Bangladesh Natural Disaster Profile Basic Facts: Area: 144‚000 km2 Coastline: 580 km Population: 141‚340‚476 GDP (PPP): $258.8 billion GDP Per Capita: $1‚900 Population Below Poverty Line: 35.6% Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots: Cyclones Droughts Earthquakes Floods Landslides Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots (Weighted by Mortality) Cyclones Droughts Earthquakes Floods Landslides EM-DAT Information (1907-2004): Disaster Cyclone Drought Earthquake Flood Volcano
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America has seen many tragedies and failures. However‚ in the eyes if many‚ the worst of these tragedies was by far the Challenger disaster of 1986. On January 26‚ the world was shocked as everyone watched the Challenger shuttle explode‚ killing all seven crewmembers. The challenger disaster was by far one of the worst tragedies of the space exploration era. However‚ the disaster should not have occurred. In fact‚ it should have been prevented. On August 27‚ 1984‚ President Ronald Reagan made an "Announcement
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Was the battle of Dunkirk a triumph or success? A question with no simple answer and probably a question we will never know the true answer to. In the 70 plus years since the battle‚ a variety of medias‚ for example textbooks‚ diary logs and newspaper articles have continued to influence peoples different interpretations on whether or not the events at Dunkirk deserve to be remembered as a triumph or in fact a failure for Britain and its people. In the month of May 1940‚ Hitler’s army was winning
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Essay 8-1 Understand the aspects of disaster recovery Disaster recovery is concerned with the recovery of critical systems in the event of a loss. Be able to discuss the process of recovering a system in the event of a failure A system recovery usually involves restoring the base operating systems‚ applications‚ and data files. Be able to discuss the types of alternative sites available for disaster recovery. The three types of sites available for disaster recovery are hot sites‚ warm sites‚
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The Space Shuttle Columbia was the second space shuttle disaster and the first shuttle lost on land happened on February 1‚ 2003. In this mission‚ six American astronauts and Israel’s first spaceman died when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 200‚000ft above Texas. They are David Brown‚ Rick Husband‚ Laurel Clark‚ Kalpana Chawla‚ Michael Anderson‚ William McCool and Ilan Ramon. Rick husband is the Columbia’s commander was a US air force colonel recruited to the space program in 1994. He
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Disaster Recovery Plan 1. Scope of Work and Contact Information This plan is designed to ensure the continuity of the business in the event of a natural and/or catastrophic event at any location Contact Information: 1. Chief Executive Officer 2. Chief Financial Officer 3. Chief Information/Technology Officer 4. Vice Presidents 5. Department Heads 6. IT Teams 7. Emergency Response Teams 8. All employees of affected area 2. Notification/Activation Phase Notification will be given to
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Commonwealth Games: success or disaster The Commonwealth Games 2010 event was the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in India‚ eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 & 1982. The Commonwealth Games 2010 event was a success from the athlete’s point of view‚ but it was also a big success mission for some people who wanted to loot public money. The Grand Opening Ceremony was a huge success‚ the 40 crore rupees aerostat lifted off and the stadium rocked to the tune of Rahman‚ even the
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Nowadays‚ what do you usually see in the television? In front of the headlines of newspaper? The one which everyone’s talking about‚ Showbiz? Lifestyles? Business? No‚ the most top news air last year was all about disaster brought by typhoons which leaves vast destructions not only in properties but also loss of thousands of lives. Our country‚ the Philippines has been blessed with natural resources where other countries don’t have. Time by time‚ Filipinos have learned to utilize these resources
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2013 Author: Daniel Smith – 5549426 Title: The Analysis of BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 Due Date: 5/5/13 Word Allocation: 2193 excluding executive summary‚ headings‚ tables‚ references and appendices Executive Summary This report provides an examination into British Petroleum (BP) and the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. It looks specifically at the functional area of organizing from POLC and the framework
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The Hindenburg Disaster As the Hindenburg enters: “Here it comes‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ and what a marvelous sight...the sun is striking the windows of the observation deck on the westward side and sparkling like glittering jewels on the background of black velvet…. Oh‚ oh‚ oh..!.. As the crowd notices the flame and then...: “Its burst into flames...Get out of the way‚ please‚ oh my‚ this is terrible‚ oh my‚ get out of the way‚ please..!It is burning‚ bursting into
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