Hindenburg disaster

particles put into the atmosphere early that morning. Since Chernobyl was a nuclear plant, radioactive materials were dispersed into the air. Some of the products are very lethal, some are not, but they still affect the world even today. The Chernobyl Disaster caused problems and continues to cause problems in humans, animals, and the environment. The day of the explosion began a clear and peaceful day. The explosion occurred during a voltage regulation test. The reactor was required to run on…

The end of August 2005 is a period of time that many along the entire Gulf Coast area will never forget. Hurricane Katrina, even ten years later, is one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in United States history. Despite the awareness and preparation that is afforded when anticipating a hurricane, the Gulf Coast was severely devastated when the storm made landfall on August 29, 2005. Although there was widespread destruction, the region most decimated by the hurricane was New Orleans.…

Nuclear power can have very damaging effects to people and to the environment. However, in order to keep funding this alternate source of energy, what needs to be changed? Nuclear energy has a very high potential to generate massive amounts of power that can be provided to communities. It generates so much energy, that sometimes these community power plants can have dangerous meltdowns. These meltdowns, can cause catastrophic malfunctions damage to people and the environment. Aside from the…

services need by the community. Maintaining and updating Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), can decrease potential looses and increase business success during the recovery phase. Every year, thousands of businesses are affected during natural or men-made disasters, some of them never reopen due to the lack of resources and knowledge to sustain business operation during a disaster. Business owners have the obligation to create, implement and maintain Disaster recovery plans (DRP) in order to…

As well as modifications to the RBMK that were still operating, improvements in automatic shut-down and inspection equipment. These modifications are made to prevent another disaster like Chernobyl from happening in the future. In addition, in 1986 the Soviets begun constructing a sarcophagus to cover the reactor as a temporary fix and presently has new plans to construct a new safe shelter to last 100 years. Due to contamination…

seven decades. Although there was environmental participation by conservationist and preservationist activists prior to World War II, there was a proliferation of widespread activism during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s after a series of environmental disasters ignited concern, including increased habitat destruction, the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill, and the exposure of dangerous pesticides by Rachel…

Engineering Disasters Engineers have opportunities and jobs like no other. Marvellous buildings and structures are completed, and new inventions are being created and implemented into society around the world, all thanks to engineers. However, not all of these inventions and structures are entirely perfect; in fact, some imperfect structures are more popular than the perfect ones because of the impact they have had on the people and areas around them. These famous imperfect structures are…

On March 11, 2011, a disaster took place in Fukushima, Japan. A magnitude of 9.0, an earthquake struck Tohoku, which resulted in a Tsunami. Due to a chain of disasters on this day, the Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima had a malfunction. This is not the first time something like this so drastic happened in Japan. Chernobyl, the disaster in 1986 was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. Although, Fukushima following the Chernobyl disaster was not as deadly, it not only affected people…

buildings and even changed the shape of the shoreline. The impacts of this devastating tsunami are still affecting the people who reside there. By implementing the five priorities in the Hyogo Framework for Action, people will be prepared when natural disaster strikes and hopefully the amount of devastation that occurred from this specific tsunami will not happen…

is in the past. Across from the empty chair is an American flag blowing in the wind. It is the spark of color that stands out amongst the rest of the picture which has a brown undertone. It represents that even after catastrophes such as natural disasters, society must stand proud and remain…