Disasters

Citizen Science As a Model for Disaster Information

W. David Stephenson | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Natural Disasters, Citizen Science, Disaster Relief, Disasters, Crowdsourcing Disaster Information, Citizen Science Disaster Information, Science News
W. David Stephenson

The reason for my optimism is a convergence between scientific research about what people really do in disasters, namely engaging in highly sophisticated collaborative behavior, and the advent of sophisticated mobile devices and social media that can encourage such behavior.

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Makeover of New Orleans Naval Complex Slated for 2013

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: U.S. Navy, UNITY of Greater New Orleans, Historic Tax Credits, Housing, Homelessness, Cruise Ships, Police, Military Bases, Katrina, Disasters, Supermarkets, Asbestos, Industrial Canal, U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development, New Orleans' Ninth Ward, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Green News
Susan Buchanan

After a string of natural and man-made catastrophes, New Orleans has become a spot to share expertise on flooding, wind, spilled oil and any other grief that comes down the pike.

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Devastating Floods Leave At Least 150 Dead

AP | Posted 12.02.2011

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia says flash floods have killed at least 150 people in the Southeast Asian nation since August. The floods are the wor...

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Democrats Aim To Boost Disaster Aid For Hurricanes Irene, Katrina, Setting Up Fight With GOP

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.06.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats unveiled legislation Tuesday providing $6 billion in new disaster aid to help both victims of Hurricane Irene and ...

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Kirsten Gillibrand Blasts Eric Cantor Over Disaster Relief

YNN | By Web Staff | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Hurricanes, Fema, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Irene, Gop Disaster Relief, New York, Eric Cantor, Federal Funding, Eric Cantor Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief, Hurricane Irene 2011, Disasters, 112th Congress, Rep. Eric Cantor, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

Senator Gillibrand said, "I think it's irresponsible, and I think he lacked judgement, and I think he should come and begin to meet with the homes, th...

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How This Year's Extreme, Record-Breaking Weather Has Rocked Planet Earth

wunderground.com | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Storms, Environment, Disasters, Earth, Crazy Weather, Severe Weather, Natural Disasters, Weather, Extreme Weather, Meteorology, Green News

Every year extraordinary weather events rock the Earth. Records that have stood centuries are broken. Great floods, droughts, and storms affect millio...

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Animal Rescue Team Brings Hope Amid Disasters

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Animal Rescue, Cats, Pets, Disasters, Alabama, Flooding, Tornadoes, Missouri, Dogs, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

"People and animals face so many uncertainties when they are experiencing a disaster. It is crucial that others who can help, do help."

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Unpacking for a Disaster: What You Need to Survive the Unexpected

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Disaster Preparedness, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Japan Disaster Preparedness, Japan Tsunami, Japan Earthquake, World News
Rebecca Solnit

The usual emphasis on panic in disasters implies that, in a crisis, we're all sheep wheeling around idiotically and selfishly trampling those around us. But those who study the subject confirm that most of us behave beautifully.

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The Lessons Of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire May Be Lost 100 Years Later

Aol News | Andrew Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Screams of "Don't jump!" echoed through the canyons of tall buildings. More than 50 bodies littered the streets surrounding 23 Washington Place, so ma...

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Congress Needs an Adult Conversation About Climate

William S. Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Navy, House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, Climate Denial, National Security, National Academies of Science, Disasters, Congress, Climate Change, Green News
William S. Becker

We should not be forgiving if Congress fails to protect us from the risk that climate change is not only real, but also a looming global catastrophe. Where is the leadership?

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New Tech to Predict Disasters

Posted 05.25.2011

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Hear from IBM Master Inventor, Bob Friedlander, as he gives details behind his newly patented natural disaster warning system, which could mean big ch...

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Journalists As First Responders

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disasters, First Aid, Journalists, First Responders, Pakistan, Terrorism, Red Cross, Media News
Robert Weller

How does a reporter square that with the fact that today's communications, and the spread of terrorism, may result in them becoming what amounts to the first responders to a disaster?

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I Want an 'I Survived American Idol' T-shirt

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simon Cowell, Crystal Bowersox, Ryan Seacrest, Casey, Hurricanes, Idol Results Show, Lee, Kara, Volcanoes, Disasters, Aaron Kelly, Lady GaGa, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., American Idol, Michael Lynche, Entertainment News
Holly Robinson

Just when I was beginning to wonder whether American Idol is really a government conspiracy, an opiate for the people, we finally got to the results.

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12 Countries At 'Extreme Risk' Of Natural Disasters (PHOTOS): Natural Disasters Risk Index

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new study has ranked Bangladesh as the world nation most at risk for extreme weather and natural disasters. The Natural Disasters Risk Index (NDRI)...

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Why America Suffers From One Catastrophe After Another and Why It Will Keep Happening

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, 2000 Election, Arizona Immigration Law, Terrorism, Disasters, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, BP Oil Spill, Rule of Law, Disaster Management, Barack Obama, Torture, Gulf Oil Spill, Environmental Disaster, Immigration, Sb 1070, Politics News
Anis Shivani

9/11. Enron. Katrina. Wall Street. The BP spill. There seems no end to it, and the reactions are always parallel. Obama is no different in how h...

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The Disaster Twin-Pak, Plus Zeitoun

Dale Pendell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disasters, Hurricane Katrina, Dave Eggers, Rebecca Solnit, Naomi Klein, Books News
Dale Pendell

Reading Rebecca Solnit's A Paradise Built in Hell, I was struck by the contrast to Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine that I had read the year earlier.

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WHY Are We in Afghanistan? And Other Pressing Questions of Our Time

Lisa Solod | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Internet, Snooki, Information Overload, Snark, Add, Oil Spill, Earthquakes, Afghanistan, The Media, Hatred, Disasters, Sex and the City, Iraq, Bill Press, Healthy Living News
Lisa Solod

Bill Press had a discussion on the "war" in Afghanistan on his radio show this morning. I put the word "war" in quotation marks because it remains d...

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Oil Spills and the Human Response to Catastrophe

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Spills, Books, Disasters, Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Catastrophes, Books News
David Ropeik

The problem is that, like books about any catastrophe, the books about this spill will focus our attention on a single high-profile event, and distract us from far greater risks.

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Reflections On Haiti: A Different Way Of Living

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: George Bush, Multitasking, Clinton, Disasters, Obama, Haiti, Compassion, What Matters, Haiti Earthquake, Healthy Living News
Deborah Calla

To quote a cliche, life is precious, even with all the difficulties and the unavoidable pain that we all have to go through, but if we slow down for the small gifts we are given on a daily basis life can be also beautiful.

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Peru Bus Crash Kills 40 Passengers

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 05.25.2011

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LIMA, Peru — A bus carrying mostly Quechua farmers and merchants home for Christmas plunged 250 feet (80 meters) into a ravine in Peru's souther...

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Change In Apocalyptic Stories: "Disaster Porn Is No Longer The Point"

io9 | Chanda Phelan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disaster porn is no longer the point of the apocalypse. It doesn't matter how the world ends, just that it does. Making it to the End doesn't mean the...

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Swiss Avalanches Kill At Least 4: Police

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERN, Switzerland — At least four people were killed in two separate avalanche incidents Sunday in the Swiss Alps, police said. A group of skie...

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Reflections on the Loma Prieta Earthquake, 20 Years Later

Art Agnos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Loma Prieta Earthquake, Herb Caen, Mission District, First Responders, Natural Disasters, Red Cross, George Deukmejian, Earthquake, Pete Wilson, Fema, Dianne Feinstein, San Francisco Bay Bridge, California, Santa Cruz, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, World Series, Nancy Pelosi, Disaster Preparedness, Disasters, Marin, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, Fbi, Embarcadero, Presidio, Politics News
Art Agnos

When a disaster hits, it is too late to put your best people in charge of planning and preparation. That's not the place for soft political patronage.

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Indonesia Redux: The Quakes Continue, Aid Flows

Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indonesia Earthquake, Humanitarianaid, Operationusa, President Obama, Disasters, Medical Assistance, World News
Richard Walden

The never ending series of Pacific Rim natural disasters continues but the American public's response has been tepid at best

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Almost Hell West Virginia; Where Is The Obama Administration?

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Obama Appalachia, Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Civil Disobedience, Epa, Daryl Hannah, Obama Administration, Appalachia, Ecocide, Mountaintop Removal, West-Virginia-Department-of-Environmental-Protection, Don Blankenship, Disasters, Coal River Mountain, James Hansen, Coal River Mountain Watch, Toxic Waste, Federal Office of Surface Mining, Coal Mining, Massey Coal, Mtr, Mike Brune, Ran, Rainforest Action Network, Coal River Valley, Green News
Jerry Cope

Coal mining is the Appalachians is the great American tragedy, and every citizen of this country should be ashamed and horrified that we are collectively allowing this to happen.

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