Lab Exercise 2: Basic ARCGIS Practice

During this lab we started using ARCGIS and getting ourselves familiar with the program. We were instructed to create a map of our choosing with data of any hazard that we wanted. I picked the layer Palmer Drought Severity Index.

When looking at this information we are taking the technical paradigm.This could help governments and society by helping them prepare for evacuations to minimize casualties. This could also help people learn common trends in hazards to help better understand them and help prevent from spreading and minimize deaths.There are a lot of different possible hazards that government and society have to face, by having so many different data sets it be used as an early warning sign and help save lives.This could help individuals evacuate the area and escape the hazard. It could also give people time to react and plan out things ahead for how to rescue and help those being affected by the hazard.It can show the path that the hazard took to get a better understanding of the progression. It could also give governments a better idea how to handle the hazard and how to better prepare for the next possible hazard.