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

io9 | Chanda Phelan | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Apocalypse, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, End of the World, Futuristic Stories, The Future, Books, Apocalyptic Stories, Disasters, Dystopias, Books News

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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Reflections on the Loma Prieta Earthquake, 20 Years Later

Art Agnos | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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 12.01.2009 | World

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 07.30.2009 | Green

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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Sheltering Animals from the Storm

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pets, The Humane Society, Emergency, Ted Stevens, Louisiana, Gustav, Humane Society, Hanna, Texas, Tom Lantos, Christopher Shays, Animals, Frank Lautenberg, Disasters, Humane Society of the United States, Ike, Katrina, Hurricane, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Led by Senators Ted Stevens and Frank Lautenberg, and Reps. Tom Lantos and Chris Shays, the PETS Act set national policy on how to deal with animals in disasters in a post-Katrina environment.

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The Legacy of TWA Flight 800

Robert Davey | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jet Fuel, Faa, TWA Flight 800, Explosions, Boeing, Terrorism, Federal Aviation Administration, Regulation, Airplanes, Fbi, Ntsb, Qaddafi, Disasters, FAA Safety, Crash, Politics News
Robert Davey

Whether the FAA has the nerve to impose a new expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars per aircraft remains to be seen. Whether the rule is necessary is another question.

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The 10 Pieces Of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now

Popular Mechanics | By Erik Sofge and The Editors of Popular Mechanics | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

Read More: 10 Worst Bridges, Infrastructure, The 10 Pieces of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now, 10 Worst Dams, 10 Worst Infrastructure, 10 Worst Highways, Disasters, 10 Worst Airports, Crumbling Infrastructure, Engineering, Popular Mechanics Infrastructure, Home News

No one can predict what bridge, levee or water main will fail next. But some problems are widely known, and work is long overdue. As PM's new special ...

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