Natural disasters and human emergencies are recurring phenomenon’s that leave disastrous effects in their wake. On 12th January 2010‚ a major earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Haiti. The catastrophic quake centred about 15 miles South West of Port-au-Prince left considerable damage to a majority of towns in the country including the capital city. According to UN reports‚ of the total 9 million people in the country‚ the earthquake has affected half of the population. About 222
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Awareness for Natural Disasters Disaster may happen any time in any place that is why we should be prepared for these scenarios. They are destructive and deadly if we aren’t ready for them. The school held an earthquake preparedness headed by Mr. Renato U. Solidum Jr.‚ director of PHIVOLCS- an institute of the government assigned to regulate and monitor volcanic activities as well as earthquake predictions‚ effects and sources. The aim of this symposium was to inform the students‚ faculty members
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Chapters 1‚2 and 15 1.Scientific‚ psychologists ate among the least likely to believe in phychics palmistry astrology and other paranormal phenomena. Why might that be? Scientific psychologist believes in total science‚ they believe that anything happen is have a scientific phenomena‚ which can’t be explain by palmistry and astrology. Those are mere prediction of future without having any valid ground to support their prediction which irrelevant in the eye of science. 3. Why is the scientific
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Arctic Survival – From Success to Failure Contrary to the outcome exhibited by most other groups during the Arctic Survival exercise‚ our team score (34) was lower than my individual score (64). This is not to suggest that group collaboration is detrimental; in fact‚ our outcome was unique among the class and of great surprise to the professor and entire class section. To be sure‚ pooling resources‚ elaboration of material‚ and support and motivation‚ while perhaps more time consuming‚ typically
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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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Is it that only adults can play the role of a hero at the time of a crisis? In every situation the answer is not the same. Hats off to the students who used their presence of minds when its needed most- during a crisis. Well‚ it was an unforgettable day for the entire school when a class seven student met with an accident in the school. The twelve year old boy couldn’t make out what had happened to him when he touched the switch on board to switch off the fan. When he opened his eyes‚ he found himself
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occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. However in 1920‚ there was a published study referred to as the catastrophe and social change by Henry Samuel Prince. This was the Halifax Disaster documented account and the occurrence of the social change. The first person to deliver evidence based study was Prince‚ by use of theory founding a paradigm which paved way for the management of disaster to be studied (Sperling
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Communication Skills/ Interpersonal skills After explaining the elements and the process of communication as explained in our textbook‚ here we come to talk about some terms which usually we hear about‚ but not gaining them as skills. In order to do so we need to practice such skill on a daily base‚ mainly in our classes. Effective listening: it is essential to ensure accurate understanding and clarity of meaning in Communication by mainly: Asking questions; seeking information that clarifies
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Overview The United States experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Because of hurricanes on the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Gulf of Mexico coasts‚ earthquakes near the San Andreas and other fault lines‚ volcanic eruptions‚ tornadoes in the plains‚ and floods throughout the Midwest‚ the United States suffers approximately $1 billion in losses each week. From 1990-93‚ losses surpassed those during the previous decade‚ mainly due to Hurricane Andrew‚ the Midwest and Northwest floods
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Does Survival affect Moral? Survival… the thing many people strive to get when a situation becomes too extreme. What is an extreme situation; however‚ that would get people like this? When survival is thrown in a picture it is not surprising to see changes in people. These changes can be good or bad. In my opinion these changes are usually good. In a situation where your life is on the line it is very likely that great leadership will emerge. In my opinion survival does not affect ones
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