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The Realities of Life No One Wants To Think About. - - straight talk
Well just what is it I am asking you to consider? These are strictly my opinions yet they are based on what we all recognize is true. We live in a state that is perfect for the wealthy in all aspects. A right to work state, low wages and limited benefits are keys to their success and profits. A... Submitted 5 years 9 days ago.

Remembering September 11th-Activities and Crafts For The Classroom - Laura Trahan
September 11 th will forever be plastered in our minds. The images we saw that day will forever scar our lives. As individuals, it is easy for us to remember what we were doing the moment we realized what was happening. I was a new mom who was watching Teletubbies, taking my time to go into... Submitted 5 years 168 days ago.

9/11, a Day For the Worst and a Day For the Very Best! - - straight talk
Certainly 9/11 is a day that will go down in infamy not only for America but for good people everywhere of all races, colors and creeds. It was a day where ignorance and evil made a statement to the world that no one is safe for the sake of ones vision, ideals or goals. It was a day where hatred... Submitted 5 years 170 days ago.

Just-In-Time Life – Riding the Edge of Disaster - John Allen
Our modern age of convenience makes just about everything we need or want available with a click on the computer, a phone call, or at worst a drive to the neighborhood store. There isn’t much we can’t have delivered or have done for us, and very few of our affairs we can’t manage online. And... Submitted 5 years 337 days ago.

Florida- Hurricanes and Safety. - - straight talk
Well by now we are all versed with the Gulf Coast disaster and Hurricane Katrina. We saw the result of inadequate response and we see the aftermath every evening on television. Well, regretfully, or unfortunately, the new buzz words of this century, what are you going to do if we experience a... Submitted 5 years 344 days ago.

Tornado Survival: What We Did When The Lights Went Out! - - Bob Alexander
The lights flickered once, twice, three times and then they went out entirely. No power, and later into the night, no water. Spring in the Deep South is tornado time and storms were springing up everywhere. EF5 tornados are a rare thing, but they struck all over the state of Alabama last week... Submitted 282 days 18 hours ago.

Preparing For A Global Disaster - - Alan Detwiler
People might have to go back to living as people did a century or more ago. There are half a dozen events that could cause that to happen. Cataclysmic events have occurred before and it seems certain they will continue to repeatedly occur. Scientists say that a large asteroid impact during the... Submitted 312 days 22 hours ago.

Australian Man Found In a Village Near Sendai After Japan Quake - Harry
An Australian, Jason Briffa, was reportedly missing after earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Reports say that he was sighted in a village near Sendai helping out other victims in the vicinity. However, her sister does not want to believe on false hope and she wanted to speak with him directly and... Submitted 334 days 7 hours ago.

Nuclear Radiation Leak Rise After New Explosion, Death Toll Surprass 10,000 In Japan - - Dakhsh Jain
Death toll in Japan has been estimated to surprass the ten thousand deaths mark. New explosion (hydrogen blast) at Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Monday, raising new fears of a possible nuclear meltdown and higher nuclear radiation leak. NISA officials reported that reactor No.... Submitted 334 days 8 hours ago.

Volcanic Eruption In Japan: After Tsunami,Nuclear Radiation-Volcano Erupts Again - - Dakhsh Jain
Volcano in Japan erupts again in the Southern part of the country. Japan was already shocked and horrified by a 8.9 magnitude quake, 30 foot high tsusnami waves, nuclear power emergecy state . Nuclear crisis in Japan has led to dangerous nuclear radiation which is feared that it can spread... Submitted 334 days 23 hours ago.

Japan Tsunami 2011: Quake Death Toll Rises Above 1000,Govt Calls Nuclear Power Emergency - - Dakhsh Jain
Both Reuters and the Los Angeles Times are reporting that at least 1,000 people are presumed dead in Japan after Friday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake. 2011 Japan earth quake is the worst hit in more than 100 years which triggered the devastating tsunami claiming lives of thousands and tsunami death... Submitted 337 days ago.

New Madrid Fault & Arkansas Earthquakes Spur Fears In The Midwest - - Kevin Baum
Recently, we have seen a dramatic increase in sales of SurvivalOutpost products to customers in the Midwest. The reason for this increase in sales would seem intuitive -- Midwestern states have been getting routinely hammered by the epic winter snows of 2011; and indeed, this is partially the... Submitted 356 days 3 hours ago.

Does God Send Calamities and Judgments? - - John Waddey
Much of our daily news has to do with disasters. Some of them are natural and others are man-caused. Both of which bring suffering, death and destruction on mankind. When disasters occur, it is common for religious people to assume that the disaster was a judgement sent on man by God because of... Submitted 1 year 15 days ago.

Higher Degree of Fractals - M E Reza
It was a study of fractals in Elliot Wave Principle and its applicability to the Theory of Chaos that brought me back from a hiatus of putting my thoughts on disaster management and related issues. Reflecting on natural disasters, the destruction they wreaked over the years, and the emerging... Submitted 1 year 189 days ago.

ASEAN's Evolution in Disaster Management. - M E Reza
A new milestone has been reached by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the evolution of disaster management for the region. Recently, the Philippines' Senate ratified the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), and with that the agreement is... Submitted 2 years 108 days ago.

Flash Floods Nature's Vengeance - M E Reza
In the nature of things, sometimes reaction follow only when disaster strikes, i.e. when it is too late. As disasters leave their mortal impact, and after so many innocent people lost their lives, there will be finger-pointing and clamor for blood. Such was the case with the recent flash floods... Submitted 2 years 130 days ago.

Are Tents Adequate Shelters For Disaster Recovery? - - Richard Grabowski
I do not believe so . I believe there was a time when tents were adequate: in the past. The problem I have is failing to understand how, in this modern age, we can have so many people who do not have adequate shelter in our world. With new technology and material, vast global distribution... Submitted 2 years 167 days ago.

Shelter In Place During a Disaster? - Cory Doggett
I hear a lot of people talking about wilderness survival in case of disaster. I was close to Houston during the Hurricane Rita evacuation. The hurricane didn't hit, but 2.5 million people evacuated from the area. This is just a fraction of the population. It was taking up to eight hours to drive... Submitted 4 years 2 days ago.

Still in Hell: Two years after Hurricane Katrina! - - Zarian Phipps
It's been two long years since my life along with hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents were changed by the fury of Hurricane Katrina. As a New Orleans native and someone that was "racially put in my place" by numerous Federal and State officials, I must say that not much has changed. I... Submitted 4 years 166 days ago.

Hurricane Katrina - Enduring the Pain - Avis Ward
The devastation caused by this disaster: loss of life, separation from family, loss of animals, income, property, and loss of innocence is something I am incapable of handling emotionally. No, I am not a survivor of this continuing nightmare. It grieves me to think about the magnitude of the... Submitted 5 years 164 days ago.

Unison Smile and the whole world smiles with you - Kacycarr
What is wrong with the world today, we have war torn countries battling it out against each other and the shocking sad part about it all is these people are neighbors. Then we have terrorism where we are forced to suspect everyone or anyone around us. Talk of paranoia. Muggings and murders now... Submitted 6 years 152 days ago.

Tsunami Alert,Warnings Issued: Japanese Quake Effects On India's Economy,Companies List In Japan - - Dakhsh Jain
Japanese earthquake, Tsunami alert widens and spreads to 19 other countries including Indonesia, Jakarta, Hawaii etc all are on Tsunami high alert. Government authorities have issued tsunami warnings and have evacuated people to safer higher areas as the tsunami waves are expected to be... Submitted 337 days 7 hours ago.

Queensland Is Suffering From Yet Another Disaster Brought By Cyclone Yasi - Harry
Cyclone Yasi which is a category 5 super storm hit Australia, specifically Queensland, and destroyed millions of properties and lives. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said that Yasi is probably the worst cyclone to ever hit Australia. Just about three weeks ago, the government of Australia... Submitted 1 year 9 days ago.

Climate Change Triggers La Nina to Cause Widespread Flooding in Australia - - Harry
Extreme weather patterns as manifested by the El Ni ~ o and La Ni ~ a phenomena are deemed as major factors that may initiate unusual climate changes resulting to potential environmental damages. An evident of this is the most recent flooding incident in Australia, which has brought severe... Submitted 1 year 23 days ago.

Communication After a Disaster - Matthew Zornes
There are many methods of communication after a disaster. It's a complicated subject, so in this article we'll just cover some of the basics. After most disasters, the power is going to be out and phone lines/cell phone towers will be overwhelmed. But if you prepare ahead of time, you'll be able... Submitted 1 year 36 days ago.