9/11 and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Evaluation While with help‚ the victims can overcome some of the psychological symptoms‚ however disasters can affect children different than adults. September 11th and hurricane Katrina caused psychological symptoms for the victims along with issues and elements because victims can experience PTSD symptomatology‚ acute stress disorders‚ generalized anxiety disorders and DESNOS‚ Many different types of disaster can cause chronic disturbance and illness. The media
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|Title | | | |ICT Disaster Recovery Plan | | |Date issued | | | |2
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Disaster Recovery Plan 1. Scope of Work and Contact Information This plan is designed to ensure the continuity of the business in the event of a natural and/or catastrophic event at any location Contact Information: 1. Chief Executive Officer 2. Chief Financial Officer 3. Chief Information/Technology Officer 4. Vice Presidents 5. Department Heads 6. IT Teams 7. Emergency Response Teams 8. All employees of affected area 2. Notification/Activation Phase Notification will be given to
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This paper is intended to give you basis principles of disaster recovery planning and understanding the process. The information presented is to help prepare you to respond to a disaster and restore normal operations afterward. There is a lot of information that goes into a disaster recovery plan‚ so we will discuss a few of the important steps that need to be approached. One of the first things a company should do is ask what types of requirements or pressures it faces when deciding how to prioritize
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Identify the functions of a CSU and DSU. How are they used in a corporate environment? I like to think of a CSU/DSU(Channel service and Data service unit) as something similar to a modem. In general Dial-up or DSL service a modem is required to convert digital signals to analog and vice versa. A CSU/DSU acts in the same way. The CSU/DSU converts the digital data frames that local area networks (LAN) uses into a frame a wide-area network (WAN) uses and just like the modem it will change the frames
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Natural human caused Disasters 1. The rig’s malfunctioning blowouts preventer ultimately failed‚ but it was needed only because of human errors. Those errors originated with a team of BP engineers in Houston‚ such as 1. Fewer barriers to gas flow 2. Fewer centralizers to keep cement even 3. No bond log to check cement integrity 4. Pressure test misinterpreted 5. Mud barrier removed early 6. Blowouts preventer failed. 2. In the months following the Gulf oil disaster‚ wildlife managers‚ rescue crews
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prepared for this disaster‚ nor could they fix the damages themselves without having the help of the Federal government. In serious situations‚ the Federal government can provide aid to the suffering states because they have easy access to helpful resources‚ previous knowledge of natural disasters and they must take the welfare of citizens under their control. In order for Florida to efficiently and effectively recover from the damage done by Hurricane
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Cause and Effect of Volcanoes Any natural opening in the Earth’s crust‚ called a fissure‚ where melted rock‚ ash‚ gases‚ and steam come out is called a volcano. Volcanoes look like mountains‚ but they are really flat land that is pushed upward because of the pressure below the earth. The pressure comes from hot magma and gases that build up below the earth’s surface and that work up to the surface through cracks in the earth’s plates. As it is forced up to the surface‚ the gases and magma push
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With reference to various examples‚ discuss how ‘natural’ disasters are socially constructed. While natural disasters such as floods‚ drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather‚ climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large‚ if not equal‚ contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling‚ 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues‚ there is both
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severity of the economic impact have on the communities and industries after a critical natural disaster? The disruption in Brisbane includes effects on major industries such as agriculture‚ tourism‚ retail trade and manufacturing. The research posed in this paper was evaluated from the economic impact after the floods and the statistics highlight the significance of the effects from the natural disaster. The impacts from flooding depend greatly on the location and the extent of the flood. It
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