YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Buffalo Creek Disaster by Gerald Stern
Essays 181 - 210
had its epicentre off Sunmatas west coast, between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia, 30 km below sea level and had a magnitude 9.3 ...
well, which was located 41 miles from the Louisiana coast (Hoffman and Jennings, 2010). The disaster struck on 20 April 2010 durin...
3). It is when stress exceeds the individuals ability to cope that it becomes destructive. These destructive effects can be modera...
she was pushing mud off the porch and wiping furniture. More volunteers followed helping all the people who lived on that street. ...
The writer looks at the different events or influences that could result in oil prices increasing. Events such as war, natural di...
The American Red Cross, after an extensive peer review of the program, which was conducted in 2006, adopted Veenemas curriculum as...
attacked poor drainage and low-lying areas particularly in or around Savannah, the Ocmulgee River, and the Toccoa Falls regions, w...
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...
and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the South Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of E...
prescriptive because the focus is "on how decisions ought to be made" (Lahti, 2003). There are a number of assumptions underlying ...
to this devastated area were, at least at first, characterized more appropriately as a series of errors and delays than as an effi...
building, there were 200 children killed as a result ("Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000," 2005). One hospital collapsed as well ...
period that passed from the time the first warnings of Hurricane Katrina were sounded, and the actual landfall of the storm. It se...
This 3-page paper, based on organizational structures during a crisis situation, discusses how Cullman Electric can prepare for di...
In five pages disaster and the need for grief counseling afterwards are discussed with a consideration of the Oklahoma City bombin...
complex situations. One of the main problems will be elderly people and providing transport to shelter. However, once at an Amer...
was a role for Human Resources in this scenario. One technique used by Continental was to hire friends (Brenneman, 1998). This mig...
atmosphere and at the same time, it releases drier and cooler air into the atmosphere (The American National Red Cross, 2001). The...
distractions are indeed rampant in our high-tech world. We feel the need to be in constant contact with others and consequently t...
Solutions to the Problem While the problem goes more to a lack of proper communication and decision-making, the truth is that t...
the other family members (U.S. Government, 2008). Other suggestions include ensuring that every family member has the phone number...
In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at business continuity planning. Disaster recovery sites are analyzed in respect to ...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at disaster response efforts. A 2012 response to a Colorado tuberculosis outbreak is e...
This paper begins by explaining the reasons it is difficult for different federal agencies and departments to operate with each ot...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at disaster response. Hurricane Katrina provides an example of the role of community v...
In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at disaster response tactics. The 2011 Japan earthquake is examined as an example. Pape...
The paper presents a process which may be used for disaster recovery and contingency planning, focusing on IT assets and systems. ...
This research paper provides an overview of the various needs that society should address in order to order to provide comprehensi...
A scenario of disaster plan at a hospital is used as the basis for this essay. The scenario is described briefly, including commen...