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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Running head: Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Timothy T. Boyd Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Major natural disasters can do and have severe negative short-run economic impacts. Disasters also appear to have adverse longer-term consequences for economic growth‚ development‚ and poverty reductions. Natural disasters cause significant budgetary pressures‚ with both narrowly fiscal
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT’S PROJECT Handling Natural Disasters – Tsunami Made By – {name} What to do BEFORE a Tsunami * Find out if your home‚ school‚ workplace‚ or other frequently visited locations are in tsunami hazard prone areas. * Know the height of your street above sea level and the distance of your street from the coast or other high-risk waters. * Plan evacuation routes from your home‚ school‚ workplace or any other place you could be where tsunamis present a risk. *
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Gülin Langbroek 11.1 THE MAN-MADE DISASTER: CHERNOBYL “It is one of histories ironies that the worst nuclear accident began as a test to improve safety.”‚ states Snell (1988). The Soviets wanted to find out how the Chernobyl power plant would cope with a sudden power loss‚ therefore the experiment tested how long a spinning turbine could provide electric power to certain systems in the plant. Like many accidents‚ the Chernobyl accident resulted from a combination of human error and weaknesses
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Role of GIS in Disaster Management What is GIS? A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware‚ software‚ and data for capturing‚ managing‚ analyzing‚ and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. GIS allows us to view‚ understand‚ question‚ interpret‚ and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships‚ patterns‚ and trends in the form of maps‚ globes‚ reports‚ and charts. A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way
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Current Ethical Issue in Business Paper Current Ethical Issue in Business Recently the scooter store founded in 1991 has had setbacks that led the company in laying-off 1800 employees. Later that week some 300 employees where brought back to continue working for the company. The scooter store serves some 700‚000 senior citizens and individuals with disabilities by providing their customers with mobility. The scooter store is the nation’s largest suppliers of power wheelchairs and scooters. Recently
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stakeholders. According to Howard Gardner‚ a Harvard University psychologist‚ individuals need to use a combination of their five minds. Those minds include the disciplined mind‚ the synthesizing mind‚ the creating mind‚ the respectful mind‚ and the ethical mind. The five minds need to be cultivated if we are to thrive as individuals‚ members of a community‚ and as human beings (Gardner 2007). The discipline mind is what we gain through applying ourselves in a disciplined way in school. Over time
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The Union Carbide plant was established in Bhopal in 1969 and it began to produce the insecticide Carbaryl. methyl isocanyte is an ingredient of carbaryl‚ and on the morning of December 3‚ 1984‚ a holding tank containing 43 tons of methyl isocyanate overheated and released the toxic gas. Because methyl isocyanate is heavier than air‚ it traveled over the ground through the Bhopal city center. The transportation system collapsed‚ and many people were trampled to death in a mad rush to flee the visible
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The conceptual block that was experienced by the smokejumpers was when they knew they would have to get on a plane. “The smokejumpers and their cargo were dropped on the south side of Mann Gulch at 4:10p.m. from 2‚000 feet rather than the normal 1‚200 feet‚ due to turbulence (p. 48). The parachute that was connected to their radio failed to open‚ and the radio was pulverized when it hit the ground.” (p.210). With the failed radio and the jump at 800 feet above average the smokejumpers mentality would
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Authorities End Crisis After a blockade by angry protesters‚ local authorities have made an agreement with the community. The agreement indicated that the waste that was accumulated throughout Bandung between Thursday and Saturday can begin to be cleaned up‚ although it may take time to eliminate all the waste from Bandung’s roads. Cece Iskandar‚ head of Bandung Sanitation Office said it would take at least ten days to freshen up the streets due to the limited amount of garbage trucks. People
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