Noise Pollution

Noise Pollution

Noise is sound that is unwanted, telling us a lot about the meaning of noise pollution already, pollution is an excess that is also unwanted and does not do good. Noise pollution is a problem that we are being affected by in the modern age, although not considered as big or important as other sorts of pollution, global warming or other, it is still a serious problem. Noise pollution sounds funny, and many people do not take it seriously because they don't know what it is. Noise pollution is excessive, loud sound made by either animals or humans mainly coming from either transportation or construction sites. Noise pollution is hidden in a way, problems could be appearing in your life that you did not know the cause of, something as simple as noise pollution could be the cause. Noise pollution affects both our mental and physical well-being in many ways such as hearing loss, aggression and annoyance.

Noise pollution affects many people, some not as much as others depending on the location. In large busy cities noise pollution is all around us, bus's creaking their breaks, and construction workers drilling and expanding new roads and other. Now, you might think you are used to this and that you hear all this stuff every day and it doesn't affect you but you may be mistaken. Did you ever wonder why some people talk about the joy of small villages and how relaxed they are? A big reason for this is the smaller if not non-existing amount of noise pollution. Noise pollution effects can vary from person but have two main categories, effects on our physical health and on our mental health. Mostly, noise pollution causes aggression and annoyance but the effects can grow into more serious things such as hypertension, a cardiac chronic condition and other such as tinnitus, sleep problems and even hearing loss. Hypertension for instance can lead to strokes meaning that noise pollution can be deadly, and guess what, a barking dog is considered noise pollution. The following that i displayed are of course a bit of the extreme cases, but it is proof that it should be taken seriously.

The problem with noise pollution are the effects it brings, it is not so terrible to bare but the side-affects are very serious that is why you should try to avoid areas with lots of noise pollution. People who live in areas with high noise pollution dislike it, and even would pay yearly for a reduction proving how much it is affecting them. This fact was proven by a survey in Sweden saying they would pay 4 euros per decibel yearly to lower the noise pollution.

Earthquake safety

There are several things that you should do if you were in an earthquake. The first, and most important thing, is that you should stay away from wobly, heavy objects, that could collapse and hurt you. This would also include windows, and any other glass objects. You should also move away from bookshelves. One thing that you shouldn't do is to panic. You should also always have a safety kit. In it, you should have materials to help wounds, as well as disinfect them. When in an earthquake you should have food that doesnt expire easily. You should also have a telecommunication device so that you can be found. If you're outside in an earthquake, you should move into an open space, so that you can prevent lethal injuries from collapsing buildings, trees, etc.

My house is very old, so it is not strong. It has many wooden beams that could easily break so if i had the time to i would leave my house go to my backyard and go into the "hole" in my backyard. If i did not have time to leave the house, i would get under the couch because it has a heavy mattress over it and nothing can happen to me. If i had to evacuate the house i would have 4 doors to leave the house and one to leave to the city. If i had to change something about my house i would demolish it and make a new one. My house has many glass tables, windows and beams supporting the structure which would snap easily.

Evacuation plan

Safety plan?

kit?

Issues in your house?

what would you need to change?