loss. Not only the frequency is increasing but the magnitude of hazards as well. Mostly in hydro-meteorological hazards (the graph no.2)‚ probably due to climate change. In recent years we had the biggest disasters (both hydro-meteorological) Hurricane Katrina (2005) and Asian tsunami (2004) whose caused many deaths and a lot of damage. However the first graph also is very similar to the graph of people population growing‚ as we know at the moment there is about 6.5 billion people on the Earth and
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supported by public financial donations and volunteerism. It provides relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent‚ prepare for and respond to emergencies. The company has been widely criticized for the way it handled 9/11 in 2001 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as being inadequate and poorly managed. The company has allegations of fraud‚ bribery and even theft on the part of volunteers and employees working for the organization. It has also faced internal challenges due to high turnover‚ as
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Hurricane Sandy The day was March 18th 1967 the location was Caraguatatuba Brazil. On this day Brazil suffered it’s worst natural disaster when continuing rains and rising ocean temperatures brought on flooding and mudslides that killed at least 500 people (J.Masters/wonderblog.com). Nine months later and two hundred miles away on December 4‚ 1967 I was born. Though I didn’t experience first hand the effects of that storm my parents did. I had never experienced anything like it until two
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committed to helping people all around the world that have been in disasters. They do this by providing shelter and feeding the hungry. The Red Cross shelters people that have had their houses burnt down‚ flooded or destroyed by disasters. During hurricane Katrina‚ Wilma and Rita‚ they opened up 1‚470 shelters‚ distributed 205‚360 clean-up kits and served 68 million snacks and meals for victims and rescue workers.“I don’t know where me and my kids would have slept without the Red Cross”‚ said a mother
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In the summer of 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina unleashed what resulted in a widespread devastation wreaked on the city of New Orleans. New Orleans—the colorful‚ zealous Mississippi Delta city‚ home to world-renowned restaurants‚ jazz and blues’ clubs‚ and universities‚ saw many of its neighborhoods flooded‚ even washed away by Katrina’s strong waters that breached the barrier of its levees. The extent of this catastrophe has triggered fierce debate over how the city should be rebuilt; taking into
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SWOT Analysis Strength 1. Wide customer base in diverse markets like merchant gases‚ tonnage gases‚ equipment & energy and electronics & performance materials. 2. Diversified geographic presence in more than 40 countries with an employee base of more than 40‚000. 3. Steady growth in revenue & operating profit 4. Increasing liquidity through growing demands and sustained expansion in diverse territories. 5. Strengthening operational performance by driving increased productivity to the bottom
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"provide for the common defense" technically with this mandatory service they will be backing up the constitution. • If we had this and bigger army‚ maybe we could have had more people in national guard to help with natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. • Also‚ for those who prefer state service instead of just military. • If people don’t want to be in the
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Bethanie Orange February 29‚ 2012 Painting 1 Artist Biography Walter Inglis Anderson was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ on September 29‚ 1903. He was born to George Walter Anderson a merchant‚ and Annette McConnell an artist. She had a passion for art‚ music‚ and literature which strongly influenced Anderson. He had an older brother named Peter and a younger brother named Mac. He attained edges from the parson Institute of Design in New York and
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Using valid peer-reviewed sources on the Internet‚ update any dated facts in this case with more current information. How do these new facts reflect the current ethical culture of the Red Cross? According to the case study‚ the American Red Cross had seven different acting or permanent heads in the first decade of the 21st century. This "run-through" of CEOs at the America Red Cross ended when Gail McGovern joined the American Red Cross in April of 2008‚ and she has been in office since‚ making
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things are deployed when a natural disaster or catastrophe happens. In her presentation she pointed out that since the economy has dropped there has been lots of funding that has been count down which concerns her because if something like hurricane Katrina happens again we will not have the resources to help people in need or maybe even ourselves. Her presentation was also about how you can help yourself out even without anybody help and she gave some suggested websites to visit to help people
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