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    Various disasters throughout the Nation remain a great threat to our communities. In most cases, many of these disasters catch first responders and emergency managers off guard, and create disruption in the lives and livelihood of individuals, their families, and communities. In this paper, I provide an example and description of the three categories of disasters: natural disaster, accidental human-made disaster, and deliberate human-made disaster. Additionally, I discuss psychological effects

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    Introduction Disasters are incidents that most hope to avoid but in reality they happen often. Preparation for these events is necessary if the damage and loss of life is to be mitigated. Several events have occurred in the last decade that has increased awareness of the necessity of emergency management. Events such Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Both of these events had massive death tolls and millions of dollars worth of property damage. They both resulted in a public outcry

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    Bangladesh Typhoon were different for these two social systems despite the similarities of the two disasters. Hurricane Andrew took place in 1992 and was a category five hurricane which killed 23 people and left $26.5 billion in damages. Bangladesh Typhoon took place in 1991 and was also the same storm intensity as Hurricane Andrew, however, it killed 100,000 people and left millions displaced. “Humans are great optimizers” (Walker & Salt, 2006, p. 28). Humans like stability and not variability, for it

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    Since a disaster is defined as “a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure (Dictionary.com), I would say the sinking of the Vasa was a anthropogenic disaster. The failure of the Vasa can be contributed to more than just its sinking, if we take a look at its inception the Vasa was predestined to fail. The lessons learned from this event can provide insight into the loss of the Vasa and

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    Plate diving beneath the Eurasian plate, on March 11, 2011, there were 2 geomorphic hazards, a magnitude-9 earthquake struck north Japan, which caused a deadly tsunami that reached heights of 39 meters. The destructive dilemma was dubbed ‘The Great Sendai Disaster’. The earthquake was caused by multiple centuries of stress on the tectonic plates surrounding the island. The earthquake caused a tsunami that reached the height of 39 meters (128 feet). Japanese scientists had previously discovered that there

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    Emergency Management

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    emerging discipline of emergency management and how it is a continuing evolving process we need to look at our past. Throughout the history of mankind there have been disasters, with them being either man-made or by Mother Nature. In each of these instances we have taken what we have learned and tried to apply it, to make sure that a disaster on that scale doesn’t happen again. One of the early examples that explains why there is an emerging discipline of emergency management happened in 1803. In this

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    that we must always plan to be ready for a disaster (CDC.gov, 2015). Disasters are sudden events, such as an accident or natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. Merriam-Webster defines it in this manner; something (such as a flood, tornado, fire, plane crash that happens suddenly and causes much suffering or loss to many people; something that has a very bad effect or result. In addition, a complete or terrible failure. When a disaster occurs, communities turn to hospitals not

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    Environmental change could be highly threatening for kids in expanding countries. Natural disasters affect every one of us, how an individual reacts and recoups from a disaster can decrease post-traumatic stress. Natural disasters affect every one of us, how an individual reacts and recovers can decrease the chance of post-traumatic stress. While fatal events can be disastrous to a group; the effect it has on individuals can bring on constant weaknesses. The here and now and long haul mental influence

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    Disasters Journal Assignment Josephine Heil West Chester University SWG 577 Monday, August 3rd, 2015 The first day of class was very emotional and powerful. Prior to signing up for a social work in disasters course, I reflected on how little I learned about disasters throughout my high school and undergraduate career. I was unaware of the political and race aspects from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I am also extremely overwhelmed by the devastation and emptiness from the catastrophe

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    nothing like Claude Davies’ the lost ways. The lost ways are a series of books that revisit the way human beings were able to survive in the wild before technology lulled us into a false sense of security. This is more than a how to guide to survive disasters but it offers insights on how you can survive anything and everything. It asks how one would survive without electricity, computers, TV, law enforcements and other agents that affect the way we go about our daily lives. The Lost Ways Survival

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