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Piper Alpha Oil Platform Catastrophe of 1988

some of the fire walls and soon the stored oil was burning. In addition, the automatic deluge system which was supposed to spray w...

Neo Aristotelian Analysis of President Ronald Reagan and the Challenger Space Shuttle Tragedy

disaster. It was his administration, after all, that had been intent on having the Shuttle be declared operational while it was i...

A 1587 Chinese Emperor Recommendation

something about our vulnerability. It is also hoped that he Emperor will heed my warnings and take my advice on what should be don...

Ancient Civilizations and Geography

subject to severe earthquakes and its climate is rather mild; Greece has mild wet winters, but dry hot summers (2001). Achi...

Organizational Value Through Information Technology and Management

In seven pages reactive and proactive strategies along with disaster recovery and balanced scorecards are among the topics discuss...

Guilt of the Survivor

In nine pages this paper examines the psychological difficulties that accompany surviving a catastrophic event such as war, a na...

Company Disaster Recovery Plans

ensure that the company is able to get up and running again as soon as possible. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVESTMENT BANK One of the h...

Lasting Damage of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska

that if you travel over the area by plane and look down, it does seem as though ecological balance has been achieved, that time ha...

Graffiti Phenomenon

the case, then graffiti may be see as one of the oldest art forms or forms of expression, dating back over 20,000 years (Reichert,...

A Review of Harrison Bergeron

their identity. The bands make the citizens equal in physical strength and intelligent. They are, by all accounts, supposed to be ...

Vulnerable Population/Frail Elders

complex situations. One of the main problems will be elderly people and providing transport to shelter. However, once at an Amer...

Disaster Recovery Planning and Information Technology

II. Five Elements of Disaster Recovery Planning IIa. Preparedness and Training In general, a great deal of planning is directe...

Continuity Planning for Small Business

Though the sheer volume of information at the site is daunting, it is an ideal place to begin learning about disaster recovery in ...

CULLMAN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

This 3-page paper, based on organizational structures during a crisis situation, discusses how Cullman Electric can prepare for di...

Process of Grief Recovery After a Disaster

In five pages disaster and the need for grief counseling afterwards are discussed with a consideration of the Oklahoma City bombin...

Natural Disasters

atmosphere and at the same time, it releases drier and cooler air into the atmosphere (The American National Red Cross, 2001). The...

The Unthinkable - Surviving a Disaster

she was in the building in 1993 when another attack took place; and despite the fact that the building actually rocked from the fo...

NASA, COLUMBIA AND RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

For example, right after the CAIB issued its report, Sean OKeefe, the NASA administrator at the time, publically accepted all reco...

Disasters

quake it was estimated that at least 400 people had died. The conditions were relatively dire as almost freezing temperatures at n...

Analysis of Large Non-Profit Organization

in the world. It is governed by a Board of Governors and operates under a legal Congressional charter. The Board conducts a self-a...

The Leadership Problems of BP in the Context of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

well, which was located 41 miles from the Louisiana coast (Hoffman and Jennings, 2010). The disaster struck on 20 April 2010 durin...

Applying Burke and Litwin's Model

that the space shuttle Columbia had disintegrated. All seven members of the crew were lost. The Columbia had launched on January 1...

Social Vulnerability and Ache

had its epicentre off Sunmatas west coast, between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia, 30 km below sea level and had a magnitude 9.3 ...

The Dangerous Nature of the Earth's Energy

mean they are not dangerous. Earthquakes, which are natural occurrences, kill hundreds if not thousands of people and ruin homes,...

Disaster Preparedness and Environmental Psychology

certain cultural movements have made it such that the nature of risk management and disaster prevention in societies is now given ...

Vulnerability and Disaster Response

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at disaster response. Hurricane Katrina provides an example of the role of community v...

The Japan Earthquake - Disaster Response Review

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at disaster response tactics. The 2011 Japan earthquake is examined as an example. Pape...

Site Selection for Business Continuity Planning

In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at business continuity planning. Disaster recovery sites are analyzed in respect to ...

Aspects of Stress

3). It is when stress exceeds the individuals ability to cope that it becomes destructive. These destructive effects can be modera...

Article Analysis Related to Environmental Psychology

she was pushing mud off the porch and wiping furniture. More volunteers followed helping all the people who lived on that street. ...