According to CBC News World, “The storm hit Haiti's rural western tip hard, flooding the refugee-camp homes of quake survivors.” (2010). The storm was actually downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm but still caused massive flooding with the vast amount of rain and mudslides that were rampant. The country also has a long history of earthquakes dating back to 1564. The most recent in this list is the 2010 earthquake close to Port-Au-Prince. The nation is located in a region seismic activity due to the movement of the Caribbean tectonic plate, which is compared with which a finger shoving away against two larger plates, the North American and South American.
The role included requirements definition prior to construction, operation, and ongoing maintenance. Over the years the Board also took on various activities relating to land use on and around the levees. In the wake of the catastrophic engineering failures sustained by New Orleans' levee and floodwall system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, two new regional flood protection authorities were created to supersede multiple parochial levee boards, including Orleans Parish's Levee Board. The purpose of the agency governed by the Orleans Levee Board, the Orleans Levee District, was to protect New Orleans from flooding, and to protect and operate the equipment placed and assigned for that purpose. The aftermath of Katrina concluded in investigations that revealed the design of the levee and floodwall system, contracted and overseen by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, to have been profoundly inadequate, and that the annual inspections of completed projects by the Orleans Levee Board were perfunctory at
Crisis Management: An Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion Kevin K. Rice Columbia Southern University Abstract Texas City became the site of the worst industrial catastrophe in United States history when two merchant ships, the SS Grandcamp and SS High Flyer, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded on the 16 and 17 April 1947. The Texas City disaster remains the worst industrial accident in US history. This disaster occurred prior to the realization that government entities needed to have emergency management plans. Since this major accident, major improvements have been made in emergency management ;however, the possibility of a disaster is always relative to the seriousness of the threat. This paper is a recounting of the events surrounding the accident, both before, during, and after.
With a severe earthquake the county could be at risk for a Tsunami. Severe weather and flooding also presents a challenge in this area as annual precipitation reaches an average of 36 inches, and low-lying areas are susceptible to flooding (WCDEM, 2003 & Whatcom County,
Copper mining activities in the area from the 1890s until 1969 produced mill tailings (called stamp sands) that contaminated the lake sediments and shoreline. This site is being addressed through federal Fund-lead actions with the State of MI conducting Operation and Maintenance activities. About 200 million tons of copper mill stamp sands were dumped into Torch Lake itself, filling about 20 percent of the lake's volume. The contaminated sediments are believed to be 70 feet thick in some areas, and surface sediments contain up to 2,000 parts per million (ppm) of copper. The stamp sands deposited in Torch Lake and on the shoreline were dredged up during the early part of the 1900s and were processed with flotation chemicals to reclaim copper.
The primary effected area would be the damage of infrastructure, loss of power, fires and other potentially catastrophic hazards. Much of San Diego is located in low lying valleys and in a densely populated central business district, because of the strong concentration of people damage and loss of life from collapsed infrastructure and debris would be great. According to (Guzzetti& Carrara 1993 ) It is the location to human population that is key distinguishing feature of population risk .Furthermore much of the secondary effects like the loss/damage to property can be severe, according to (californiagreensolutions.com) in the past 26 years an accumulated amount of 19.43 billion dollars of damage has been attributed to catastrophes, and 19.43 billion has been related to earthquake damage. Conclusion Through my findings and research I have found that the two most common natural disasters that San Diego and its outlying areas are susceptible to are wildfires and earthquakes. Although the frequencies for earthquakes are relatively low the possible of catastrophic damage from one is a major possibility during the next 20 years.
Running head: HAT TASK 4 COMPETENCY 725.8.8: EMERGENCY RESPONSE 1 T Task 4 Competency HA725.8.8: Emergency Response Kevin Castle Western Governors University HAT TASK 4 COMPETENCY 725.8.8: EMERGENCY RESPONSE HAT Task 4 Competency 725.8.8: Emergency Response 2 The roles of major health personnel are important during a disaster. The role of the public health group was to go to the flooded area in the SW section of the Carder Township. This area was flooded by the creek there and had cut off the access. Their job was to bring basic supplies and assess the situation there. The Public Health Director assesses the needs of special populations.
UNESCO Research Outline Joyce Mason SCI/230 05/27/2011 Joan Garrett UNESCO Research Outline Everglades National Park What human intrusions threaten the area? a) Urban growth b) Fertilizer pollution c) Mercury poisoning of fish and wildlife d) Fall in water levels caused by flood protection measures e) Extensive alteration f) Hurricanes g) Gulf oil disaster What protections exist to protect and preserve the area? a) Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) b) Oceana c) Mote Marine Laboratory d) Waldo ( oil-seeking robot ) e) South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force What efforts have been made to this preservation? a) Increased
Examples of urbanization that increases the risk of river floods include construction in floodplains, channel straightening, building of dikes, and construction activity generating impermeable surfaces includes transport infrastructure and residential areas. The Susquehanna River is the most flood prone river on the Eastern seaboard however flooding is a nationwide issue. This issue needs to be taken seriously and communities repeatedly devastated by flooding need to take a stand and respond to the negative impacts of flooding and join together to support this cause and help to prevent future flooding that affects our communities as well as our environment. Our local, county, state and federal governments need to join together with these communities and work together to implement the above sustainability plan to prevent future devastation from river
After reading the case-in-point presentation on Hurricane Katrina, I gathered my own analysis about how the environment has changed due to man altering the wetlands as a result creating disruptive environmental changes especially when Hurricane Katrina hit up and down the north-central Gulf coast along the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in August 2005 (Peter H. Raven, 2010). When reviewing the case in point on hurricane Katrina and its effects on the gulf coast I identified many unintended consequences of man activities that have led to environmental problems. The first problem that was notice was the fact that by changing the natural state of the wet lands disrupted the natural barrier or protection that the marsh would have created in