Disasters

Weather Disasters Weather disasters happen because weather conditions change, this brings unusual weather results, which can lead to the unexpected or demand emergency actions. Furthermore, these weather conditions can easily turn into weather disasters, which by history, can cause major damage in largely populated areas. Examples of such weather or climate changes come in forms of floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes or tsunamis, which can all cause disasters. With that in mind, disasters…

Disasters form when hazards and vulnerability factors collide. The underlying causes, conditions, triggers and inadequate measures to reduce risk are all important aspects to consider when studying disasters. I will be using the social vulnerability perspective in this essay to examine the floods that occurred in Pakistan in 2010. These floods were considered to be a massive humanitarian disaster, leaving millions suffering through loss and insecurity. Specifically, I will be taking a practical…

StoryMapJS The Natural Disasters of the Cold War map I have constructed exemplifies the several hurricanes and earthquakes that took place during the Cold War. The interpretation of my map explains that the decision of the Kyoto Protocol was based around natural disasters that only occurred near oceans. The question that I have is based on what influenced the treaty when natural disasters only occurred near the ocean? However, the concept of the people causes climate change as well as gasses…

One reason why extreme poverty cannot be eradicated might be natural disasters. Natural disasters are one of the causes of destruction and deaths around many countries. According to Alexandra Witze, officials in Nepal states that the earthquake that they suffered recently killed over a thousand people and the numbers are still growing (Witze). For this reason, due to the inevitable chaos over countries, disasters such as earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, etc., can provoke poor people to become…

“We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness”, stated by the philanthropist and model Petra Nemcova. It has only been 11 years, since hurricane Katrina transformed, killed, and hurt over a thousand people along the Gulf Region, and especially New Orleans (CNN, 2016). Within a matter of days thousands of children and adults had nowhere to call home, because home was no longer there.…

The model of decision making represented in the case of the Deepwater Horizon disaster is the nonrational model. When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig starting showing behavioral signs of abnormalities, there were no steps in place on how to deal with the situation. When the rig displayed unexpected pressure, arguments among the workers broke out on how to handle the situation. The fact that the two companies were too busy arguing about what was happening, common protocols were not followed.…

1. In the article “ The great Poop Disaster” by Anna Starcheski, there are problems with bird poop and they also had solutions. One of the main problems in the article is, there are too many birds in one area. The article says, “ In New York City, for instance, the pigeon population was estimated to be as high as 7 million birds.” ( Starcheski,18) A solution to solve this problem would be to ban people from feeding birds. This would affect the population in a certain area because not as many…

solution in survival inside nature can be feeding on animals or eating anything in your sight; But, when you face survival anywhere you must solve the problem. In October 13, 1972 a plane crashed into the Andes known as “The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster”. One quarter of the passengers died due to the wreckage and some other passengers died because of an avalanche. The remaining passengers were starving without any food and resorted to cannibalism. Most of the passengers were Roman Catholic so…

Honestly, in my opinion, if evidence-based decision making had been used this whole disaster could have been ultimately avoided and this would not be a part of history as we know it to be today. I have learned, time and time again, that research is so important when it comes to making decisions. You must know your different options and the potential results of each so that the decision you make is going to be the best possible one. If there would have been thorough research conducted along the…

on a 1 to 5 category (National Ocean Service, 2017). A natural disaster is a major event that takes place from natural processes of Earth. A hurricane is considered a natural disaster that happened in my community and the disaster that happened in my community and the application of disaster management stages. Hurricane Sandy is a natural disaster. Hurricane Sandy was also a natech disaster. A natech disaster is when a natural disaster wreaks havoc to a region by damaging buildings and power…