This week’s reading in Understories by Jake Kosek was Chapter 5‚ which is simply‚ yet powerfully titled “Smokey Bear is a White Racist Pig”. In this chapter‚ Kosek insightfully argues that Smokey Bear is a symbol of the exclusionary‚ racist and nationalist history‚ that is engrained in the U.S. Forest Service. What has allowed Smokey to become such a long-standing symbol‚ even with all this tension and hate filled history? Kosek opens by portraying the disdain that many local residents have for Smokey
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Management Agency. (2013‚ February 4). Basic Disaster Supplies kit. Retrieved from http://www.ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit Pearson Health Science‚ Inc U.S. Fire Administration. (2012‚ September 19). Wildfire- Are you prepared? Retrieved from http://www.usfa.fema.gov/citizens/home_fire_prev/wildfire Individual Assignment - Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper - due Week Three
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event‚ which can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage. There are many types of natural disasters: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods‚ tsunamis‚ blizzards‚ droughts‚ hailstorms‚ tornadoes‚ wildfires. If an adverse event occurs in an area without vulnerable population‚ it will not have such disastrous consequences‚ as if it occurs in area of vulnerable population as in San Francisco. One of the biggest natural disasters‚ which appear mostly
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weather-related disasters. Overall costs were US$170 billion and insured losses $70 billion. 2012 was a moderate year. 45% were meteorological (storms)‚ 36% were hydrological (floods)‚12% were climatologically (heat waves‚ cold waves‚ droughts‚ wildfires) and 7 % were geophysical events (earthquakes and volcanic eruptions). Between 1980 and 2011 geophysical events accounted for 14% of all natural catastrophes. Effects of Natural Disaster Millions of people are affected by natural disasters every
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matter. Maddness is so dominant over sanity‚ that we it is a waste of effort‚ and things would be much easier if we simply succumbed to maddness. Speculating on the effect that Dionysus has brought with his presence‚ Pentheus says; "So‚ like a wildfire it already hurries here‚ outrageously‚ this mass hysteria‚ disgracing us before the whole of Thebes." (121) No matter how much Pentheus did to prevent madness from enveloping his city and his entire life‚ the power of madness is just too strong.
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moisture to support average crop production on farms or average grass production on range land. Famine and thirst Diseases Cholera Malaria Typhoid Dysentery Wildfires(The low moisture and precipitation that often characterize droughts can quickly create dangerous conditions in forests and across range lands‚ setting the stage for wildfires ) Dust Storms (They occur when drought hits an area suffering from desertification and erosion) 1900 India killing between 250‚000 to 3.25 million. 1921-22 Soviet
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Wildfires are uncontrollable fires that burn in forest and grasslands but could spread to developed areas and agricultural areas. The direction and duration can vary rapidly and they are very unpredictable. There are three types of fires: surface which consume fuel and are below the canopy‚ ground which are below the surface of the forest floor and crown which are the greatest threat and occur at the top of the trees which can spread rapidly. Some examples of wildfires include the 1985
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Indigenous Australian peoples culture is linked to the land through The Dreaming. The Dreaming is described as the traditional epoch for Indigenous Australians. It is believed to be a period where the ancestor spirits walked along the land‚ forming animals‚ plants‚ and other forms of life/structures known today. They created the relationships between groups of individuals to the land‚ and other organisms‚ furthermore‚ giving Indigenous Australians their; customs‚ beliefs‚ languages‚ etc. Once everything
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From the depths of an atom to the far reaches of space mankind continues to evolve and expand their intelligence. What is intelligence? It is one’s ability to obtain‚ comprehend‚ and apply knowledge. Humans commit their entire lives trying to gain or improve their intelligence. This is because intelligence has become a requirement for almost everything in society. Popular culture has embraced intelligence into a necessary skill for happiness and prosperity in today’s world. However‚ the threat of
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mobilization system is designed to respond to the needs of initial and extended response to wildfires. There are many factors that influence the national mobilization system’s ability to respond to the needs of the requesting unit‚ including anticipating requirements for new fire starts (Preparedness Levels)‚ existing demand for resources for new and/or existing fires‚ or resources already committed to ongoing wildfires. The following table summarizes the gap between resources requested and the availability
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