Powell's Books - Used, New, And Out Of Print Agents of Chaos Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Other Natural disasters by StephenHarris Book News Annotation A nicely presented discussion of causes, effects http://www.powells.com/psection/Geology.html
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West Hawaii Today: Lava-flow Hazards Revisited hazardous, includes the summits and rift zones of these volcanoes, where vents Thesingle most important tool for reducing risk from natural disasters, and the http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/archive/2004/05/24/LocalNews/213988.html
Extractions: This article was written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Every day at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, we scan incoming data from field instruments that will warn of new volcanic activity on the island. Kilauea, of course, is already erupting. Mauna Loa and Hualalai have both erupted in the not-too-distant past, and each will erupt again in the future. As more people populate the flanks of these volcanoes, the property losses and disruption caused by future eruptions will increase. The need to identify the level of hazard led the U.S. Geological Survey to develop the first volcanic hazard-zone map for Hawaii in 1974. The current map, last revised in 1992, divides the island into nine zones based on rates of coverage by past lava flows. Zones 1-3 are limited to the most active volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Zone 1, the most hazardous, includes the summits and rift zones of these volcanoes, where vents have been repeatedly active in the last 200 years and lava flows will originate in the future. Areas adjacent to and down slope of the rift zones make up zone 2. All 186 houses destroyed in the ongoing eruption of Kilauea were in zone 2, most about 13 km (8 miles) from the vent. Information on the lava-flow hazard map is in a booklet entitled, "Volcanic and Seismic Hazards on the Island of Hawaii." This booklet is available at no cost from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and can be viewed online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/hazards/hazards.html.
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Extractions: IN THE UNITED STATES A BIBLIOGRAPHY Table of Contents INTRODUCTION I. HISTORY, REVIEWS, AND THEORY II. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MITIGATION III. EVENTS, LOSSES, AND COSTS ... International Approaches INTRODUCTION This bibliography is a collection of citations to the academic literature supporting the summary volume of the Second National Assessment of Research on Natural Hazards. The Second Assessment was a multi-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation with supporting contributions from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey. It began in 1994 with the formal mission of summarizing what is known in the various fields of science and engineering that is applicable to natural and related technological hazards in the United States, and making some research and policy recommendations for the future. The results of that effort are compiled in a book published in 1999 by the Joseph Henry Press in Washington, D.C., entitled
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Extractions: Providing collection care, preservation and conservation treatment services to collectors and collecting institutions. Collection Care Books and products we recommend: The A.R.K.: A Recovery Kit . Based on emergency personnel's incident command system, the A.R.K. is used by museums throughout Minnesota. Created to assist disaster recovery, the A.R.K. leads staff through the first 24 hours of a musem disaster. Applicable to any disaster, the kit provides six laminated position description cards with fill-in resource lists on each, five collection recovery posters, name tags, permanent marker and recovery priority cards. Packaged in a waterproof envelope. The kit should be kept in one to three staff members' cars, so it is immediately accessible.
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Extractions: Hollywood Hill Library Hollywood Hill Homepage Library Homepage Northshore School District Homepage Disasters Volcanoes Volcano World -(this site is now known as Volcano World and will move soon.) -Vesuvius has erupted about three dozen times since 79 A.D., most recently from 1913-1944. The 1913-1944 eruption is thought to be the end of an eruptive cycle that began in 1631. Volcanic Facts -includes a chart of the major eruptions and show the major cause of death. It seems that the other eruptions of Vesuvius were not at large as the one in 79 A.D.
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Extractions: AngelOfThyNight-Rick Countdowns To Disasters Links Dealing With Armageddon: Armageddon Online Page Click Here:Prepare For Planet-X Rick-AngelOfThyNight Theories on Disasters and Armageddon Asteroid Impact - An asteroid roughly 2 miles in size would be possibly equivalent to 30,000 atom bombs. What's this mean? Well if it hit land an area the size of the state of Texas would be wiped off the map and the earth would go threw major changes such as earthquakes. Changes that could cause dust, particles, rocks, to be thrown into the air causing a nuclear winter which generally crops would die and eventually most if not all humans. The other theory is that if it hit the ocean there would be tidal wave 5000 feet high and everything on land would be washed away as the first one would hit traveling 3000 mph it would be followed by many smaller waves and tsunamis destroying all coastal cities and probably sweep over most countries such as Europe. New strings of bacteria always arise and so do viruses that did not exist years ago. Medical science may not be able to cure these in time and we can be wiped out in a matter of days if one arose. They could be man made and happen to spread, alien virus from other worlds, a meteor could have bacteria. The plague killed 1000s before we were able to find a cure and the same with dozens of other diseases that exist today. But what if we could not stop a virus then what would we do?
Extractions: Natural Disaster Project Internet Sites Search Engines : Use this site to explore all the different search engines for broad information on "natural disasters" or just type in a specific topic http://www.westlazer.com/search.htm About Natural Disasters, including Links http://nantahalapower.com/disaster.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001437.html http://www.stormfax.com/safpage3.htm http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/pages/departments/media/disaster.html ... http://www.weather.com/ About specific natural disasters (These are by no means all there is!!!) Avalanches and landslides http://www.discoverjasper.com/rmhiking/avalnch.htm http://landslides.usgs.gov/html_files/nlicsun.shtml Blizzards and winter storms http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/snowstorms.html http://weather.about.com/newsissues/weather/msubbliz.htm Drought http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/go/go.htm http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Gazebo/7217/ Earthquakes http://4earthquakes.4anything.com/?%3B019039a http://quake.usgs.gov/ El Nino and La Nina http://www.fema.gov/kids/lanina.htm
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Extractions: See Also: Science: Environment: Energy: Petroleum in the Environment: Oil Spills The WWW Virtual Library: Hazards and Risk - Natural and man-made disasters, preparedness, impacts, and mitigation. Living Almanac of Disasters - Almanac of historical disasters listed by date of the year. Disaster Research Center - Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. Geo Monitor - Links to websites about volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and floods. Natural Disasters and Catastrophes - About the causes, consequences and costs (if appropriate) of natural disasters and catastrophes. Includes specific commentary, features and statistics on a variety of subjects (i.e. volcanic activity) and a regularly updated listing of world-wide natural disasters effective January 1999. ReliefWeb: Natural Disasters - Archived information, from 1981 to the present, about major natural disasters, including floods, droughts, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and cyclones, focussing on international humanitarian relief efforts. From the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Projektledelse Mike Sharpe Air disasters. Stephen L. Harris Agents of Chaos Earthquakes, Volcanoes,and Other Natural disasters. Arthur Diamond The Bhopal Chemical Leak. http://erfa.teknologisk.dk/biblioteket/medarbejdere/sbs/-Katastrofer/default.asp
Extractions: Katastrofer Jeg samler på katastrofer. En lidt morbid hobby vil nogle sikkert mene. Men jeg mener man kan lære utroligt meget af det som tidligere er gået galt. Ved de efterfølgende undersøgelser af katastrofernes årsager afdækkes ofte megen værdifuld viden om hvordan katastrofer (både lignende og andre) undgås i fremtiden. Links Worst United States Disasters http://www.airdisaster.com/ Bøger Claus Jensen: Challenger - et teknisk uheld Mike Sharpe: Air Disasters Stephen L. Harris: Agents of Chaos: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Other Natural Disasters Arthur Diamond: The Bhopal Chemical Leak Jeremy Kingston and David Lambert: Catastrophe and Crisis Don Nardo: Chernobyl Collapse: When Buildings Fall Down Richard Platt: Disaster! Lee Davis: Environmental Disasters: A Chronicle of Individual, Industrial, and Governmental Carelessness Tom Schouweiler: The Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill Fran Locher Freiman: Failed Technology: True Stories of Technological Disasters John Toland: The Great Dirigibles: Their Triumphs and Disasters Peter Hall: Great Planning Disasters Tom Stacey: The Hindenburg Madelyn Horton: The Lockerbie Airline Crash Lee Davis: Man-made Catastrophes: From the Burning of Rome to the Lockerbie Crash
University Of Pittsburgh: News From Pitt This project also looks to expand beyond volcanoes in Alaska toother areas and other natural disasters around the world. http://www.discover.pitt.edu:591/u/FMPro?-DB=ustory&-Format=d.html&-lay=a&storyi
Large Magnitude Geological Events McGuire, W., Kilburn, CRJ Murray, J., Monitoring active volcanoes, London UCLPress, 1995, Y. Alexander, D., Natural disasters, London UCL Press, 1993, Y. http://www.tech.port.ac.uk/tud/db/UnivPort/level_3/2GS335.htm
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Extractions: Our UK Home Page Select a topic from this pull-down menu Read the latest Reuters World Environment News Look at the latest Reuters Environment News Pictures Receive free daily news headlines via email Search the Planet Ark News Archive Find out about National Tree Day Visit the Planet Ark Media Centre Download our free environmental software Who are Planet Ark? Find out how YOU can help the planet Find out about the local recycling services available in your area The EU's 15 member states would be eligible for aid from the fund if they suffered a disaster which cost more than either 0.5 percent of GDP or one billion euros ($970 million), or which hit a substantial part of the regional or national population. "We can't define what a catastrophe is in advance," said Michel Barnier, European regional policy commissioner.
FEMA: Backgrounder: Volcanoes More than half of these volcanoes are part of the Ring of Fire, a region thatencircles the Pacific Ocean. How The Public Can Help After A Disaster. http://www.fema.gov/hazards/volcanoes/volcano.shtm
Extractions: Backgrounder: Volcanoes EMERGENCY INFORMATION Volcanic ash can affect people hundreds of miles away from the cone of a volcano. Several of the deaths from the Mount St. Helens volcano in 1980 were attributed to inhalation of ash. Volcanic ash can contaminate water supplies, cause electrical storms, and collapse roofs. Sideways directed volcanic explosions, known as "lateral blasts," can shoot large pieces of rock at very high speeds for several miles. These explosions can kill by impact, burial, or heat. They have been known to knock down entire forests. The majority of deaths attributed to the Mount St. Helens volcano were a result of lateral blast and tree blow-down. DANGER ZONES Volcanic eruptions are most likely in the Pacific Rim states of Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. The chance of eruptions that could damage populated areas is the greatest for the active volcanoes of Hawaii and Alaska. Active volcanoes of the Cascade Mountain Range in California, Oregon, and Washington have created problems recently. The danger area around a volcano covers approximately a 20-mile radius. Some danger may exist 100 miles or more from a volcano, leaving Montana and Wyoming at risk.
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