Essays on Natural Disaster

Severe weather can cause extremely bad damage to homes, cars, buildings, trees, and much more. In extreme weather conditions like this, one must be prepared for what is coming towards them in order to survive. Sometimes one must pack their things and evacuate, or stock up on supplies like water, food, and blankets. Some very…

Whitney Gregory Dr. Alexander Third Year Writing 7 May 2010 Natural Disasters: Why Haven’t We Learned From Them Yet? George Santayan, a famous Spanish-American philosopher, once said, “Everything is life is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate and comic in its existence,” (“Quotable Quote” 1). This too can be said about natural…

Natural disasters eARTHQUAKE, TYPHOON, AND TORNADO Kenneth W. Lingenfelter Instructor Wael Hassian Park University Internet Campus A course paper presented to the School for Arts and Sciences and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Baccalaureate Natural Disasters Park University April 24, 2013 Earthquakes, typhoons, and tornadoes continue to devastate…

The accident On April 26, 1986, Soviet’s Union Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded letting out a massive amount of radiation that all Russian citizens would debate for years to come. At exactly 1:21 am. on April 26th 1986 in Chernobyl, a city near the Pripiat River the No. 4 reactor exploded and released thirty to forty…

The scientific debate continues over the environmental consequences of what happened just after midnight on Good Friday, March 24, 1989, when the grounded vessel leaked nearly 11 million gallons of North Slope crude. But the disaster’s effects on people are clear — and dramatically mixed. Some communities and individuals have flourished. Others still suffer. Some…

            Snow brings a lot of fun. It is so good to ski or just touch the soft, powdery, smooth and fine snow that falls and accumulates in the ground. Yet, if you want fun with the snow, then might as well go to places or mountains where there is a lot of snow, maybe…

Furthermore, there are unfortunately multiple situations that may be man-made rather than Mother Nature. These include things such as strikes, work stoppages, sabotage, burglary, or any type of hostile activity. Considering that The Bloom Design Group is now using a WAN system to coordinate its business processes, an appropriate disaster recover plan will include having…

This paper presents some of the common effects that natural disasters have. The first observation is that natural disasters are known to cause depression through events induced stress. This happens mostly when there is loss of possession of or lack of control. Another observation is that those persons who are identified as having depression out…

This week marks the two-year anniversary of a string of violent and deadly tornadoes that tore through the southeastern US, specifically Mississippi and Alabama. I live almost smack on the Tennessee/Alabama border and the first tornado siren of the day woke me up at 4:30 in the morning; a weak tornado passed within a few…

While natural disasters such as floods, drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather, climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large, if not equal, contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling, 2001). As…