ABOUT DISASTERS A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural
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Mathematical Models for Estimating Damages Due to Natural Disasters in the Philippines A thesis proposal submitted to Dr. EFREN S. CONSEMINO in partial fulfillment of the requirement in Fundamental of Research ( Edu 51) Submitted by: Perla V. Cruzada Joe Rico B. Ducay Ralph Laurence S. Manubay Maribeth B. Maraya March‚ 2014 CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Philippines is situated in the world’s hazard belts and are subject to floods‚ droughts
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fifteen-hundred and forty-five hundred individuals died immediately and thousands more were injured from the Bhopal incident. The death toll estimates varies vastly‚ proximate deaths from gas exposure go beyond seven thousand‚ following the night of the disaster (Fischer‚ 1996). Although no one really knows how the catastrophe occurred‚ there are several theories as to what took place on December 3‚ 1984. The Union Carbide company
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propensity for natural disasters in Canada‚ this plan will address continuity of business in the event of a natural disaster‚ such as a tornado. The specific areas of business continuity to be treated are 1. Pre-incident adjustments‚ 2. Ethical use and protection of sensitive data‚ 3. Ethical use and protection of customer data‚ 4. Communication plan‚ and 5. Post-incident continuity. The goal of this plan is to reduce pandemonium associated with natural disasters’ effects on normative
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Short essay on The Bhopal Gas Tragedy JAYAPRAKASH KAKADA By all accounts the Bhopal Gas leak on the night of 2-3 December 1984 is the worst chemical disaster in history. It took a heavy toll of human lives. People started dying within hours and more than 2000 lives were lost in the first few days. According to Dureja and Saxena one of the earliest of the ’Rescue Teams’ to reach Bhopal when panic was at its peak at major hospitals of the city‚ the patients could be graded symptomatically into four
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NATURAL HAZARDS FROM BECOMING NATURAL DISASTERS GEOFF N BOUGHTON Disasters such as floods‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ and earthquakes can occur in almost any area of the country‚ so it’s a good idea to prepare for them. Organize your home to minimize damage‚ create emergency plans‚ and make sure you have emergency supplies. Learning about the building is it safe and able to withstand a disaster? You should also plan what you would do in case of a natural disaster and discuss it with your family to make
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HEALTH THE BHOPAL DISASTER Ashay Chitre‚ a film maker living in Bhopal’s prestigious Bharat Bhawan‚ built by the state government to attract artists to this central Indian city‚ heard a commotion outside his window early in the morning at about 3 a m. It was a chill December and all the windows of Chitre’s house were closed. As Chitre and his wife Rohini‚ seven months pregnant‚ opened the window‚ they got a whiff of gas. They immediately felt breathless and their eyes and noses began to
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of outside control barrier in both accidents. The major difference is the difference of both reactor types. In Chernobyl disaster‚ the atomic pile caught fire. These atomic piles were created using graphite blocks for moderators. In this case‚ explosion was a disaster that resulted from the burned core of massive clouds of highly reactive fission by-products. This disaster caused to evacuate the nearby areas as a ghost town. There were many fatalities in Chernobyl accident. These radioactive
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Discussion I - The Mann Gulch Disaster 1. The mental obstacles that constrained the way a problem is defined experienced by the smokejumpers (conceptual blocks) included the following: a. First‚ the jumpers were told that the fire they were going to fight was a 10:00 fire‚ meaning that they were going in prepared to fight a fire that should be contained by the next morning. They seemed to have pre-defined the problem without consideration that they may be dropped of having to fight a different
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2011. Brook‚ Barry. "Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Simple and Accurate Explanation." Brave New Climate. 13 Mar. 2011. Web. Dec. 2011. Ritter‚ Malcom. "Japan Nuclear Disaster Released Higher Radiation Levels Than Previously Reported‚ Study Finds." The Huffington Post. 27 Oct. 2011. Web. Dec. 2011 State of Immediate Response after Disaster Struck at Fukushima Daiichi Power Station. Rep. Tepco‚ 20 Mar. 2011. Web. Dec. 2011.
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