What lessons have we learned?

EFFECTIVELY after every calamity.

- Cherry Piquero-Ballescas

DRRM initiatives should also prepare for immediate-short-medium-long term-TIME-AREA-BASED responses for all residents of various types of communities — farms, forest, coastal, urban, towns.

And more continuing strong aftershocks in already previous strong quake-affected areas!

One precious lesson.

Local, regional, national and international UPDATED, REORIENTED DRRM education, training, preparation, funds, responses are urgently needed to cope with simultaneous natural events, calamities and disasters affecting people, communities, structures, properties, resources.

Wider SIMULTANEOUS COORDINATION among local, regional, national, international private and public responders is now called for.

Another inspiring lesson.

The heartwarming bright light in the midst of destructive calamities is the ever-present BOTTOMLESS WELL OF LOVE AND CONCERN from countless individuals and groups and from all over, for the affected.