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1620970848 (N) by David Lochbaum
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:David Lochbaum [Lochbaum, David]

On the opening day of the school year on April 6, 2011, a first-grader puts on her hat during an elementary school enrollment ceremony in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. Despite the ...
( Category: Environmental Science April 19,2020 )
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria by Greg King
epub |eng | | Author:Greg King

Chapter Thirteen As the long, uncertain night edged toward dawn, lifeboats continued racing from the injured Doria to the flotilla of rescue ships that lay silently in the gray light. ...
( Category: Maritime History & Piracy April 16,2020 )
Global Catastrophic Risks by Bostrom Nick; Cirkovic Milan M.; Rees Martin J. & Milan M. Ćirković
epub |eng | 2008-04-14 | Author:Bostrom, Nick; Cirkovic, Milan M.; Rees, Martin J. & Milan M. Ćirković

• 14 • Plagues and pandemics: past, present, and future Edwin Dennis Kilbourne 14.1 Introduction This chapter is about pandemics, a somewhat ambiguous term, defined in the Oxford English Dictionary ...
( Category: Disaster Relief April 14,2020 )
Survival: A Prepper's Guide to Life After the Crash by Steve Mattoon
epub |eng | 2016-08-02 | Author:Steve Mattoon [Mattoon, Steve]

Events like those that took place in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina reveal just how unprepared our population is when disaster strikes. (sandoclr, courtesy of iStock) That may sound paranoid, ...
( Category: Security April 7,2020 )
Governing Affect by Roberto E. Barrios
epub |eng | 2017-02-21 | Author:Roberto E. Barrios [Barrios, Roberto E.]

During the two decades preceding Katrina, Tremé witnessed the arrival of a new group of residents who were attracted to the neighborhood by its affordable historic properties (Reckdahl 2007). Suburban ...
( Category: Natural Disasters April 6,2020 )
Washed Away by Geoff Williams
mobi |eng | 2013-02-10 | Author:Geoff Williams

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1913 Chapter Eleven Fighting Back March 26, Wednesday Midnight, Indianapolis Ben Hecht, the cub reporter out of Chicago, was still stuck in a hotel in Indianapolis. But ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 31,2020 )
The Dynamics of Disaster by Susan W. Kieffer
epub |eng | 2013-09-03 | Author:Susan W. Kieffer

AN ASIDE ABOUT WIND-DRIVEN WAVES Wind-driven waves are the “deep-water waves” George Stokes mentioned in the previous chapter and illustrated in Figure 6.5. In these waves the water depth is ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 28,2020 )
Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security by Eloy Nuñez and Ernest G. Vendrell
epub |eng | | Author:Eloy Nuñez and Ernest G. Vendrell

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis Vignette 5.1 provides an example of how football teams conduct SWOT analyses of their own internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as their ...
( Category: City Planning & Urban Development March 27,2020 )
This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together by Jon Mooallem
epub |eng | 2020-03-24 | Author:Jon Mooallem [Mooallem, Jon]

* * * — BRINK’S OUR TOWN CAST, in March 1964, was a motley cross section of greater Anchorage. There was a silver-haired middle school English teacher, an African American ...
( Category: Earthquakes & Volcanoes March 27,2020 )
This Is Chance! by Jon Mooallem
epub |eng | 2020-03-24 | Author:Jon Mooallem [Mooallem, Jon]

* * * — BRINK’S OUR TOWN CAST, in March 1964, was a motley cross section of greater Anchorage. There was a silver-haired middle school English teacher, an African American ...
( Category: Disaster Relief March 25,2020 )
Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Management by Zhi Liu Kaoru Ota
epub |eng | | Author:Zhi Liu,Kaoru Ota

Table 3. DQ diamensions Intrinsic dimensions Contextual Dimensions Representational Dimensions Accessibility Dimensions Believability Accuracy Objectivity Reputation Value-added Relevance Completeness Timeliness Appropriate amount of data Interpretability Ease of understanding Representational Consistency ...
( Category: Disaster Relief March 25,2020 )
The Homeowner's Hurricane Handbook by Bob Stearns
epub | | 2011-01-26 | Author:Bob Stearns

Hurricane-proof sturdy aluminum Bahama shutters can be lowered to completely cover the window. Photo by author. High-impact window film, designed as a burglary deterrent, is also available. While it does ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 24,2020 )
Dangerous Earth by Ellen Prager
epub |eng | 2020-03-02 | Author:Ellen Prager

Earthquakes: The Unknowns The Landers Sequence Before this, no one thought faults could communicate. —Ross Stein, seismologist California is a land built, modified, and frequented by earthquakes. In 1992 a ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 24,2020 )
Where Soldiers Fear to Tread by John Burnett
epub |eng | 2007-01-31 | Author:John Burnett [John S. Burnett]

13. Nobody Knows Where the Bullets Go WE HAVE ARMED guards of unknown effectiveness inside and outside the compound, but as far as we know they sleep most of the ...
( Category: Non-Governmental Organizations March 22,2020 )
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea by Joel Achenbach
epub |eng | | Author:Joel Achenbach

Chapter 9 Repercussions Now, the misery. The calamity had included, in spirit-sapping succession, a fatal blowout, a sunk rig, multiple leaks, a BOP intervention failure, a cofferdam failure, an unfolding ...
( Category: Fossil Fuels March 22,2020 )

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