Natural Disasters category: 785 books

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by Damon P. Coppola, George D. Haddow, Jane A. Bullock
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013

Introduction to Emergency Management, Fifth Edition, offers a fully up-to-date analysis of US emergency management principles. In addition to expanding coverage of risk management in a time of climate change and terrorism, Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola discuss the impact of new emergency management...
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by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014

101 Ways To Prepare For An Emergency! Calamities sometimes happened during the time that we are not prepared. And because of that, we might experienced catastrophe of the event. In order for us to avoid some serious and horrible experiences during the crisis, you should have at least know the things you need to do.
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BP Blowout

Inside the Gulf Oil Disaster

by Daniel Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016

The story of the worst environmental disaster in American history and its enduring consequences BP Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the disaster that resulted from the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico....
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Fusion Methodologies in Crisis Management

Higher Level Fusion and Decision Making

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Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016

The book emphasizes a contemporary view on the role of higher level fusion in designing crisis management systems, and provide the formal foundations, architecture and implementation strategies required for building dynamic current and future situational pictures, challenges of, and the state of the...
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Wildfire

On The Front Lines With Station 8

by Heather Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018

The author was embedded with one of the busiest wildfire crews in the United States Reveals wildfires through the experiences of the people who go face-to-face with them Focuses on challenges faced in Western states. Every year wildfires ravage forests, destroy communities, and devastate human lives,...
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When Hull Freezes Over

Historic Winter Tales from the Massachusetts Shore

by John J. Galluzzo
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005

The peninsular community of Hull, Massachusetts, reaches a total of seven thin, sandy miles into Boston Harbor, forming a protective barrier against intruding navies and pounding waves. Unfortunately for those residents who choose to live here for the three miles of crescent-shaped beach and its attendant...
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Flood Forecast

Climate Risk and Resiliency in Canada

by Robert William Sandford, Kerry Freek
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014

Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. Hydro-climatic change is no longer an abstract or theoretical concept if you have been directly affected by the increase in the duration and intensity of...
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Urban Disaster Resilience and Security

Addressing Risks in Societies

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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

This edited book investigates the interrelations of disaster impacts, resilience and security in an urban context. Urban as a term captures megacities, cities, and generally, human settlements, that are characterised by concentration of quantifiable and non-quantifiable subjects, objects and value...
Cover of Everything In Its Path
by Kai T. Erikson
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012

The 1977 Sorokin Award–winning story of Buffalo Creek in the aftermath of a devastating flood. On February 26, 1972, 132-million gallons of debris-filled muddy water burst through a makeshift mining-company dam and roared through Buffalo Creek, a narrow mountain hollow in West Virginia. Following...
Cover of Black Saturday at Steels Creek
by Peter Stanley
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013

The Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people — wreaking a greater human toll than any other fire in Australia’s history. Ten of those victims died in Steels Creek, a small community on Melbourne’s outskirts. It was a beautiful place, which its residents had long treasured and loved. By the...
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Fire Safety

The Ultimate Guide To Fire Safety for Kids, Fire Safety Training, Fire Safety Consultants, Basic Fire Prevention and More

by Robert Cude
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013

An introductory guide to fire safety, fire safety for kids, fire safety training, fire safety consultants, basic fire prevention and much more.
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The Thirtymile Fire

A Chronicle of Bravery and Betrayal

by John N. Maclean
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013

A riveting account of the deadly Thirtymile fire and the controversy and recriminations that raged in its aftermath, from our premier chronicler of wildfires and those who fight them The Thirtymile fire in the remote North Cascade range near the Canadian border in Washington began as a simple...
Cover of The Wreck of the Old 97
by Larry G. Aaron
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010

With Fast Mail train No. 97 an hour behind schedule, locomotive engineer Steve Broady, according to legend, swore to "put her in Spencer on time" or "put her in Hell." Through eyewitness reports and court testimonies, historian Larry Aaron expertly pieces together the events of September 27, 1903, at...
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Category 5

The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane

by Thomas Neil Knowles
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009

In the midst of the Great Depression, a furious storm struck the Florida Keys with devastating force. With winds estimated at over 225 miles per hour, it was the first recorded Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States. Striking at a time before storms were named, the catastrophic...
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