This paper is a recounting of the events surrounding the accident, both before, during, and after. It also includes connections to modern day actions that can be taken based on the lessons learned. Crisis Management: An Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion On April 16, 1947, a cargo ship carrying a large amount of ammonium nitrate in its hold exploded in the port of Texas City, Texas. About 15 hours after the initial explosion, another ship carrying ammonium nitrate also exploded. Estimates by the Red Cross and the Texas Department of Public Safety counted 468 fatalities, 100 persons missing and never found, and approximately 3,500 injured.
The oil industry began with the discovery of the Spindletop Geyser and led to over 1,000 oil companies in less than a year. Prior to the oil boom in East Texas in 1901 Pennsylvania was responsible for nearly half of the world’s oil production. (The Paleontological Research Institution, http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history /pennsylvania/pennsylvania2.html) To explain how the oil boom effects our current society I will explain what America would be like without domestic oil. 36% of the oil in America comes from domestic sources. ( U.S. Energy Information Administration
The blaze was started July 4 by sparks from water pipe repair equipment. The fire had a containment cost of $117 million. It was contained on September 2. The Zaca Fire burned Los Padres NF, CA. It burned 240,207 acres.
The relentlessness of these effects on the larger economy depends on numerous issues, including the disaster itself, the pretentious area and the volume of national and regional institutions to provide relief and begin efforts to reestablish surroundings. When it came down to it, “Hurricane Katrina’s damage affected not only the U.S. Gulf Coast, but the national and global economy as well” (“The Effect of Natural Disasters on the Economy” 1). The disastrous storm restructured the movement of goods and service, the world prices for energy, food trade, building materials to rebuild what have been damaged, individual spending choices, and company incomes. Therefore, “natural disasters always alter the building blocks of economic productions” (“The Effect of Natural Disasters on the Economy” 1). Personal misfortune through injury or death decrease the size and eminence of work in the labor force.
(live science.com) One of the most memorable rogue wave occurrences was on October 30, 1991. It was called the perfect storm. According to CNN.com, an enormous extra tropical low is creating havoc along the entire Eastern Atlantic Seaboard in this infrared image at 1200 UTC (0700 EST) on October 30, 1991. Labeled the "perfect storm" by the National Weather Service, the storm sank the sword fishing boat Andrea Gail, whose story became the basis for the currently best-selling novel "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger. Ocean waves peaked at 100 feet, the height of 10-story buildings.
Eager to find similar deposits, investors spent billions of dollars throughout the Lone Star state in search of oil and natural gas. The cheap fuel they found helped to revolutionize American transportation and industry. Storage facilities, pipelines, and major refining units were built in the Beaumont, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, and Orange areas around Spindletop. By 1902 there were more than 500 Texas corporations doing business in Beaumont. Many of the major oil companies were born at Spindletop or grew to major corporate size as a result of their involvement at Spindletop.
- Sandy damaged or destroyed 650,000 homes and over 250,000 insured vehicles, including my grandmother’s. - 300,000 business properties were also affected, according to a report from global reinsurance firm, Aon Benfield. - During Sandy’s immediate aftermath, more than 8.5 million customers lost power, according to FEMA. - The hurricane was the first time in modern recorded history that a storm took a sharp turn to the west and hit New Jersey. - A scientific study said it was a once-in-700-years track.
Historic Earthquakes Chile 1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC Magnitude 9.5 The Largest Earthquake in the World Articles N.B. : The magnitude for this earthquake has been recalculated since the following articles were written. Magnitude 9.5 is a better determination of the size of this earthquake. More than 2,000 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damge in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Phillippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States. Abridged from United States Earthquakes 1960, by H. Carroll Talley, Jr. and William K. Cloud.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was the largest oil spill in the history of the United States (EPA, 2011). The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major concert in Alaska and 11 million gallons of oil released into the ocean (EPA, 2011). The damage opened the eyes of individuals in the United States because the oil spill posed threats to the food chain, fishing industry, and many species of birds in the particular ecosystem (EPA, 2011). The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 was created in August 1990. The OPA established plans to handle future oil spills easier.
In Mexico City of 1985 and San Francisco of 1989 there were big earthquakes. Many people died and may buildings were destroyed. About 100,000 people were killed and over 300,000 buildings were destroyed or damaged. Both of these Earthquakes were quite similar. The 1985 Mexico City earthquake was one of the most devastating earthquakes in the history of the Americas.