For three weeks they had to keep street lights during the day. Inhabitants of Oklahoma had to wear dust masks, the temperature stayed on 42,2°C. Because of this devilish combination many farmers were ruined, especially small farmers. The Dust Bowl meant the beginning of migration. 60% of population left this area, in Texas the population dropped from 40000 to 1000 people.
One of the major mental illnesses during the war was shellshock. Shellshock war the reaction of soldiers from the trauma of battle. After a long period of time in the war the soldiers would lose all self control because of the constant bombing, shooting and fighting (Wikipedia). Symptoms of shellshock were tiredness, irritability, giddiness, lack of concentration and headaches (Spartacusschoolnet). From 1914 to 1918 there were 80,000 men from the British army suffering from shell-shock (spartacusschoolnet).
April’s death and disappearance sparked months of investigation into what happened to her. Aprils family and the whole of machynlleth moune her death and grief because they may never get to know what happened in that small town. The search for April jones costed the government one billion pounds in the search
This was the case in Sichuan, China in 2008 where severe ground shaking was the direct cause of death, injury and the catastrophic destruction of hospitals, roads and other infrastructure. An estimated 5.4 million buildings collapsed and a further 21 million were damaged. In poorer areas such as rural China, buildings are compromised despite strict regulations due to poor quality construction work and corruption meaning the correct materials is not used. Since 1976 China has had a stringent earthquake building code. Before the quake, millions of buildings in Sichuan pre-dated the 1976 code.
Firstly, property prices have dramatically fallen as the houses are at risk of erosion and falling off the edge therefore this leaves the owners in negative equity. Many businesses have to be closed down and sold for little or nothing due to them being so close to the cliff edge, with over 30 villages having been lost since Roman times. Plus, this loss of jobs causes young people to move away from the area and the area receives little or no investment to sustain local communities. Additionally, farms are being closed and being are being moved from their homes in areas where the coast is not protect, e.g. Cowden Farm owned by Sue Earl was lost to the sea.
Residents went to emergency shelters because of the radiation. Equipment failure, human error, and bad luck would conspire to create America’s worst nuclear accident. The impact of Three Mile Island was terrible, there was a massive cleanup. The cleanup started in August of 1979 and officially ended in December of 1993. The cleanup cost about 975 million dollars.
Estimates say that a third of Allied casualties on the Western Front were sustained in the trenches, a large number of said casualties were due to disease. Trenches were overcrowded and dirty, especially after heavy rain fall. Trenches would quickly be filled with muddy water that could sometimes lead to the trench walls collapsing. The soldiers would stand in the muddy, cold water for days not having a chance to be able to dry their socks or shoes, causing a fungus in which they called trench foot. Then the soldiers that had lost their lives whether from poisonous gases or the bullets flying, their bodies would lay in the trenches, untouched by another human, and only to be eaten by rats and mice.
Not a month goes by without some "pop-media conservative" falling victim to a non compos mentis moment. This lapse in judgment almost universally befalls urbanites or Beltway types, and at one time I speculated it might be associated with a moon-and-tide cycle. However, our crack team of social scientists and physicians found this affliction to be the result of cerebral polihypoxia, a chronic lack of fresh air from the grassrooted plains. The result is confusion about right and wrong as it pertains to First Principles and our nation's heritage of Essential Liberty. February's victim is Michael Medved, the 60-something former Democrat operative and now political commentator who hosts a top-10 nationally syndicated radio show every weekday.
An independent Inquiry was held into the care provided by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust January 2005 – March 2009, which was chaired by Robert Francis QC. Francis opened with a description of the “appalling and unnecessary suffering” in which corporate interests were put ahead of those of patients. It is estimated 400-1,200 patients died as a result of poor care over a period of 50 months. Robert Francis stated that there was a failure of the NHS system at all levels, in particular the trust board were ‘weak’ and did not listen to concerns. The pursuit of targets, financial balance and Foundation Trust status all contributed to the failings.
Around August of 2007, banks become afraid to loan money out due to the fact that they did not want to suffer from losing money yet again. “This led to the $700 billion bailout, and bankruptcies or government nationalization of Bear Stearns, AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, IndyMac Bank, and Washington Mutual. By December 2008, employment was declining faster than in the 2001 recession.”(useconomy.com). With so many foreclosures on houses, many americans were either homeless, or had bought a cheap apartment to keep them from being homeless. Because of the recession, and bad economic, many Americans have no jobs, and barely have a house.