nolongersafefromearthquakes.
WooSo-won
BusinessAdministrationDivision?16
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