Piper Alpha Disaster Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106) Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Student ID : SCM-013090 Lecture : Cik Anis ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988. First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident
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Three post-Hurricane Katrina disaster planning lessons learned: have a prepared evacuation plan for the city‚ do not delay aid‚ and a lack of resources imposes greater difficulties of rebuilding. The mandatory evacuation call was late and not fully supported—many people did not have a way to leave the city‚ as many people were dependent on public transportation. Could have neighboring buses come in earlier and brought people to safety? I think the Mayor later got criticized for not using school buses
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Avoiding Disaster by Disaster Have you ever made disastrous decisions? You might think the reason why you made a disastrous decision without any thought about the consequences is because you lacked prior experiences of making such disastrous decisions. When I was a child‚ I usually played with a coin to amuse myself. One day‚ I envisioned the coin was a shining‚ delicious cookie‚ and then I swallowed it like a cookie‚ resulting in the coin getting stuck in my throat. Fortunately‚ my mom noticed
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The Hindenburg disaster was a heart breaking disaster that shook the nation and mourned the lives of the ones who died‚ and completely changed the lives of those who survived and those who watched helplessly. The Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built. This Nazi airship was over eight hundred feet in length and a little over one hundred and thirty feet in diameter. This zeppelin air ship was over six hundred feet larger than our blimps today. The airship held about seventy two passengers and
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1. A. The colonists were fighting for a democracy. B. The ultimate main reason for the colonist opposition which t caused them to start rebelling against their “mother England” was the taxation issue. The colonies did not believe England had the legal power to tax them and did not want to be taxed without representation anymore. This was one of the main causes of the Revolutionary War. C. The colonists were justified in their desire to rebel because they were already large and established with
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MAN-MADE DISASTERS Presented • Apoorv By • Lavany a Avir al • Nikh • INDEX Introduction Types of Man-Made Disaster Terrorism Nuclear Biological Threats Cyber Attack INTRODUCTION Man-Made hazards OR Anthropogenic hazards can result in the form of a Man-Made disaster. In this case‚ anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural disasters. Either
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------------------------------------------------- Moral education Categories Concepts Subjects People Essays Reviews Commons Courses Help | Pathways Concepts Subjects People Essays Reviews Commons Courses Help | Key tabs | article tab edit tab move tab | study tab history tab watch tab | From A Cyclopedia of Education‚ edited by Paul Monroe‚ Ph.D. (New York: The Macmillan Company‚ 1911‚ vol. IV‚ pp. 306-314). Moral education * Ernest N. Henderson (Ph.D.‚ Professor
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN Introduction 1. Due to diverse geo-climatic conditions prevalent in different parts of the globe‚ different types of natural disasters like floods‚ droughts‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones‚ landslides‚ and volcanoes etc may strike according to the vulnerability of the area. 2. Pakistan‚ due to its diverse range of terrain‚ is susceptible to wide ranging hazards from droughts to floods and earthquakes to cyclones. Pakistan suffered a major drought from 1995-2000. Pakistan almost
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plays an important role in maritime transportation for both exports and imports. In March 2011‚ the world was affected when Japan was struck with natural disasters (Earthquake and Tsunami). This sudden disaster sent everyone around the world into frenzy. It affected Japan’s ports‚ shipping and logistics. As a result of the natural disasters‚ ports in the northern area of Japan had to stop operations after the Tsunami washed away port facilities‚ leaving the area in tatters. Ports such as Hachinohe
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Abortion There are many people in this world that are strongly against the act of abortion‚ such as Republicans and most religions. I on the other hand‚ am not one of those people. Yes I believe in God and that the gift of life is precious‚ but I also believe in the mother’s having a choice on whether or not they want to be responsible for a human being. There are many valid reasons as to why a woman would consider having an abortion‚ and each reason is extremely important and should not be looked
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