Question 1

what helps prepare for natural disasters?

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Many things: Storing some water, canned foods, a means of heating things, having flashlights and lanterns, means of dealing with predators, having hunting gear, tents, alternative means of transport, and communication equipment will all be helpful.  There are books and web sites on this subject.

Question 2

what diseases become out of  natural disasters?

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Usually infection: When people are rendered homeless, sanitary facilities destroyed, water and food sources contaminated, infections will become rampant.  Read about what recently happened in haiti and the advent of cholera.  Malnutrition may also occur and make susceptibility to infection more significant.

Question 3

will i get ptsd from surviving a natural disaster?

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PTSD: It is not certain that you will get PTSD after a natural disaster but it does raise the probability that this can happen. PTSD can be a natural reaction to trauma and getting therapy for it can help it resolve.  Peace and good health.

Question 4

posttraumatic stress disorder due to natural disasters?

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Can happen: Ptsd can result from witnessing or being victim of a natural disaster, especially if the emotional trauma is overwhelming and therefore hard to integrate into everyday experience.  Ptsd doesn't always happen, though: two people can have the same traumatic experience and only one gets ptsd.  The causes of ptsd are not completely understood, & are likely some mixture of genes and experience.

Question 5

what are the common natural disasters coping mechanisms?

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Many: Human ingenuity will create protective mechanisms in order to minimize the effects of such disasters should they recur.  If you are referring to the manner in which individuals deal with personal tragedy that is a topic for a textbook.

Question 6

posttraumatic stress disorder and natural disasters, are they related?

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They can be.: A natural disaster could be the trauma from which post traumatic stress disorder develops.

Question 7

i think i have a fear of natural disasters. how do i know?

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Anxiety screen: Online test for free will tell you if you are more fearful than average.

Question 8

how come cholera fears hardly ever materialise after natural disaster?

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Where getting info?: Lots of factors to consider here, but cholera outbreaks often depend upon the affected area's remoteness ; sanitation, rapidity ; coordination of relief response, underlying age, health, prosperity and preparedness of the local population, climate/season of the disaster, as well as kind ; extent of the calamity in question. Of course, there is never such thing as a good disaster.

Question 9

please tell me the common natural disasters prevention and coping mechanisms?

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Please ask Google: I wouldn't be able to give you enough information in this limited answer box. There are multiple websites that deal with coping with natural disasters . I think if do 
do a quick internet search you will find the information you need. Best wishes.

Question 10

what severe weather emergencies or natural disasters are most likely to kill you?

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Lightning: My understanding is that lighting kills more each year than all the other natural disasters.  Tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, insect and snake bites, shark attacks all have a certain death rate but they don't add up annually to the number that lightning causes.  When the clouds converge, seek shelter, and don't get in that extra hole on the gold course.

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