^^1970 BHOLA CYCLONE^^

Before letting you know about how helpless a humanbeing can be, I want to mention a  little

about what is called natural disaster and what kind of natural disasters exist. A natural

disaster is a major   adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. These

diasters can include floods,volcanic eruptions,earthquakes,tsunamis, and other geologic

processes.(like  hurricane,typon,cyclone,fire etc).Just considering the  word I have

used,”helpless”,do not think that nothing can be done to prevent or decrease the damages

of these disasters. There is always something to be done for precaution.As  for my selection

of natural diaster,It is 1970 Bhola Cyclone.Let’s start talking about it by giving a little

information about how it broke out,how much it continued and what damages it  resulted

in.The Bhola Cyclone occured on November 7,1990  and lasted for 6 days,ending on 13

November 1970.It killed around 300.00-500.000 people which is the deadliest tropical

cyclone of all time as well as damaging the nature,land .It was blowing at around 185-215

km/h around the place which is called Bangladesh today.It damaged the economy of the

area,causing about86.4 USD $ (according  to 1970 economic conditions).Here is a photo as

regards the disaster.

WHAT MEASURES COULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO DIMINISH SUCH A CATASTROPHE?

First of all,We should take into account the economic and demographic circumstances of the time.The 

country is Pakistan and the year  is 1970. At that time,Pakistan is an undeveloped country which  was facing with poverty,diseases,turmoils.Pakistan lacked of the necessary

power to cope with such a destroying event.Some countries,not all of the countries including

Turkey,tried to help them to overcome this case.The country  especially statesmen could

have warned the local people to take measures against  the probable distaster,even if not

such a destroying one. The Health Instıtutes and First Aıd Organisations could have given

seminars and distributed necessary brochures as to Tropical Disasters.The Authorities could

have been and were supposed to be ready and alert to such an event.Had such measures

been taken beforehand at that time,Such kind of a devastating event would not have broken

out.To sum up,We should be prepared against such events and take the  necessary

protections against  the natural  disasters however inpredictable and inevitable they seem to

be.

YASIN ALTUN

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BEST EDUCATION:AT HOME OR ABROAD?

Can you imagine the differences between a student studying in the USA, the UK or the EU and a student from undeveloped or developing countries? You can easily think of it and say the differences easily. In developed countries, needless to say, There are qualified schools and universities ranked among the best ones all over the world and countless job opportunities, so it can be claimed that most students from undeveloped or developing countries want to study abroad(like in the USA, the UK, or the EU) for 2 main reasons.

Firstly, Students studying abroad can encounter new cultures. They can learn the history of the country they go. They can learn many things as regards the society’s role in the history, how they could survive throughout the wars, in what ways they affected the other nations and got impressed. These students can figure out the society’s religion and local beliefs from the past to today/hitherto. Learning about the country’s cultural, historical, economic backgrounds, the students will soon find themselves in a progressed position. As well as getting knowledge from books, texts, holy manuscripts, They can visit museums and theaters with the intention of obtaining much about the society. The students can take photos and take part in informative seminars, as well. As an inevitable consequence of these tours, the students can learn many informations about the public’s daily life or lifestyle. They, with their friends, can taste traditional foods, sip drinks of the culture. They could even learn about recipes of these meals. They are able to hear the special secrets regarding these cuisines at first hand. Moreover, after knowing as to the society’s feasts, festivals and carnavals, the students can even participate in or take a role in these rituals, the students can get familiar with songs and marches of the rituals. Through all this process, it may become more funny  for the students to go out and wander.

Secondly, The students have the chance to experience a new social environment. The students can face new climates, point of views. They can come across a very different atmosphere in which they might meet and be friends with students from various countries and invite them to their own country or vice versa. They can share their own cultures with one another and create a mixed one. They are able to tell the foreigner about their history, geography, or lifestyle can learn from them, as well. With these foreign friends, They can travel around the countries or maybe around the world, as a result of which they may even discover unknown, unfamiliar places together. Thanks to the power that being youth gives to them, without being tired or giving up or stopping, They can walk, run or even swim. Making a group composed of four, five members or more which depends on the activity they choose to do, They can join in international or regional tournaments, competitions or races. By doing so, they can learn how to be responsible or be aware of the responsibilities or how to behave appropriately amongst group. They can learn about co-working and task-sharing. Furthermore, They will have the awareness of behaving according to in which environment they are. They will learn to control control and adjust themselves to new occasions accordingly. To return to the first point or in consequence , a person with an ordinary education level can most probably list the eye-catching differences between such 2 kinds students. It isn’t necessary to be a graduate of a university or a qualified person to be cautious about the gaps of those 2 students. As Platon has stated hundreds of thousands years ago “sapientia est potential” or “wisedom is virtue”. If it is necessary to give one more example, One who does not try to be better can not stay good,either. O.CROMWEL