"In Taiwan's case, given the local geography, the main types of disaster are earthquakes, typhoons, and floods. Although there was a tornado in Kaohsiung in 1961, this is very rare. In the future there's unlikely to be any great change in the threats facing Taiwan." Shih continues: "For earthquakes, there is no warning stage, and they are impossible to predict.
「依照台灣的地理環境，主要是地震、颱風、洪水這三種天災，雖然民國五十年高雄市曾發生過龍捲風，但發生的頻率很低，估計日後台灣天然災害的形式不會有太大變化。」