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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Terrorism and Natural Disasters Preparedness Grand Canyon University: HCA 545 June 11th‚ 2014 Businesses today across the gamut have a board or strategic management team in place to handle the business like making decisions and setting the direction. This important so that the company knows where it’s going and they can be successful. Management should consider adding business contingency plan to their strategic planning. This will incorporate what to do and how
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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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11‚ 2001 terrorist attack Although often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. Often it is the unpredictability of such disasters that causes fear‚ confusion and stress that have a lasting effect on the affected community. In recent history‚ the Sept 11th terrorist attack is one such example. This paper will examine the terrorists’ motivation towards committing the attack and the effect it had on the American society. According to Pedahzur (2006)‚ terrorist groups exist
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Natural Disaster/Hazard Paper For my paper I will be talking about the 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17‚ 1994. The earthquake was centered in Reseda‚ a neighborhood in the north-central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles‚ California. “It was a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that lasted 10 – 20 seconds. In addition‚ two 6.0 magnitude aftershocks occurred‚ the first about one minute after the initial event and the second approximately 11 hours later‚ the strongest of several thousand
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I make sure everyone else is out". He was last seen on the 10th floor‚ heading upward‚ shortly before the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 A.M. His remains were never found. Rescorla was declared dead three weeks after the attacks (Stewart‚ 2002). Fear is defined by the Oxford American College Dictionary as “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat”. Fear is an incredibly powerful emotion. It leads individuals to do things that
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How People React to Natural Disasters How would you feel if someone told you that in the next 5 seconds that your life would be turned upside down? The same exact thing happened to people in central Philippines‚ the only thing different is that they got no warning. A deadly earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck central Philippines on a national Islamic holiday. The temblor was the strongest to shake the area in 23 years. Powerful aftershocks continue to hit widely across Bohol and Cebu. More
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A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard. Bangladesh‚ a country in southern Asia that is home to 140 million people‚ is widely known as a land of natural disasters. It is highly vulnerable to floods‚ famine‚ drought‚ earthquake‚ cyclones‚ and river erosions. Due to the effects of these disasters‚ the country is now permanently in distress. These disasters have become regular phenomena and have been causing suffering to millions of residents for many decades. Natural Disasters are occurring
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Natural Disasters and Catastrophes Paper 1 Rough Draft Disasters Prepared For From researching online databases of my city‚ I’ve found that we are focused on planning ahead for disasters such as hurricanes‚ or even different forms like terrorism for example. The city acknowledges this strategic planning needed‚ as well as building public awareness and the development of hazardous mitigation and emergency response plans. According to the mayor‚ these plans are at completion and ready for use when
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Natural Hazards and Natural Disasters A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event will have a negative effect on humans. This negative effect is what we call a natural disaster. In other words when the hazardous threat actually happens and harms humans‚ we call the event a natural disaster. Natural Hazards (and the resulting disasters) are the result of naturally occurring processes that have operated throughout Earth’s history. Effects of Hazards Hazardous process of all
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