🔴 TEMPORAL EN BAHÍA BLANCA: EL TEMPORAL SE APROXIMA A CAPITAL FEDERAL

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👉 Bahía Blanca enfrenta tormentas que han dejado a la población sin directrices claras sobre cómo actuar. Las imágenes muestran autos arrastrados por el agua y neonatologías inundadas, evidenciando la gravedad del evento.   👉 Seguí en #BuenDíaA24

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00:00I was surprised because there is a tremendous storm in Bahía Blanca and it does not appear that there is something to do after this.

00:07I say, what should be foreseen was not foreseen. What is done in these cases, Virginia?

00:11Well, to begin with, these storms that are happening in Bahía Blanca have been seen for more than three days.

00:18And as always, what fails is the decision-making of the political authorities regarding the risk communication.

00:26What does this mean? It means how the population is warned that there is going to be a new storm

00:31and how they are given the recommendations of what to do to protect themselves, to protect life, to protect the means of life.

00:38We see this happening over and over again. It's a bit incredible, isn't it?

00:44I told you that you mentioned protocols such as defending the documentation, having drinking water on hand,

00:52having the medication protected. What can people be advised now that Bahía Blanca is already flooded, Virginia?

00:59Bahía Blanca was also a victim, in quotation marks, of a storm, remember, last year when the roof of a gym collapsed.

01:072023.

01:092023, sorry. So it is a population that is perhaps a little more sensitive to risk information issues.

01:19What needs to be done, well, a lot of things need to be done from what we say in the times of peace,

01:24which is when it is not raining, when there is no heat wave. And that involves working with the kids and the families.

01:31But when there is a meteorological alert, you have to be able to make informed decisions.

01:36What does this mean? The water is going to come, it is likely to flood.

01:40So we have to recommend protecting the documentation, protecting the medications you take.

01:46What does it mean to protect? Keep the documentation in a Ziploc bag if you have it.

01:51Have with you the doses of the medications you are going to need.

01:55Have your devices charged, even if you have those additional batteries.

02:01Because when it floods, in addition to everything getting wet and everything getting lost, the light is cut off,

02:06you don't have access to your medications. So a critical situation in itself becomes even more chaotic.

02:14If you have pets, if you have to go with your pet, take the medication.

02:18And if you can, some food.

02:20There are also many issues related to whether I have to go where I go, or I go or I don't go, or how I protect my house.

02:30And this has to do with the communication and permanent education of the population.

02:34And every time there is going to be a storm, I warn you what you have to do as a preventive measure.

02:41Also, Luis, we talk a lot about a cultural change, because we are children of rigor.

02:46If it didn't happen to me, it won't happen.

02:48Of course. And besides, I was saying, I'm going to suspend classes or I'm going to suspend football games.

02:54It's not technically an alert. That's not how you warn.

02:58No, those are decisions that are good to make too.

03:01I mean, if I'm in an area of ... now we're talking about the rains in Bahía Blanca.

03:08But the heat wave that is hitting Buenos Aires.

03:11And I'm the principal of a school and I don't have the infrastructure to take care of the children during school hours.

03:18I have to suspend classes.

03:19Obviously.

03:20That's why I say the difference between technical information and political decision-making.

03:25Because what happens with the risk management colleagues that are in most municipalities and in several provinces,

03:32is that they have the information, they pass it on to whoever has to give the green light to publish it.

03:38And that doesn't happen.

03:39Of course.

03:40Because they are afraid that it is ... there are like ancient myths that people are going to panic.

03:45Or what happens if nothing happens?

03:47And besides, I say this, Virginia.

03:49Looking at the images that we are seeing at the moment.

03:52I mean, cars turned around, dragged by the water.

03:56Flooded neonatologies, etc., etc.

04:01It should have been foreseen and it should have been warned.

04:04It seems to me somehow ... I don't want to use the word dramatic.

04:07But more ... I don't know what term to use.

04:09To reach people.

04:11That's why, following what Luis commented and what you explained, Virginia.

04:15Ask yourself why in other countries you are watching TV and suddenly a sign appears.

04:20Please get out of where you are.

04:23It appears to you, you are walking down the street and it appears to you ...

04:26Because in other countries, the laws of risk management and the laws of risk management are not only approved on paper, as in Argentina.

04:34But they are also taken into practice and the authorities are responsible for doing this.

04:39I don't want to fall into criticism.

04:41It is not a matter of party politics.

04:43It is a matter of ... the decisions have to be accompanied by what is political in order to be able to issue these messages.

04:50Of politics, it is obvious.

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