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to those impacts than are others. The normative, i.e. not so unique, stressors of Hurricane Katrina are characterized best ...
has precedence over the states. In practice, it is cooperative federalism that has largely held sway. In Federalist 32, Alexande...
did X, Y would not have happened." Of course, they cannot know this for sure. At the same time, throwing up ones hands and claimin...
A decision support system (DSS) is software that is capable of using complex analytical models that can help support the decision ...
period that passed from the time the first warnings of Hurricane Katrina were sounded, and the actual landfall of the storm. It se...
building, there were 200 children killed as a result ("Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000," 2005). One hospital collapsed as well ...
to this devastated area were, at least at first, characterized more appropriately as a series of errors and delays than as an effi...
take out the trash ("Memo to Me," 2007). Of course, many computers are equipped with remainder features that exist on software suc...
days, whereas for a flood or tsunami their may not be a warning at all. The immediate effects of a disaster can be mixed. If there...
prescriptive because the focus is "on how decisions ought to be made" (Lahti, 2003). There are a number of assumptions underlying ...
and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the South Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of E...
to communicate with the customers, but for some industries, such as power, water and communications such as telephone there may ne...
company was located. While no one was able to access the building, real estate sales continued in less affected areas of the city...
assume that a small company should outsource its IT services...2 The point that Childs and Dietrich (2002) seek to convey i...
It can be assumed that the company qualifies as a mid-sized one, however, given the number of employees at its headquarters locati...
be trying to use a 486 or even a Pentium I computer today, but nonprofit organizations dependent on donations or public entities w...
in General Its a given that disasters are unpredictable; if we could predict them accurately they would be far less damaging, be...
dependent they are on easy access to clean water until something prevents that access. The Impact of Natural Disasters Informati...
efforts of the international community" (Helton 192). The following examination of UN leadership looks specifically at its efforts...
In five pages this Florida based investment brokerage and financial planning firm is considered in terms of a plan for disaster re...
Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across...
Columbia disaster, it was determined that a multitude of the problem which had been uncovered during the investigation which took ...
II. Five Elements of Disaster Recovery Planning IIa. Preparedness and Training In general, a great deal of planning is directe...
Though the sheer volume of information at the site is daunting, it is an ideal place to begin learning about disaster recovery in ...
she was in the building in 1993 when another attack took place; and despite the fact that the building actually rocked from the fo...
For example, right after the CAIB issued its report, Sean OKeefe, the NASA administrator at the time, publically accepted all reco...
quake it was estimated that at least 400 people had died. The conditions were relatively dire as almost freezing temperatures at n...
in the world. It is governed by a Board of Governors and operates under a legal Congressional charter. The Board conducts a self-a...
that the space shuttle Columbia had disintegrated. All seven members of the crew were lost. The Columbia had launched on January 1...
history of the United States, and New Orleans is still trying to recover from it. This paper considers three aspects of the storm:...