HURRICANE IKE RECOVERY RESPONSE Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to make landfall in U.S. history with an estimated $22 billion in damages to Texas. Ike’s damage started September 12‚ 2008 with a 12 foot storm surge flooding 75% of Galveston Island and made landfall September 13. Hurricane Ike sustained winds (110mph) were considered a Category Two‚ only being one mile per hour from a Category Three (111mph). Ike’s storm surge was considered that of a Category Five. Texas
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warnings for Russia‚ Taiwan‚ Hawaii‚ Indonesia‚ the Marshall Islands‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Australia‚ and the west coasts the U.S.‚ Mexico‚ Central America‚ and South America. According to the official toll‚ the disasters left 15‚839 dead‚ 5‚950 injured‚ and 3‚642 missing. Earthquake Causes Nuclear Disaster What’s more‚ cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the Fukushima prefecture on the east coast of Japan failed shortly after the earthquake‚ causing a
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Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-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 can result in huge losses of life and property as well as damage to peoples’ mental‚ physical and social well-being. Fire Bush fires‚ forest fires‚ and mine fires are generally started by lightning
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Description: The performance of natural disaster and risk reduction management of Malabon City in the past 5 years. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE The review of the literature for this study gives emphasis in the creation‚ strengthening‚ and evolution of the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Management System (PDRRMS) that provided an integrated approach in dealing‚ not only with the country’s preparedness and responsiveness towards natural disasters‚ but also with how it can lessen and even
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[pic] TERM PAPER ON BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY : IS THE GOVERNMENT SLEEPING Submitted to :- Submitted by :- Lect.Vishwas chakranarayan Harpreet singh Roll no. A18 Section :- S1001 INDEX 1.Preface 2.Acknowledgement 3.Contents 4.Introduction
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EXPEDITING THE DISPOSAL OF CASES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Justice delayed is justice denied but with the lapse of time attitude of people has been changed and now any delay in the disposition of justice is regarded as injustice to persons seeking justice before the court of law. For a country the size of ours and with its multicultural identity‚ the justice delivery system also faces challenges to keep up with efficiency required to deliver justice without any pendency. In order to tackle the problem
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Assess the benefits to performance of recovery strategies for a 1500m track athlete Recovery is a very important element of fitness‚ due to the high physiological and phycological demands that arise from many different high intensity sports‚ such as 1500m track. Through studying many different types of recovery strategies‚ it is evident that the effectiveness of each strategy varies‚ however all play a positive role in decreasing fatigue‚ illness‚ injury and underperformance; all of which athletes
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In my opinion‚ recovery signifies to live and to be alive. In short‚ it is the key component that I need to have in my life to ensure that I am alive in the flesh‚ as well as alive in the mind. In other words‚ recovery is the bridge that connects the gap between living a mediocre life and living a life of complete fulfillment. It allows me to strive to be the best human being that I can possibly be while I exist on planet earth. For example‚ I know from my personal experience that if I did not have
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1. Mariner Bugs Out (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Disaster: The Mariner 1 rocket with a space probe headed for Venus diverted from its intended flight path shortly after launch. Mission Control destroyed the rocket 293 seconds after liftoff. Cause: A programmer incorrectly transcribed a handwritten formula into computer code‚ missing a single superscript bar. Without the smoothing function indicated by the bar‚ the software treated normal variations of velocity as if they were serious‚ causing
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natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard. Bangladesh‚ a country in southern Asia that is home to 140 million people‚ is widely known as a land of natural disasters. It is highly vulnerable to floods‚ famine‚ drought‚ earthquake‚ cyclones‚ and river erosions. Due to the effects of these disasters‚ the country is now permanently in distress. These disasters have become regular phenomena and have been causing suffering to millions of residents for many decades. Natural Disasters are occurring
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