or human induced disasters. While some of these disasters are rapid‚ others are slow-onset‚ resulting in catastrophic situations leading to loss of lives and property‚ degradation of environment. These disasters occur in form of drought‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ epidemics‚ coastal erosion‚ dam failure‚ building collapse‚ oil spillage‚ maritime collision or accident‚ bomb explosion‚ communal clash‚ fire‚ air crashes and boat mishap‚ amongst others. Historically‚ salient disasters in Nigeria include
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REGIONAL GOVERNOR SUBJECT UTILIZATION OF LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND (LDRRMF) Background Republic Act No. 10121 otherwise known as The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010‚ shifted the focus from disaster response and recovery towards disaster risk reduction‚ preparedness and mitigation It also modified the use and appropriation ofthe Local Calamity Fund‚ or what is now known to be as the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund. Pursuant to
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at 2:46 p.m. local time‚ shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing for higher ground. The media keep disaster in the forefront of our minds. TV‚ radio and the front pages of the press seem to revel in disaster because the public have a morbid curiosity in it‚ provided that it happens to other people. Disaster boosts TV ratings and sells newspapers. As we absorb the news of a famine‚ an earthquake‚ a hurricane‚ a tsunami‚ sometimes we tend to put ourselves
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term and long term causes and effects of the disaster at Chernobyl? Contents A. Plan of Investigation .... 1 B. Summary of Evidence 1. The Legacy of Chernobyl 2. Journey Through a Doomed Land 3. Truth Was an Early Casualty 4. Chernobyl: The Political Fall-Out Continues 5. Nuclear Accidents 6. Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident: An Overview 7. Chernobyl Accident 1986 8. Chernobyl’s Hot Mess
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waste meant to go to? The waste will probably end up in the environment harming the earth. It is deemed safe but an accident occurred‚ the consequences would be catastrophic like the Chernobyl disaster. It has been twenty years since the worst nuclear disaster happened; Chernobyl. Also the 2011 Fukushima disaster showed the world that nuclear power is clearly fundamentally unsafe. Furthermore people are being affected by cancer and deformities. It has also caused mental health problems- according
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The Challenger disaster is a prime example of poor leadership and Groupthink. When examining the disaster that took the lives of 7 people‚ this occurred do to multiple forms of neglect and pressure felt by leaders (UK Essays‚ 2015). This disaster occurred due to numerous defects within NASA’s engineering leaders‚ pressure from the media‚ public opinion‚ and the relationship with leaders at Morton Thiokol‚ makers of the defective O-rings that ultimately destroyed the Challenger into pieces (Dimitroff
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This week’s class was about disaster due to error in engineering design. The example we focus on was the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster in January 28‚ 1986. It was a disaster that really touch the public. Unfortunately‚ all the seven members of the crew including the teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe died. She was the first civilian astronaut from the President Ronald Reagan project the TISP: Teacher In Space Program. The Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter to be put
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Don’t Support Nuclear Energy These days‚ it seems like everyone is worried about how the world will meet its energy demands when we don’t have oil and natural gas. Scientists and researchers are investigating such power sources as solar energy‚ wind energy‚ and even energy new kind of energy shale gas recources . However‚ there is one energy source that I believe should not be developed anymore. In fact‚ I believe that we should stop using it as soon as possible. Even though it can provide
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Topic: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster Purpose: To inform the audience about the heroic actions of the Fukushima Daiichi cleanup workers. Thesis: The Fukushima Daiichi cleanup workers are incredibly brave. Introduction: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. It measured 7 on the Nuclear Event Scale‚ which is the highest rating. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was initiated by a magnitude 9 earthquake. This earthquake caused a tsunami
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shuttle‚ hydrogen began leaking and continued to fuel that flame. ("Challenger Disaster‚" n.d.) Contributing Factors Contributing factors for this accident can be narrowed down to weather and aerodynamic forces. The Challenger had never been launched in such low temperatures as this time. Sources point to the temperature dropping below 18° F the night before and 36° F on the morning of the launch. ("Challenger Disaster‚" n.d.) This colder climate created certain conditions that sources say affected
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