Disaster

brittle materials. At extremely high speeds, the brittle fracture caused plastic deformation. The reasons of plastic deformation include low temperature, poor properties of the hull steel, and high sulphur content of the material. When the Titanic disaster happened, each of these three factors was present: The water temperature was very low, the Titanic was travelling at a high speed and collided with the iceberg, and the hull steel contained high levels of Sulphur. The Hull Steel: After…

Case Project 12-3 – Research Disaster Recovery Solutions Justin W. Smith Central Texas College ITNW1358 Iron Mountain vs Amazon Web Services What are the key features? • Iron Mountain Since 1951, Iron Mountain has been established as a disaster recovery solution for over six decades. Today, Iron Mountain specializes in tape and other physical backup solutions but in recent years has begun to push towards a Cloud DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service) platform to compete with competitors such…

day governments’ concealment of relevant information to the media morphs the impression of nuclear energy. Freedom to knowledge breaks down political secrecy, allowing to an extent transparency in information. With human psyche experiencing more disasters in the past millennium the need of governmental control of information seems redundant as experience dictates decisions. Chernobyl’s affects are extensive but more than one account of nuclear meltdown affected the perception of nuclear energy…

Analysis is also made into the changes made after the crash; how the crash could have been avoided and how an event like this can be avoided in future. The Hatfield rail crash was a significant disaster in British rail history. When an express train travelling from Kings Cross Station to Leeds caused a rail to break, the train derailed. This event lead to a major refurb of the British rail network and caused numerous disruptions across the British…

General Purpose: To inform my classmates of Japan. Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates of Japanese mythology of Oni. Attention Getter: What do you imagine when you think a demon? Does the demon have a body or is the demon a thought your brain? Does the demon have magical abilities or items? Depending on the culture you were raised in the depiction of the demon would be different. Thesis: Japan's culture has their image of demons called Oni. Oni has influenced the culture of Japan…

T he Hindenburg was built by Germans and there were many people of different nationalities on board before it crashed including a German ministry (Colonel). This disaster started the end of the airship transportation. There was a total of ninety two people on the Hindenburg at the time that it crashed. The Hindenburg had a smoking lounge despite being filled with hydrogen at the time. The gas cells for earlier zeppelins were made of goldbeaters skin (the outer membrane of cattle intestines) the…

First, before the plant even experienced the natural disaster, Tepco trained their workers sloppily. Many criticize Tepco’s poor protective measures. Similarly, upon plant failure, Tepco hired unskilled clean-up labor, and did so through subcontractors, leaving people at a significantly higher risk of radiation…

Statements of Policy The purpose of this statement of policy is to establish incident response protocols, disaster response protocols and methods for maintaining information assurance. This will outline procedures that are in accordance with legal and organizational regulation requirements and policies that will address any issues regarding information stored within the organization. Incident Response Protocols Unauthorized Facility Access: If there is an unauthorized attempt to access the…

M. C Mehta v. Union of India Case brief Facts 1. On December 4, 1985 a major leakage of oleum gas took place from the chlorine plant in sriram food fertilizers which adversely affected various employees of the organization as well as the nearby residents of the locality. On December 6, 1985 another minor oleum gas leakage took place from the joints of the pipe in the plant. The Delhi administration ordered sriram to stop the manufacturing of the hazardous gases and chemicals. 2. At this point, M…

they both have the same classification, Chernobyl was far more grave. Georg Steinhauser and the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences of Colorado State University state that the amount of radiation emitted during the Chernobyl disaster was “approximately four orders of magnitude higher” than that of Fukushima. Thus, demonstrating how severe Chernobyl was, for the accident was responsible for releasing more radiation than the deliberate dropping of a nuclear…