were 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 climatological (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.[6] EARTHQUAKE An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that
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`For any human being‚ no other word encapsulates as much horror‚ misery‚ helplessness and doom as the term “Natural Disaster”. A natural disaster is any event of force of nature that is caused by environmental factors that has catastrophic consequences. Every year they not only decimate thousands of people and their properties but end entire blood lines. These calamities wreak havoc in the part of the world it chooses to act upon. Over the centuries various types of natural disasters or “Acts of
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In ecology‚ the competitive exclusion principle‚ sometimes referred to as Gause’s law of competitive exclusion or just Gause’s law‚ is a proposition which states that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist if other ecological factors are the same. When one species has even the slightest advantage or edge over another‚ then the one with the advantage will dominate in the long term. One of the two competitors will always overcome the other‚ leading to either the extinction
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The narrator’s point of view in the story is 1st person. The narrator describes the feelings and ideas of himself. He is described in words like I‚ we‚ and me. An example from the story are “Maybe a book of those rules you give me and JB before each of our games.” The settings of this story is in North Carolina most likely. I am not exactly sure where this story takes place‚ but from known information in the story‚ we are able to make a prediction. The story takes place in modern time
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companies. An example of how Facebook applications incorrectly use user information is located in the link to the article below. It outlines how application “mines” a user’s information and uses it to spam the user’s friends and networks spreading like wildfire and almost impossible to stop. Health and safety on the Internet applies to the mental health of an individual rather than the physical. For example the use of social networking site Facebook is associated with issues of cyber bullying and peer pressure
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Organizational Justice‚ Ethics‚ and Social Responsibility Chapter discussed Organizational Justice‚ Ethics‚ and Social Responsibility. While watching CNBC on television‚ I viewed a documentary on the energy company Enron. Their practices and ethics‚ or lack thereof are an excellent example of the topics contained in this chapter. Their disregard for ethical behavior and social responsibility‚ ultimately led to the demise of the company and also caused several members of the company in management
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Paradise Valley: A Rock Star to a Man Since the release of his first album in 2001‚ John Mayer has established himself as a prominent singer-songwriter who defies genre typecasting while creating music that is both popular and unique. The release of his latest album‚ Paradise Valley‚ in August 2013‚ has both surprised and excited his expanding fan base. It successfully depicts Mayer ’s unpredictable nature as a music personality as he delivers a new twist on his classic soft rock style. John Mayer
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Global Warming Global Warming is described as the progressive gradual rise of the earth’s surface temperature thought to be caused by the alterations to the greenhouse effect and responsible for changes in global climate patterns. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth’s surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere‚ causing the atmosphere to become warmer. This whole process occurs naturally and has kept the Earth’s temperature about 59 degrees
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How can DHS improve its Federal response time down to the local level in the first 72 hours of a disaster? Doing some research and reviewing how DHS works‚ I came across an article that suggested some great recommendations for improving DHS’s Federal response to the local level. Out of the 4 recommendations mention in that section I would agree with recommendation #8. Listed below are two recommendations that I think relate more to the forum question. It is difficult for the Federal level to deal
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Part I What are the primary differences between Mitigation and Preparedness? Research and describe three examples of each. 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
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