Which is it… the sixth element or we kick women out and have an official fifth element – the World Financial Crisis?
Another major earthquake struck Chile early this morning and it has a presumably rising death toll.
We all know about the unfortunate one in Haiti as well.
Though I live in the states, I live in California, and we are expected to get a big one sometime in the next couple of years.
What are some safety rules to go by to keep family and maybe even pets safe?
How do you make yourself stay calm when an 8.8 hits?
Where exactly are you supposed to go when an earthquake does hit?
Ive seen that a lot of search and rescue teams and associations are all volunteer. but some are paying jobs. this is something i want to do for a living. i wanna have the opportunity to help save lives and be a part of disaster relief. i was thinking about joining the national guard and maybe going to school for a couple years to take class’s in this type of work. any advice/ criticism? thanks
it’s for an illustration project on disaster.
It’s for an illustration assignment, and the instructor won’t give me a straight answer on it. I feel it is, and I can represent it as such, but I’m looking for opinions to include in my research of the topic
Ive seen that a lot of search and rescue teams and associations are all volunteer. but some are paying jobs. this is something i want to do for a living. i wanna have the opportunity to help save lives and be a part of disaster relief. i was thinking about joining the national guard and maybe going to school for a couple years to take class’s in this type of work. any advice/ criticism? thanks
A few days after the big quake in Chile, people are starting to loot. They have not eaten for days. Banks are closed and couldn’t operate even if they were open, so there is no money available to buy things. If people are starving, is it permitted to just take the things you need to survive? Does the law allow that, or are you just supposed to go off and die? Is there any provision in the law for allowing people to do what they must to survive a disaster, or are we required to meekly starve to death?
I have some concerns about moving to Florida, because of all of the natural disasters that’s been going on lately..
Do you think Florida can be hit by a tsunami or a earthquake or any other major natural disasters?
I am aware of the hurricanes, but usually they give you a head-sup on those. I am talking about disaster that people can’t "predict" hitting a certain area 100% and that will just hit without no time of warning that could help people escape?!
I am close to graduating this year. My undergraduate degree is in biomedical science. I really want to travel to disaster response zones and be part of the relief efforts (not in terms of finances). Which profession should I choose considering my marks are perfect and I have full motivation to take on any profession to meet this goal? I would really like to be NEEDED in those areas, I really don’t want to compete with other people with my profession who are also willing to go down there?
What happens when government fails to act?
What has happened when they have helped?
And how different natural disasters would be if the government did help more?
Thanks!!
in the IPCC WG II report, Chapter 7, supplementary material?
Is it more appropriate to link rise in natural disaster spending to coastal population trends?
Why does the graph they do include only look at a limited number of years from 1970 to 2005?
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/001169this_is_just_embaras.html
@ dana1981
So you DO think its appropriate for a panel that is commissioned to study climate change to link the cost of a supossedly GLOBAL trend in temperature rise to US spending on Natural disasters over a cherry picked time period?
Do you honestly think you can show a credible scientific link that shows that a rise in GLOBAL temperatures are responsible for US spending on disasters?
Don’t you see the poor science behind this graph?
Doesn’t it bother you that a panel that is supposed to review scientific literature and report on the truth would make such an obvious agenda driven graph?
Is the answer to how much US taxpayers should spend on Haiti, "Whatever they need / Whatever it takes?"
Should there be some guidance or balance between US government donations versus private donations to aid the earthquake victims?
With a corrupt government now in shambles, AIDS infecting 5% of the population, a birth rate twice the rate of that in U.S., widespread abject poverty and an infrastructure that has crumbled under this devastating earthquake, is Haiti heading to become the 51st state of the United States under Obama’s leadership?
I have never experienced a tornado, earthquake, hurricane or flood or anything other than heavy rain and strong winds. But I am leaving the country soon for university and I am going to the states. I am going to Arizona. I was wondering what I should do incase of an earthquake, tornado or hurricane? I have absoloutely no idea and realized that I should know what to do just incase.
This would be anywhere from July 1st to the last week of August. I begin college the last week of August. I looked into the Peace Corps, but it lasts 27 months, and I can only defer acceptance from college for one year. Although I could take a year off of school, I would prefer to go for about 2 months. I am willing to go anywhere, but would prefer to not go with a religiously affiliated group, as I am not very religious. But if necessary, I will. I am also willing to pay for the flights there and back, but that is really all of the money that I have (if this is going to be an international trip). I really just want to do something that makes a difference before I spend four years in college.
Think about it before answering. It could be anything from a major mal-funtion of our power grids to nationwide contaminated food. It could be another terrorist attack or severe gas shortages. Are you confident America is ready for it miltarily and financially? Have you ever survived a natural disaster? Me I survived Hugo. It wasn’t the worst but it was hard. No power, gas, or groceries for about 3 weeks. Are you ready?
when I heard this I seriously thought it was a joke.
He might as well appoint Dick Cheney as a good will ambassador to the middle east…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100116/pl_mcclatchy/3402157_1
I live in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
and could you tell me what to do in thoses conditions?
Pat Robertson says he has launched a ‘Major’ relief effort for haiti. Seems he has asked his followers to send him money and he will pray for Haitians.
Wonder how much he will add to his already substantial wealth at the expense of this tragedy.
What was the worst natural disaster in the history of the world?
In death toll terms
What if there was a SUPER cargo ship that constantly roamed the oceans of the world that carried enormous amounts of supplies on it, i.e. food, water, clothes etc. Then when a disaster such as the earthquake in Haiti happens this ship could immediately head over an provide aid. It can just pull ashore seeing as how aircraft aid won help. Furthermore, this ship can sell its supliies to different countries and get replenished on a regular basis so that the supplies to get out-dated if a major event hasn’t happened in a while.
I’m visualizing something of a major carrier ship similar to something the Navy would have that would have a heliport and landing strip on top. I am sure we have some ships out there that do this now, but I a thinking of ONE go-to ship that will be THE official rescue ship. I’m talking enough suppiles to feed a major city. Does this make any sense?
We had our home destroyed by a Tornado in February of this year. We got about 2,000 from the government to help us in recuperation what we lost as well. I’m using taxact.com to do our taxes as I’ve done every year for a while now and I’m stuck on how to enter this in and exactly what to put, as I’ve never had to do this before.
Yes it was declared a national disaster. It was the Tornadoes that hit Tennessee earlier this year.
Years ago my mom worked at the Red Cross and since she left that job the chapter fell apart in our county and we now have no Disaster Relief team. I was wondering how I’d go about getting a job at another county working for that or if some other place offers a Disaster Relief thing where you go out of the state to help people that have been in a flood, fire or something else like that.
How many miles away would you need to be from a nuclear power plant if this happened to be unharmed by radiaion?
seems that she can get herself and her camera crew to any area where there is a disaster 2-5 days befor the people carrying water can get there……
kinda makes you wonder if they sent in 3ooo news reporters and told them to carry in water instead of their cameras, if there would be a better chance of surrival over there…..
Here we are prone to hurricanes, and tornadoes, though I’ve only ever heard of them out away from the city, in industrial areas and farm areas.
Which are the most effective relief agencies involved in the Haiti earthquake?
How is it that we give war MILLIONS of years and MILLIONS of lives, yet will not give peaceful resolutions the time of day even for discusion? How do you KNOW things would not be much better if we didn’t give peaceful approaches a try? If you come with facts make sure that you can show how the COST(money, lives, etc.) of the peaceful solutions tried was higher than that of the wars fought.
I’m trying to get a flight to Haiti to assist in the disaster relief but all the major relief organizations have closed their volunteer departments. Any ideas on how I can get myself down there quickly?
Thanks.
I wanna know because I might wanna move there when I get older, do they get as much hurricanes as Florida?
