disaster

A disaster needn’t be federally declared as such by the President of the United States in order to fit the bill. A disaster is usually classified as an interruption of ordinary societal functioning and, as such, a threat to safety or security. Loss of life, injury, human suffering, and property damage are common elements of a large-scale disaster.

A disaster may be human-caused or due to the forces of nature. Some of these forces that can cause chaos and disruption include hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

Bloggers note that disaster planning includes obtaining and maintaining emergency supplies such as a 72 hour kit, which includes a first-aid kit, training for emergency response by learning CPR and rescue skills, and having in place an evacuation plan and a designated meeting point for health checks and accountability.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “disaster”

• in Politics
  Wake Up And Smell The Radiation
  Japan's Fukushima Reactors continue to harm the planet.
  by logodesignmine / on Apr 26, 2012
• in Technology
  What Went Wrong at Fukishima? 24 Hours to Meltdown
  What can we learn from the meltdown and man-made disaster at the Fukishima Nuclear Power Plant?
  by goldnugget / on Nov 2, 2011
• in Politics
  Typhoon Nesat Submerges Manila
  Philippines capital has been hit by this year’s largest typhoon. 18 have been confirmed dead and 35 are still missing.
  by mattraisin / on Sep 28, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “disaster”

 

• No respite from heat wave in Odisha

  
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  Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) The blistering heat wave in Odisha is likely to continue for the next four-five days, the weather office here said Saturday.Many places in the western parts of the state has been witnessing very high temperatures of over 45 degrees Celsius over the past few days.The present condition is ...
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• Natural Disasters List May 26, 2012-Μ 4,6 σεισμός στην Creete, Ελλάδα

  
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  Disaster Report: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report.                                                          Want To Share!! Let Others Know                                      ...
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• Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Singing My Heart Out (Le Prix remix)

  
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  Swedish duo Lissi Dancefloor Disaster makes chaotic, electropop that have earned them a big hype in Sweden and Europe. “Singing My Heart Out” is released today and it’s the first single off the forthcoming debut album on Golden Best Records . This Le Prix remix delivers a more heartfelt and moody dancefloor ...
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• 1985 Sinclair C5

  
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  The  Sinclair Research C5  is a battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair and launched by Sinclair Research in the United Kingdom on 10 January 1985. The vehicle is a battery-assisted tricycle steered by a handlebar beneath the driver’s knees. Powered operation is possible making it ...
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• Dont bet on it

  
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  Its Sunday on a holiday weekend when a UPS in the server room sends an automatic text alert to this IT manager pilot fish: The server room is overheating. read more
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• Disaster Films Collector Set (6-DVD Pack)

  
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  Disaster Films Collector Set (6-DVD Pack) DISASTER 6 FEATURE MOVIE PACK (DVD MOVIE) Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 04/01/2008 List Price: $ 19.99 Price: $ 999.99 Find More Tia Carrere Products Related posts: NFL Films Super Bowl Collection 3-Pack (I-XXX) Halo Screen Protector ...
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• New Zealand jails Filipino sailors over nation’s worst environmental spillage

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk New Zealand jails Filipino sailors over nation’s worst environmental spillage Mauro Balomaga and Leonil Relon sentenced to seven months for crashing cargo ship Rena into reef, releasing toxins into waterThe captain and the navigation officer of a container ship that smashed ...
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• Two jailed over NZ ship disaster

  
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  http://www.bbc.co.uk Two jailed over NZ ship disaster Two officers of the container ship that ran aground off New Zealand causing its worst maritime spill are jailed for seven months. published date:Fri, 25 May 2012 06:39:52 GMT
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• People in the Sahel region need food and water now | Baaba Maal

  
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  I didnt expect to witness a food crisis in the 21st century but people in Senegal are fighting to survive and not be forgotten The food crisis in west and central Africa is affecting 18 million people across an area as wide as the US. Poor rainfall and rising food prices are to blame. This happened before when I ...
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• Eurozone PMI Disaster – Worst Downturn Considering that Mid-2009, Production and Composite at 35-Month Reduced Count on Several GDP Downgrades, Missed Price range Targets

  
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  Markit Studies Eurozone PMI Suffers Worst Downturn Considering that Mid-2009 Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 45.nine (46.7 in April). 35-month low. Flash Eurozone Solutions PMI Exercise Index at 46.5 (forty six.nine in April). seven-month minimal. Flash Eurozone Production PMI at forty five. (forty ...
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• Natural Disasters List May 25, 2012-Bud Strengthens Into Category Three Hurricane

  
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  Disaster Report: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report.                                                          Want To Share!! Let Others Know                                      ...
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• CNN: Fukushima’s nuclear fallout spreads through ordinary life in Japan — “I can’t believe the gov’t”

  
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  Nuclear disaster spreads to houses, food CNN Kyung Lah May 24, 2012 “Fukushima’s nuclear fallout spreads through ordinary life in Japan. Interview A: “I can’t believe the government. I don’t believe them. We have to protect ourselves. That’s what we have learned form Fukushima.” Interview B: ...
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• amfAR Red Carpet: Kate Upton In Louis Vuitton Dress

  
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  Cannes , they say, it’s world’s most mediatized film festival in the world. I wonder what makes its real fame – the film festival per se or the surrounding festivities? Take for instance the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala : its glamorous Red Carpet brings even more fashattention to the French Riviera. ...
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• Wireless Emergency Alerts debut

  
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  Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) are a new service from U.S. weather service and FEMA. Starting in June, they will send a text message with a strange tone to your mobile device if you are in range of a Tornado Warning, Tsunami Warning or other major event (in the U.S. only). Major events include "Presidential Alerts." ...
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• Fighter’s Misery: Schmuck Fu

  
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  Fighters Misery: Schmuck Fu Hey, look! Im back! No, not REALLY. I just felt like sharing footage of my game hack, Schmuck Fu, designed with the noble (if ultimately foolhardy) goal of making the Electronic Arts disaster Shaq Fu more entertaining. Now the basketball star battles everyone from disgruntled moviegoers to ...
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• Kansas Declared Disaster Area

  
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  Damage Caused by Extreme Weather Prompts Federal Disaster Declaration The Disaster President has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Kansas in the area affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of April 14-15, 2012. Private properties and public facilities ...
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• Let’s Compare Romney’s Record in Private Equity to Obama’s Record in Public Equity

  
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  President Obama and the Democrats (well, some Democrats, anyway) have been on a tear lately, slamming Mitt Romney’s private equity record at Bain Capital. I heard that Bain’s success rate is somewhere around 80%. That’s pretty good considering that many of the businesses the firm rescued were headed towards ...
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• Disaster Calendar – 24 May 2012

  
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  DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,392 Days Left [24 May 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,392 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History… Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and ...
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• Unsecured Business Credit and How it can Help Cash Flow Problems

  
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  In some unspecified time in the future in time, the reality with most businesses is that fluctuation intervals would eventually come and such firms should face issues concerning their money flow. A company may expertise a financial disaster whereby more money could also be going out than getting into as profit. It is ...
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• Jasper Disaster 2012

  
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  In preparation for my trip to Colorado next month, I’ve been planning for a while to go down and ride the Jasper Disaster route.  Phil and Jon, from work, went to keep me company. Weather conditions weren’t the best.  The day was hot and windy, pretty typical of early summer around here.  We headed out [...]
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