Reportage- Natural Disasters: How do they affect the human beings? It is the 31 December of 2004. We are heading for a new year with new expectations‚opportunities and goals. However we have experienced a Tsunami that just very recently struck Thailand. This has left some traces and marks. How has this natural disaster really affected the human beings? I am about to find out. As I walk the beach of Khao Lake I see destruction so far from the paradise pictures I am used of seeing. It is forenoon
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Energy Source of Natural Hazards Disasters occur where and when the earth’s natural processes concentrate energy and then release it‚ killing and causing destruction. Four energy sources make the earth an active body: 1) the Earth’s internal energy; 2) solar energy; 3)gravity; 4)the impact of extraterrestrial bodies The interior of the Earth holds a tremendous store of heat released primarily from the ongoing decay of radioactive elements. Earth’s internal energy flows unceasingly toward the
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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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calm‚ keep their distance and don’t try for a photo with the animal. Those with a gator under their car might try nudging it with a long push broom‚ he said. David Steen is a reptile expert and assistant professor at the Auburn University Museum of Natural History. He offered advice in an
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Management Course Case Study # 02 Worksheet NATURAL DISASTERS AND THE DECISIONS THAT FOLLOW Version 1.0: 21 Jun 2013 Presented by: Hossam Bashir I. Problem Definition: * Natural disasters such as hurricane‚ winter snowstorms and summer thunderstorms have many effects on countries’ different industries such as Insurance and Airlines companies. Also‚ how the organizations manage these disasters and the decisions that may follow these disasters have serious effects on customers and so
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HAZARDS ANALYSIS Case Analysis: Tennessee Valley Man Made and Natural Disaster Analysis Todd A. Metcalf EMGT 302—Professor Leah G. Littlefield Chapter and Module 2 - October 6 2012 University of Maryland In the Tennessee Valley many major categories of disasters are experienced which include natural disasters and man-made and looking into the main difference between them it’s importance in increasing overall knowledge of occurrences‚ causes of each and
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Prepare for Any Disaster 6/10/2013 Topics in Contemporary Social Issues We must have tools and plans in place to make it on our own in case of a disaster happening. Just like having a functioning smoke detector in your house‚ having emergency supply kits will put tools that one may need at your feet. It is important to be prepared to use what you have on hand to make it on your own for at least three days‚ maybe even longer. There are six basic items that one should ensure if any disaster were to occur
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Natural Disaster and decision that follows Natural disaster risk can be defined as follows: The exposure or the chance of loss (of lives‚ persons injured‚ property damaged and economic activity disrupted) due to a particular hazard for a given area and reference period. In case of a disaster event‚ there are several effects‚ such as humanitarian effects‚ including the loss of lives and persons injured; ecological effects among other damage to ecosystems; and economic effects‚ comprising different
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