As a member of a community where Bakken oil is transported‚ I am concerned primarily with the prevention of an accident or an act of terror. In regards to the prevention of an accident‚ I would like to see railroads take great care in planning their risk management. As of 2010‚ 225‚000 barrels a day were transported through North America; which is 75 times the 3‚000 barrels a days transported in 2005 (Michigan State University‚ 2016). Not only‚ is their more Bakken being transported through North
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Down‚ down the men go‚ descending into the mine to go to work. Little do most families know‚ they might not see the important men in their life again. The Cherry Coal Mine Disaster is greatly known as one of the worst mine disasters in America taking the lives of over 200 people and leaving many families devastated. As a result‚ mine safety regulations were regarded. Being a miner was a very common occupation for men back in the 1900’s‚ over 500 men and boys went to work at the Cherry Coal Mine
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November 13‚ 2012 This is to certify that we interviewed Mr. Jojo Tamayo of Jamta Wireless Solutions‚ 04 Cmdr Raymundo St.‚ Morong‚ Rizal‚ as our expert for our Science Investigatory Project. Solar Powered Wireless Equipment for Multi-Purpose Disaster Risk Reduction Questions for Mr. Ruel Lopez of MVERT (Morong Volunteer Emergency Response Team): 1. How to make our project waterproof? Answer: Put the project on a High place or secure it with a glass case 2. What are we going to
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (aka BP Oil Spill) was one of the worst oil disasters in history. How much damage was done? How is BP making up for it? This is what we discovered: In the BP Oil Spill‚ more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days‚ making it the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. 16‚000 total miles of coastline have been affected‚ including the coasts of Texas‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ and Florida. Even though the
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Andes Flight Disaster there were noticeable similarities and differences that made each survival story unique‚ yet some aspects duplicate. During the early stages of both survival experiences there were two major objectives that the Andes plane crash survivors
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The advancement of technology and the progress of man makes humans feel as though we are invincible‚ but when a natural disaster strikes we are reminded that Mother Nature still cannot be tamed and can strike at any time without warning. We have seen this in the past weeks with hurricane Harvey flooding Houston and displacing people who never in their life thought that their houses and neighborhoods might be underwater one day and left with nothing. Similar to current events‚ this image shows New
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Facebook: Social Network or Social Disaster Your busy day is done. You head home open up your laptop or head over to your desktop and turn it on. After impatiently waiting for everything to load on your computer you open up your web browser. You go to the top of the page and type in www.face and arrow down in the drop box to http://www.facebook.com/. As the website loads you wait in anticipation. When the blue bar at the top of the page loads you immediately look to the left hand corner of that
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Case Summary for Comair’s Christmas Disaster Bound to Fail In 1997‚ Comair IT department have planned to replace an aging legacy system that the regional airline utilized to management flight crews. However‚ due to all business users have been adept on the existing system and the proposed system was not satisfied by the management of Comair‚ the replacement of system has been hold up. After that‚ a vendor was selected in 2000 for the replacement of system. However‚ sequence of events:
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The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster It is a silent enemy‚ it has no odor‚ no smell‚ no shape‚ yet it is one of man’s deadliest foes. Radiation is not something most people face on a daily basis‚ but for the town of Prypiat in the Ukraine it is a barren wasteland because of it. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster was the worst nuclear catastrophe to have ever occurred and‚ is a perfect example of what can happen when the blind and unmasked furry of atomic power is left unharnessed
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Analysing “In Event of Moon Disaster” Revealed in 1999‚ “In Event of Moon Disaster”‚ written by William Safire and meant for President Richard Nixon‚ was to be used in case of an accident on the moon. Within the speech‚ it addressed to the public of the loss of two astronauts‚ Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. Safire uses the rhetorical appeals ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos throughout the speech. In an attempt to unite the audience with the speaker‚ Safire uses specific pronouns such as “we” and “our”
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