A Natural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005‚ the lives of the people living in New Orleans changed drastically due to a massive hurricane. Hurricane Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. There were several lives taken‚ many families and homes destroyed. The financial damage caused by the hurricane was shocking. Several countries and people made donations to help rebuild homes and the city of New Orleans. There were several lives taken as well
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World’s Natural Disasters 2010-2013 April 16‚ 2013: Mega earthquake in Iran-Pakistan border Mega earthquake in Iran-Pakistan border region -Magnitude 7.8 mega earthquake hits Iran-Pakistan Border region. -It is the biggest earthquake in Iran in 40 years. -Tremor was felt in United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)‚ Kuwait‚ India‚ Oman‚ Iran‚ Pakistan‚ Kuwait‚ Bahrain‚ Afghanistan‚ Saudi Arabia. Death toll has risen to 36. More than 3‚000 houses are reported to be destroyed in Mashkeel area of Pakistan
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TORNADO ALLEY “ A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extend down from a dark clouds and moves over land in a narrow‚ destructive path.”( earth science textbook) That is the definition of a tornado it doesn’t sound fun or cheerful at all. but to the people that live in tornado alley it is something they are used to. There are many factors the cause tornados to appear in tornado alley‚ but the main one is location. But where is the location?? Why is it this location?? Locations
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BASIC PLAN Introduction Purpose Planning Assumptions Planning Objectives Types and Levels of Crises Plan Activation Emergency Authority Campus Emergency Operation Center (EOP) Activation Leadership Framework for Crisis Management Crisis Management Team- Policy Group Crisis Management-Operations Group Crisis Management Plan-Concept of Operations Incident Command Systems KYU Emergency Operations Center Priority Objectives Recovery and Planning Communications Plan Usage Plan
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Natural Disaster and the Retail Business Owner Natural Disaster and the Business Owner People make difficult decisions in business everyday. People that make these decisions have to stand by them. The situation in this assignment‚ speaking of hurricane Katrina‚ I have mixed feelings on the business owner Brian decision. From a person on the outside looking in perspective‚ I felt he was wrong for raising the prices of the hotel rooms. But in reality‚ I had to put myself in the shoes of
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Natural Disasters of the Last 100 years 2010 Haiti earthquake The 2010 Haiti earthquake was an earthquake of catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw‚ with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne‚ approximately 25 km west of the capital of Haiti. The earthquake occurred at 4:53 local time on Tuesday January 12‚ 2010. For January 24 were at least 52 replicates of 4.5 or greater. An estimated three million people were affected by the earthquake. The highest death toll is estimated at 220‚000. Haitian government
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What was President Clinton main goal of his speech? William Jefferson Clinton also known as Bill Clinton‚ was the 42nd president of the United States. On Nov 13‚ 1993‚ Clinton delivered the Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God in Christ speech. In Lines 98-102 he states‚ “We need this crime bill now. We ought to give it to the American people for Christmas. And we need to move forward on all these other fronts. But I say to you‚ my fellow Americans‚ we need some other things as well. I
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The Science of Natural Disasters Natural Disasters‚ 7th ed.‚ by Patrick L. Abbott (New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2009; ISBN-13: 978-0-07-337669-1). Written Assignment 6 Short Answer Questions Answer the following questions as completely as possible. 1. Explain the laws of superposition‚ faunal assemblages and faunal succession. How do they support the theory of evolution? [LO6.1] Laws of superposition; A concept initially proposed by Avicenna‚ a Persian geologist in the 11th century‚ then clarified
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Ministry of Educational Zone Tornado INTRODUCTION The word tornado is an altered form of the Spanish word tronada‚ which means thunderstorm. This in turn was taken from the Latin tonare‚ meaning to thunder. It most likely reached its present form through a combination of the Spanish tronada and tornar. A tornado is also commonly referred to as a twister‚ and is also sometimes referred to by the old-fashioned colloquial term HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone o Cyclone cyclone. HYPERLINK
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* Flooding in the Ganges basin - human factors Deforestation in many parts of the river basin‚ e.g. Nepal‚ Bhutan and Northern India. This is a result of population growth (more wood is needed for cooking and heating. Also more forests are cleared for farm land). This has led to increased flooding. This is a result of: * More erosion of soil as roots no longer hold soil together * Less take-up of water by plant roots * Less interception of rain fall by vegetation cover Positive
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