Final Blog Post

 

Finland is a unique country with many different hazards that can happen at any given time.  However Finlands natural hazard that occurs the most and affects the country the most would be flooding.  Finland on average has about 24 inches to 30 inches of precipitation each year with the most of it being snow in the winter months.  With the majority of it being snow, in the spring months this snow melts and creates runoff into lower elevated areas.  When you combine this amount of snowmelt and rainfall in the spring months it creates a heavy amount of runoff and precipitation in Finland causing flooding to the lower elevated areas.  

    My recommendations to address the hazard of flooding in Finland are pretty simple.  Finland does a good job addressing flooding, giving out warnings on the news or on peoples phones, creating ditches to help drain some of the runoff and also researches flooding, and what ways are best to help fix the issue.  I would recommend doing all of this especially the research part.  I would especially recommend the research part because we can always improve situations and make better countermeasures and mitigation processes to make people more comfortable if a major flood occurs.  Also, making sure their are the appropriate amount of rescue measures in the instance of a flood is something I would recommend to so you can make sure in the case of someone getting caught in a flood that they can be rescued.

    I would first target the areas of southwest and northern Finland because those areas seem to be the ones that are affected the most by flooding.  Pori, Finland which is located in Southwest Finland is affected the most by flooding, according to recent research.  I would first target the town of Pori with the town of Rovaniemi next by making sure they have the proper equipment and mitigation process which I discussed above, and also ask them their plan if a major flood were to happen.  Making sure these two areas have all the equipment and rescue helpers they need in a flood is crucial because these two towns are at most risk for a flood according to YLE.  

    If I were to contract a house in Finland it would be in Northwest Finland due to the elevation of the area.  Finland doesn't have many high elevated areas or mountains, but in Northwest there are some mountains with peaks reaching more than 1000 meters.  This would be the best geographical location to avoid having floods and having to deal with them.  Also I really enjoy the mountains and think it would be very pretty to live in a location like Northwest Finland, also you would be able to see the northern lights.

    Finland is a very. moist country usually getting good amounts of rainfall each month and rarely experience any kinds of droughts.  Finland does a great job not only protecting and helping its people from floods but also any other kind of natural hazard that comes their way.  They put a lot of research and money into making sure their people are comfortable in any given situation and make smart decisions on mitigating their hazards.  Not once this semester when researching Finland did I see something that I didn't agree with when it came to the mitigation process on natural hazards.  I really enjoyed researching Finland and after researching this great country this semester it has really encouraged me to want to go visit their and see some of the beautiful nature Finland has to offer.      

https://www.climatechangepost.com/finland/river-floods/#:~:text=Regional%20environment%20centres%20(REC)%20look,for%20flood%20prevention%20and%20protection.

https://yle.fi/a/3-12111938#:~:text=Southwest%20and%20North%20of%20Finland,Finland%2C%20with%20Rovaniemi%20coming%20second.

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