...On April 27, 2011, a devastating tornado swept through the city of Tuscaloosa, leaving fifty-two people dead in its wake. On this particular Wednesday in late April, Alabama and a few other southern states (Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) were ravaged with a total of 199 tornadoes. The storms began shortly after midnight on April 27 with the majority of them happening from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm as supercell storms formed over Mississippi and Alabama. The violent EF4 tornado that damaged Tuscaloosa began at 4:43 pm in rural Greene County. It quickly trekked over southwest Tuscaloosa and into downtown at 5:13 pm destroying anything and everything in its path. As it continued on its journey, it hit the poor areas of Alberta...
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...hour, rain pounded on the rooftops, flooding imminent as levees strained and gave way pouring into New Orleans. The Category 5 hurricane terrorizing all cities and states on its war path of destruction; Katrina is what they call her and her storm surge reached 20 feet high. 1,836 was the final death toll that Hurricane Katrina caused and her affects were impacted over approximately 90,000 square miles. 80% of New Orleans was underwater and some places were up to 20 feet under. (11 Facts About Hurricane Katrina) This destruction is unimaginable to most of us but for those that experienced it, it is something they never want to experience again. Along Katrina’s route of destruction, tornados were developed wreaking havoc in other states. In this paper I will discuss, in depth, hurricanes and tornados and the destruction they cause to our nation. The word hurricane was derived from the Spanish word “huracan” this word originated from a Mayan storm god. The word hurricane was used in the West Indies where they described any tropical cyclone. (Hurricane: What is a Hurricane?) The accurate definition of a hurricane is a “tropical cyclone with sustained winds that have reached speeds of 74 mph or higher” the storms are labeled as hurricanes when they gain their strength over days and weeks time. (Hurricane: What is a Hurricane?) Storms developing over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are coined hurricanes. Regardless the name, all tropical cyclones develop the same...
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...On a warm summer day in Texas, a little tornado was playing in the yard. He was twisting and twirling about when his friend Tommy came over. Tommy said to the little tornado, “Hey Tim! Guess what!” Tim the little tornado exclaimed, “What is it Tommy?” A cheeky smile formed across Tommy’s face as he said, “My mother told me how tornadoes are made.” “Oh that is ridiculous”, Tim stated. “Everyone knows that a cloud hand delivers the baby tornado to the mommy tornado.” This made very Tommy angry. “Well go ask your mother! I know I am right! My mother never lies”, and with that Tommy left. Confused by what had just happened, Tim then proceed to continue twisting and twirling in the yard. Later that night at the dinner table Tim asked his mother, “Mom,...
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...------------------------------------------------- TASK 1A. RISK REGISTER OF TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEXAS Risk | Description | Owner | Source | Likelihood of Occurrence* | Severity of Impact* | Controllability* | Typhoon*global risk | Typhoon strikes Japanese supplier of latex gloves. The hospital gets ¾ of its latex gloves from this Japanese company because of cost efficiency. The typhoon floods Japanese supplier thus halting production of gloves which can cause hospital to run low on latex gloves | Japanese supplier’s CEO | Natural Disaster | Low to medium; will most likely occur during typhoon season; on average typhoons, historically, in Japan are not severe enough to cause this type of delay because supplier is located far enough inland | Low to medium; will depend on the size of the typhoon as well as direct or indirect impact | Low; hospital has low control over this situation because it is a natural disaster; hospital can suggest ideas to supplier to help prevent a total shut down due to typhoon | Patient Slip/Falls | Patients slip and fall while in the care of the hospital staff | Chief Medical Officer of hospital | Hospital nurses and patient technicians | Medium as patient needs to get up for bathroom or required exercise | High; if there is a slip/fall in the hospital, there is potential for injuries and legal ramifications | High; written policy in place to handle patients and their needs as well as staff training on patient safety | Infection...
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...6-8 Protocol for Natural Disaster: Tornado Tyson Lee March 3, 2013 Information about the Protocol Living in Mississippi, there are many tornadoes that hit this area. Mississippi has on average, 29 tornadoes per year. One of nature’s most violent acts is a tornado. Tornadoes can cause enough devastation to tear through a neighborhood and demolish it and they can cause fatalities. At times, a tornado can develop so quickly that advance warning can be too little too late. When preparing for a tornado, schools need to be aware of tornado watches and warnings. The National Weather Service issues a warning when conditions are favorable for the development of a tornado and a warning is issued when a tornado has been detected. In the school, there should be someone that will be monitoring the weather radio for potential bad weather. There should also be a plan and provisions set in the school for during school hours, after school hours, and any school related activities. During school hours, there need to be a procedure for relaying this information to all faculty, staff, and students. In order to make sure that all faculty, staff, and students are prepared, in the event of a real tornado, is to have a severe weather safety plan in effect where everyone can take cover within a minute. It is important to do this with regular tornado drills. This allows for all persons to be prepared in the event of a real tornado. The evacuation procedures will...
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...shipped in, robbery of merchandise, robbery of tills and safe, terrorist bomb threat, hostage situation, relationships between coworkers, sexual harassment, tornado, and floods. In this paper we will talk about some of these along with what loss would come with this happening. The Under Armour factory outlet store in Commerce GA is located in the Tanager outlet shopping center. The store itself continues to grow each year with customers and stronger merchandise made from Under Armour. Currently the store makes around 3.4 million dollars a year and is projected to only grow more and more. This is one of the many different factory and brand-house stores that Under Armour has all across America. In order to keep this store profitable I have developed this threat risk assessment that is attached both with and within this paper. The threats are broke down from the most possible and damaging to the company to the least likely to affect the company. The list is as follow, * The Risk Threat rank Criticality Total * External theft 9 8 17 * Robbery of tills and safe 4 10 14 * Tornado 4 10 14 * Terrorist bomb threat ...
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...at the rest of his days. In the tornado the light fixture was not connected to any power source. When the tornado appeared the light mysteriously came back on Enger writes, “gloriously charged by some storm bent physics.” This storm bent physics was the power of God. Jeremiah should have been afraid of the tornado but instead knew he was safe because he knew that God was with...
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...Warrior of Love Have you ever been so in love? Every day there are butterflies on your stomach. Each and every day you dream of his face, how he looks, how perfect he is. His eyes that beguile you. His smile that makes your heart skip a beat. When he sings, it was all like an angelic lullaby. It’s like almost everything he does is perfection. Have you ever felt the rush, when he kisses you for the first time? When his lips say those three words that you’ve been fancying all your life, it’s ecstatic, right? I never knew the reason why I fell in love with him. It could be his brown eyes, his cute smile, his manly figure or his good voice. One day he just came and suddenly, all I know is I’m in love. Elated I was, indeed. It felt so perfect that I never thought if he’s feeling the same. I never knew if he’ll leave me. I never knew how long will he stay. Because it was forever in my eyes. All I see is him with me, infinitely. It was like a raging tornado. A tornado that could hit somewhere without a warning. An unexpected phenomenon that could be fatal. An occurrence that could happen instantly and leave a mark eternally. Once it stricken,in a snap, everything will be devastated. That is how I define it, after he left. My heart broke into fragments. Crushed, every single bit of it. Tears drowned me, pain distressed me. I don’t know how to perfectly describe the agony I felt. But I’m sure, it is the most damaging feeling I’ve felt in my life. When he left me for another girl...
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...very care-free and did a lot of stupid things that could have caused me to have serious injuries because the last thing on my mind was my own safety. Now I am adult and I realize that I am responsible for my own actions and have to live with the consequences of each action. Before I enter any situation, I always think to myself of the worse possible outcome and how I can prevent that from happening. This is my safety philosophy because I always try to do what’s best for the protection of my life when put in a position when my safety could be at risk. Getting my driver’s license at sixteen years old was the best and probably the worst thing to happen to me at the time. Whenever I hopped in the driver’s seat, I thought I was invincible and that nothing bad would happen to me. I usually never wore a seat belt because I felt like it got in the way and I always drove way over the speed limit. I look back at those days and I realize how lucky I truly was that nothing happened to me or the other passengers that were in the car. Currently, every time I ride in a car I wear my seatbelt. Even if you are the most careful driver does not mean you are free from injury or death because there are so many other careless drivers on the road that could still put your life in danger. This is why I wear my seatbelt because if involved in an accident, I want to make sure I did everything that I could to save my life and I believe during an accident, wearing your seatbelt could be the fine line that...
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...States. It is the 28th most populous of the 50 United States. The name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma meaning “red people” (Baird, & Danney, 1994). On the afternoon of May 20, 2013 an EF5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour, killing 23 people and injuring 377 others. The storm first struck near Newcastle, Oklahoma, at 2:56 p.m. CDT Monday, 16 minutes after the first warnings went out, according to the National Weather Service. Moore residents had another 30 to 40 minutes before the massive storm entered the western part of the city. On the east side of Moore, Briarwood Elementary was damaged, but everyone made it out alive. At Plaza Towers Elementary, about 75 students and staff members were hunkered down when the tornado struck. Several died at the school, including a number of children. The building was reduced to just a few walls. Moore Medical Center was also hit. It went from a two-story building to a one story and was not able to be occupied. Type of Team With any disaster plan there will be different team for different projects. As this area has frequent tornado, team planning would be on ongoing process. There will also be various levels of teams. Every city should have a city wide disaster plan. One of the teams would be a problem solving team. This team would meet several...
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...opened the first clothing website and sold the first shoes and clothes on the World Wide Web, the corporation is recognized globally. ORAZON also hosted its website in Ghana, a country located on the west coast of Africa. ORAZON has customers worldwide that buy its clothing on the website. ORAZON ships its products to customers from almost every country in the world on a daily basis. Like any other business, many risks must be considered. Below is a risk register that shows eight risks currently facing ORAZON. 1. Risk one is power outage Description:| ORAZON Corporation hosts its website from Ghana. Ghana is a country situated on the West African coast. Ghana has a history of a constant power outage because Ghana is a poor country that does not have money to update its electrical grids. ORAZON Corporation needs electrical power to host its website. The company also needs to provide light to the employees that work in Ghana, In the case of a power outage, or the employees won't be able to do any job, and the company would have to keep the stores doors close. ORAZON will lose its place in the global market by not be able to show its products on the website. Another country that had constant power outrage because of flooding is Brazil. Brazil is a country...
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...Emergency Planning and Security Preparedness Patricia Gutierrez SEC 493 July 15, 2013 David Bagnon Introduction The security of our nation is something that is very important to the country. Because of the horrible events that occurred in September 11, 2001, national security has had to bump up their security measures. But security is not only for terrorist attacks, it is also put in place to secure people from natural disasters, before and after the disaster. Technology has helped each agency to better plan certain for disasters or keeping control as to who comes into the country, thru air, water, or land. Homeland Security Homeland Security consists of many government agencies working on protecting the security of the United States of America. When people think of homeland security, the first thought for them is terrorist attacks but homeland security even protects when there is a natural disaster. Airport security is run by Transportation Security Administration. This department of Homeland Security was created in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. After the attacks, many things changed for passengers flying. There are more restrictions as to what can be brought on the plane. Liquid could not be more that certain amount of ounces, all shoes are checked. Passengers wearing jackets must remove them to get pat downs and now only passengers are allowed at the gates. There technology...
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...Hazard Assessment for Memphis, Tennessee Environmental Geology April 24, 2012 Hazard Assessment for Memphis, Tennessee A natural disaster is defined as any event or force of nature that has catastrophic consequences (“natural disaster”). The only reason that these events are considered to have catastrophic consequences is because people are negatively affected by these natural events. If people were not present during these events, they would not be considered catastrophic. The more people affected means the event would be considered more catastrophic. Tennessee is the 17th most populated state, with approximately 6.4 million residents (Infoplease.com). Within the state, Shelby county covers the most area, (755 square miles), and is also the most populated county, with approximately 927,644 people residing there (Infoplease.com). Shelby county includes the city of Memphis. Memphis is the most populated city within Tennessee with at least 645,000 residents (Infoplease.com). I have attached several maps in order to see different parts of the land. Map I shows where the county lines are located within Tennessee. You can also see where Memphis is located within the county. Map II shows the elevation levels of the state. As you can see in that map, Memphis is located within the lowest elevation levels of the state. Map III shows the rivers that run throughout the state. The main river that runs between the Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri borders is the Mississippi River. There...
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...Study Guide: Final Exam Concentrate your studies in the following areas. Questions for the Final Exam will come principally from this material. Lutgens and Tarbuck Textbook: Earthquakes and Structures (Chapter 6) * Know the definition of an earthquake (pg. 190). * Know the difference between the focus and epicenter of an earthquake. Which is located at the source of the earthquake? Which is located on the surface of the earth directly above the source? * Understand the concept of elastic rebound. What is it? How are earthquakes produced via elastic rebound? * Know the three basic types of seismic waves * Body waves - P waves (push/pull-- motion parallel - travel through solids/liquids/gas) * Body waves - S waves ("shake" -- motion perpendicular - travel through solids -- slower velocity than P waves) * surface waves (complex motion -- causes greatest destruction -- * ). What is the particle motion in each type of wave (e.g., particles move parallel to the direction of travel in P waves)? Which type of wave travels the fastest? Which type of wave is the slowest? Which type of wave arrives first at a seismic station? Which type of wave is the last to arrive at a seismic station? Which type of wave causes the most damage? Know which mediums each type of wave will move through (e.g., S waves will only move through solids). * Know the difference between a magnitude scale and an intensity scale. - Intensity: measure of the degree of earthquake...
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...return home from church one Sunday. After the usual chitchat, he confides in you that he has been troubled with the news, recent reports of natural catastrophes, wars, disease, and so on. He asks if you could help him make sense of the presence of evil in the world - if indeed God exists. Keeping this scenario in mind, answer the following questions in your essay: • What is the problem of evil? • Define moral evil and natural evil, and illustrate them with examples. • Seek to explain why there is sin among mankind (the philosophical problem of moral evil) and why bad things happen in nature (the philosophical problem of natural evil). Consider the various theodicies presented in the reading, and address the merits and faults of each one. • Briefly explain why a theodicy must be internally consistent, and defend the internal consistency of your explanation of evil’s existence. • Consider how personal experience of evil may affect one’s relationship with God (the religious problem of evil). Do you believe someone can dispute a certain belief about God without actually attacking God Himself? Sam, evil in the world is a problem that exists. Even someone, like yourself, who is unsure of the existence of God recognizes a problem with a blemish in what seems to be an otherwise perfect world. I think you could agree that if evil was removed from the world, it would be near perfect. I believe it would be a completely perfect world, less evil. There are so many types of evil...
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