Three post-Hurricane Katrina disaster planning lessons learned: have a prepared evacuation plan for the city‚ do not delay aid‚ and a lack of resources imposes greater difficulties of rebuilding. The mandatory evacuation call was late and not fully supported—many people did not have a way to leave the city‚ as many people were dependent on public transportation. Could have neighboring buses come in earlier and brought people to safety? I think the Mayor later got criticized for not using school buses
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Disaster Preparedness and Response Measures and Actions for Specific Disasters Preparing for Emergencies (General) Prepare For Disaster * Set up a place to meet after a disaster. Choose an out-of-state emergency contact person. * Know different ways to get out of your home. * Be ready to help your neighbors. Ask them to make sure you are alerted in a disaster. * Have disaster plans for work‚ school and child care. * Keep emergency supplies in your house and car. Check
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This Ain’t Chicago is Zandria F. Robinson’s study of the relationship between location and race‚ class‚ and gender. She identifies the regional differences‚ specifically of the African-Americans living in the south and north. The study analytically separates the southern blacks from their fictive kin and whites they correlate with in order to explore the differences in regional identities. The study took place in Memphis because Zandria believes that it “sits at the physical‚ temporal‚ and epistemological
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The experience of growing up in Chicago is polarizing. It’s one of the most diverse cities in the country‚ yet‚ one of the most segregated. I am grateful for living in a neighborhood that had every range of diversity in terms of racial background‚ ethnic background‚ gender‚ age‚ and socioeconomic status. The most obvious characteristic in which Chicago neighborhoods are divided are by race and socioeconomic status. As I grew up I was constantly surrounded by people who looked different from me‚ spoke
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The Chicago School of Criminology focused on the environment of the person‚ rather than focusing on the person’s rational capability or physical attributes. The Chicago School took an approach at identifying criminality as something that is somehow created by the ecology of the physical settings that a person finds himself growing up within. Two notable figures of the Chicago School were Clifford Shaw‚ and Henry McKay. Both of these scholars had grown up in rural settings‚ only to then relocated
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An Introduction to Disaster Management for Class 8 Central Board of Secondary Education ‘Shiksha Kendra’‚ 2‚ Community Centre Preet Vihar‚ Delhi – 110092‚ India Tel : 91-011-22509252-57/59‚ Fax : 91-011-22515826 E-mail : cbsedli@nda.vsnl.net.in Website : www.cbse.nic.in TOGETHER‚ TOWARDS‚ A SAFER INDIA An Introduction to Disaster Management for Class 8 FIRST EDITION 2003 CBSE‚ DELHI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS Dr. Kamala Menon‚ Principal‚ Mirambika School‚ New Delhi Ms. A. Venkatachalam
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that Changed America At the turn of the twentieth century‚ many American cities were struggling to find their place in the world. One such city was Chicago‚ Illinois‚ the focal point of Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City‚ a nonfiction ode to history about the events that took place during the World’s Columbian Exposition. In 1893‚ Chicago was home to more than the World’s Fair; it was also the home of America’s very own Jack the Ripper‚ Dr. Henry H. Holmes. While a team of the most brilliant
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scorching‚ hot‚ summer afternoon‚ my friend‚ Weston‚ and I decided to watch the Chicago Cubs play baseball. Little did we know this was going to be the worst fight we would ever experience with each other. We disputed about who we thought topped the Chicago Cubs roster. It all began when we were in my basement watching the gifted Chicago Cubs play in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field against the South Side Hitmen- the Chicago White Sox’s. All was going well until Weston asked me “Ben‚ who do you
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explosion. The Met department recorded a tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale around the time the first explosion at 7:36 pm which resulted in shattering of glass window nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the accident site. The fire was a major disaster in terms of deaths‚ injury‚ loss of business‚ property and man-days‚ displacement of people‚ environmental impact in Jaipur‚ the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan and a popular tourist destination. As per eyewitnesses having factories
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Man Made Disaster The affects of over population on natural environment are vivid. As of November‚ 2008‚ the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. It is expected to reach nearly nine billion by the year 2042. This issue of increasing population should be at the forefront of our attention. The rising population has resulted in high fuel consumption and reduction of natural resources. Due to such major growth in population‚ human needs also grow‚ in time; there will not be enough
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