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Disaster Preparedness for Travis County Texas

in General Its a given that disasters are unpredictable; if we could predict them accurately they would be far less damaging, be...

A Comparison of FDR and Hoover

he negativity surrounding the issue of homelessness spawned real concern for the way these hapless people were treated; to be sure...

Disaster Relief and the United Nation's Style of Leadership

efforts of the international community" (Helton 192). The following examination of UN leadership looks specifically at its efforts...

Notification Services

take out the trash ("Memo to Me," 2007). Of course, many computers are equipped with remainder features that exist on software suc...

Cause and Effect Used to Justify More Helicopter Services to a Pacific Island Prone to Natural Disasters

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...

Decision Making In Kava

prescriptive because the focus is "on how decisions ought to be made" (Lahti, 2003). There are a number of assumptions underlying ...

Emergency Preparedness and Governmental Crisis Protection

state, local and personal levels for survival during, and recovery after, a hurricane has passed through an area. On the federal l...

Small Business Disaster Recovery

assume that a small company should outsource its IT services...2 The point that Childs and Dietrich (2002) seek to convey i...

Small Business Disaster Recovery Alternatives

It can be assumed that the company qualifies as a mid-sized one, however, given the number of employees at its headquarters locati...

Advertising and the Use of Ebonics

blacks in the U.S. and the Caribbean alike (Everybodys: The Caribbean-American Magazine, 1998). Ebonics has invoked considerable ...

Global Community Assistance and the US

who have lost home and family to a natural disaster, the Red Cross provides relief and hope. The American Red Cross is...

Windows Systems and Disaster Recovery

be trying to use a 486 or even a Pentium I computer today, but nonprofit organizations dependent on donations or public entities w...

Small Business and Disaster Recovery

company was located. While no one was able to access the building, real estate sales continued in less affected areas of the city...

Emergency Management

specifically designed for such an occurrence. What is the single most important aspect of emergency management falls into category...

Disasters and Their Psychological Impact

a main area of study being the normative reaction to non normative events. The impact of stress created by disasters is argued to ...

Disaster Recovery Planning

A survey conducted in 1995 by ICR Survey Research Group regarding vulnerability of computers found that sixty six percent of respo...

GunnAllen Financial Contingency Plan

In five pages this Florida based investment brokerage and financial planning firm is considered in terms of a plan for disaster re...

Need for Continued Service Protection

to communicate with the customers, but for some industries, such as power, water and communications such as telephone there may ne...

Natural Disasters and Emergency Planning

In five pages natural disasters are examined within the context of business strategies and emergency planning measures. Five sour...

Guilt of the Survivor

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

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...

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...

Ecology of Fear Reviewed

use federal dollars to do so. Many feel sorry for them. But then there is the other point of view. Why build homes in such a place...

BTS Sky Train Disaster Financing

In five pages this paper considers the best way for the Bangkok government to deal with the financing which resulted from this dis...

Agenda for American Civil Reform Justice A Response

Civil litigation is considered in this overview of six pages and incorporates examples to reveal civil justice inadequacies includ...

Freight Industry and the English Channel Tunnel

In sixteen pages the freight industry is discussed in terms of the role played by the English Channel tunnel and considers whether...

Crises of Natural Disasters and Family Interaction

In five pages this paper examines what happens during a natural disaster to families and family relationship dynamics with coping ...

The Symbolism of Rain in Hemmingway's A Farewell to Arms

A 5 page exploration of Hemmingway's utilization of natural elements as symbols for human emotion. The universal themes of sorrow...

Terry Williams' Refuge A Story of Adaptation to Disaster

In five pages this paper compares the death of the author's mother to the natural disaster of wildlife refuge flooding. There is ...

Ethics and the Challenger Space Shuttle Tragedy

In eleven pages this paper examines the findings regarding what caused the Challenger space shuttle disaster of January 1986 in an...