Disasters

1980 Heat Wave in the United States Disasters, as the word suggests, is a phenomenon that actually tends to spell a doom on the regular routine of an entire society and depending upon its size and effects it can even cause a change in the working process of an entire country. Basically, when something big happens that we cannot stop or cannot change is known as a disaster. Every year, millions of people are affected by the natural disasters and man-made disasters (Georgian Med News, 2011). In…

Boston creates mitigation measures for each one of its natural hazards that impact/can impact the city. The mitigation measures consist of codes, policies, regulations that serve a specific purpose for the natural hazard they are assigned to. For example, winter storm hazard mitigation measures for Boston include snow disposal services, sidewalk clearance, snow event communications, and fire hydrant location mapping. Each mitigation measure works to fight against the damage that the hazard…

The place we call home, Earth. When we think of earth we think of all the positive things it provides for us, like a place to live, water to drink, and food to eat. Only when the horrible disaster happen is when we start to think about the actual heart breaking things the earth can do to us. Sometimes the earth is cruel to us, and their simply isnt anything that humans can do to stop disatsters that happen. The earth that all humans call home, can actually be the one thing that completly destoys…

Case Study #2: Disaster Recovery / IT Service Continuity Name Institution Affiliation Case Study #2: Disaster Recovery / IT Service Continuity Overview. Disaster recovery also known as business contingency plan is the ability for a business to be able to deal with any occurring disaster (Snedaker, 2013). We need to know that incase of disasters such data breach it is normally impossible for the business processes to run smoothly. In that case, disaster recovery plan incorporates all the…

Introduction The Johnstown Flood which was one of the worst disasters ever happened in U.S. history by far which was also the most famous dam failure. Johnstown is situated about 50 miles east-southeast of Pittsburgh, in the Allegheny Mountains, in the southeastern Pennsylvania. There was the “South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club” whose members included Andrew Carnegie, Henry Frick and Andrew Mellon. The club had bought the abandoned earth fill dam and the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh.…

and saw Everest. This movie is based on an expedition up Mt. Everest that went wrong back in 1996, it was one of the deadliest expeditions up the mountain ever. I won’t talk about the movie much, instead this’ll be about the disaster that occured back in 1996. The disaster didn’t really start until…

recent years to perform this role. MSPs have the technical personnel to design, implement and manage complex disaster recovery projects. Additionally, MSPs have the server, storage and network infrastructure in place to manage a true disaster recovery plan. To keep costs manageable and make disaster recovery services, such as data storage and redundant servers, available to small- to medium-sized businesses, MSPs build shared, multi-tenant IT infrastructures that host multiple companies on the…

Three Major Psychology of Disaster Concepts The first psychology of disaster that had an effect both directly and indirectly on society after the sinking of the Lusitania and the attacks on 9/11 was Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). People sometimes show symptoms of PTSD after experiencing or witnessing a near life and death terrifying event (Staff, 2014). PTSD is best associated with soldiers who had some sort of trauma while in combat, when in fact, anyone can develop emotional problems…

Disaster planning for a health care organization is priority and a responsibility for the community that resides in the geographical area. Providing quality care during a disaster will create a positive and caring atmosphere and also save many lives of the community. The people in the community are friends, family, and neighbors who serve the community and who are patients that come in for regular checkups. Therefore, the health care organization needs to take disaster planning serious because…

The writer of the essay above talks a lot about all the natural disasters the the Haitian people endure all the time. They have to deal with deaths and rebuilding their homes. The author makes it sound like maybe the earth is doing these things on purpose to Haiti. I don't think this is true, I think this area is just more prone to natural disaster. The reason I think Haiti is not just a victim to earth's cruelness is because the earth doesn't decide where and when these things are going to…