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9/25/2017

Topic Reading-Vol.1993-9/25/2017

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Mexico quake: Why rescuers are using hand signals
What do you think is the most effective and immediate communication in a situation where many people work in dust and noise? It has to be simple and clear to everyone, right?
Rescue workers who are searching for survivors after the devastating earthquake in central Mexico are using hand signals to send urgent messages to other workers, such as to silence, stop, and back to work. When some worker hears a voice or noise from the rubble, they raise their fist in the air to ask for immediate silence, so that they can listen out for the voice or noise. Others around them then stop making any move or noise and raise theirs, too.
Though it is not too hot or too cold at this time of year in Mexico, there is only so long that even an uninjured person can survive in the rubble without any water or food.
In a case such as this major earthquake, it’s the people and their ingenuity that make a difference.
Read the article and see the photos of the desperate workers in a devastated area.

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