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    The Buffalo Creek Disaster

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    |the Buffalo Creek Disaster | | | A book by Gerald Stern |PART ONE | | | |Prologue | | | |On the morning of the 26th February 1972 a coal company’s massive coal-waste refuse pile which dammed a stream in middle fork hollow | |collapsed in the Buffalo Creek Valley. Over 130 million gallons

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    Disaster Recovery Planning

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    Introduction "Common natural disasters area a leading cause of data loss…" says Bud Stoddard‚ AmeriVault President and CEO. Events such as the 8.3 earthquake that struck Hokkaido Japan September 25‚ 2003‚ and the firestorm in San Diego just weeks ago are just two examples of how natural disasters are devastating millions of unprepared businesses around the world. These are not the only events that must be considered‚ however. The terrorist attacks against the US on 9/11/01 and the biggest blackout

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    mind when they gave him a thick wooden stick to hold on to. Much later along with the school faculty‚ it was his friends that took him to the hospital. This was an example of how even children can help in disaster management. Now‚ let us discuss what disaster management is. Disaster Management is a plan that has been done strategically and the process is administered and employed to protect critical assets from natural or human made calamities and destruction take place. In the United States‚ a

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    The Bhopal Disaster of 1984

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    Bulletin of Science‚ Technology & Society http://bst.sagepub.com/ The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 Roli Varma and Daya R. Varma Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2005 25: 37 DOI: 10.1177/0270467604273822 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/25/1/37 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: National Association for Science‚ Technology & Society Additional services and information for Bulletin of Science‚ Technology &

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    PRELIMINARY THESIS PROPOSAL ABSTRACT NAME: Abla‚ Krister Kim S. DESIGN 8 ADVISER: Arch. Aurello Somera PROJECT TITLE: Philippine Red Cross Disaster Rehabilitation Complex Headquarter of Philippine Red Cross; a Recovery Facility for the Victims of Calamity and Disaster RESEARCH FOCUS: Bamboo Hybrid Building Construction Material Foldable emergency houses through Bamboo Hybrid Building Construction Material. A revolutionary way of construction where the bamboos are being combined

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    Ride Sharing Case Study

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    Current Trend and the Impact of Ride-Sharing Services: Ride-Sharing services have significantly grown since the introduction of Uber‚ in 2009. To date‚ Ride-sharing has attracted over 2 million members in North America and close to 5 million globally. Currently‚ more than half of American adults have heard of ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft‚ with 15% using the services. Ridesharing services have some economic benefits. These services increase the transportation options available to people and

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    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‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary

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    BP disaster at sea

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    BP Disaster at Sea In 2010 the nation was dealt the worst oil spill in the history of the USA‚ the BP oil rig Deep water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This major catastrophe destroyed some people‚ millions of aquatic wildlife‚ birds and the reputation of BP all in one fatal event. What caused this mind blowing disaster to happen? We will take a look

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    Piper Alpha Disaster

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    Piper Alpha Disaster Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106) Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Student ID : SCM-013090 Lecture : Cik Anis ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988. First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident

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    The social construction of disasters evolves throughout the years due to political and economic factors as well as education and technological advancement. One thing is that disasters are commonly understood to be limited in both time and effect (Hills‚ p.163). When analyzing and interpreting past‚ present and future political synergies‚ it is necessary to include a human dimension that encapsulates and embraces socio-cultural appreciation and understanding of man and his environment (Trim‚ p. 218)

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