Disaster planners shift focus on old-school survival tricks

On the wake of the chain of natural disasters hitting the Asian region, disaster response and prevention planners are going back to basics.

On top of the early-warning systems and other high-tech computer devices, experts are now focusing on “indigenous warning systems” to curb the massive loss of lives and properties, the Wall Street Journal said.

After recent natural calamities, United Nations (UN) has turned to a network of anthropologists in the Asia-Pacific region to research and document indigenous disaster preparedness methods that could better prepare people, even those in highly urbanized cities.

The Wall Street Journal said indigenous people, without the luxury of modern technology have learned to survive and protect themselves from different natural disasters using “old-school warning methods.”

Locales often relay on the environment to give them hints about upcoming natural calamities. Examples of which are Indonesians in Simeulue Island who spot tsunami thru fast receding water and Filipinos in Batanes who predict typhoons just by observing animal movements.

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