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Lukewarm response in quake-prone villages
MADINAH: The Civil Defense teams undertaking awareness campaigns about safety measures at times of natural calamities in and around remote villages in Madinah province, where mild tremors measuring up to 3.3 on the Richter scale were registered, were appalled by the lukewarm response of some local residents. I've seen this movie.. The Civil Defense teams noticed that many people either carried on their normal lives without attending the speeches and demonstration classes conducted by the teams on safety precautions. "Instead, young men continued playing football and other games as usual, laborers did not care to stop their work and listen, and elderly people continued sipping qahwa and smoking sheesha without bothering to listen to the safety teams," Al-Watan newspaper reported yesterday. Dedicated young Civil Defense worker warns of danger, locals yawn and mock him. Is there a beautiful reporter to fill the role of love interest? Al-Muhawwas said that his department was fully equipped and prepared for any emergency. He said 2,000 emergency shelters have been readied for an estimated 60,000 people living in the earthquake-prone area, which is full of extinct volcanoes. Posted by: Classer 2009-05-08 |
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