OF NATURAL DISASTERS ABSTRACT: Disasters of both natural and technological origin have a considerable impact on communities. The effects of disasters in India are significantly reduced by well established counter disaster arrangements at all three levels of government. These arrangements comprise comprehensive plans of prevention‚ preparedness‚ response and recovery and in more recent times‚ of mitigation. The economic effects of disasters can be devastating and widespread. When disasters strike houses
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Asare 1 Charles Asare English II Mr. Phillips 29 October‚ 2013 The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in a ball of fire less than two minutes of launching resulting from a gas tank leakage. The disaster was broadcast live on broad day light news stations across the nation. The Challenger‚ as it is popularly known among all other space shuttles was the first to explode. America was terrified by the horrible incident as it was the first time US astronauts
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As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to drench southeast Texas and flood the Houston area‚ people aren’t the only ones seeking higher ground. The wild animals are‚ too. Reports and images of swimming snakes and lurking alligators are making the rounds on social media‚ and some are not current or real. Some alligator photos were from 2016. A fake photo shows a shark that was definitely not swimming down a flooded city freeway. But the Houston area is home to thousands of American alligators that reside
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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 finanacial
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IT’S A BIRD‚ IT’S A PLANE…….. IT’S THE HINDENBURG THAT HAD A DISASTER IN 1937! The Hindenburg was a zeppelin (a type of flying machine that looks like a blimp) that was made during a time where Germany was ruled as Nazi Germany. The Hindenburg was launched in March‚ 1936‚ and was invented in 1936. When the Hindenburg was launched‚ the idea was to cross the Atlantic Ocean to U.S. with passengers traveling there. The Hindenburg ran on helium and was a commercial transportation and had passengers
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from space to Earth. It was also supposed to have the first non-astronaut in space for the Teacher in Space Program. But 73 seconds into the launch the Challenger exploded killing all seven crew members. It will still continue to be known as a great disaster in NASA that affected many of their ways of doing things. The purpose of the Challenger mission was to improve a satellite that didn’t transfer a lot of data from space to Earth so they flew out the second TDRS-B
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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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3. Depreciation percentage=$1‚640‚200/$15‚411‚620 = 10.64% New Fixed Assets=$15‚411‚620 + $30‚000‚000 = $45‚411‚620 $45‚411‚620*.1064 = $4‚831‚796 new depreciation Pro forma Income Statement Sales ($36‚599‚300*1.12) $40‚991‚216 Cost of Goods Sold ($26‚669‚496*1.12) 29‚869‚836 Other Expenses ($4‚641‚000*1.12) 5‚197‚920 Depreciation 4‚831‚796 EBIT 1‚091‚664 Interest 573‚200 Taxable Income 518‚464 Taxes
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Flight 1420‚ A Preventable Disaster Commercial Aviation Safety November 15‚ 2011 ABSTRACT Flight 1420 was a disaster that taught the aviation community several important lessons. All the Seven Major Elements of Aviation safety can be seen as contributing factors but the greatest factor was human error and the impact of pilot fatigue. With proper preventative measures‚ the pilots probably would have had the time to arm the MD-82’s spoiler system and the flight would
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Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family to Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay and Barada Sundari Debi on 13 February 1879. Sarojini Naidu passed her Matriculation examination from the University of Madras. She took four years’ break from her studies and concentrated upon studying various subjects. In 1895‚ she travelled to England to study first at King’s College London and later at Girton College‚ Cambridge. Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake
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