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Selected Internet Sites On Hazards And Disasters
SELECTED WWW SITES and OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES On hazards and disasters. Returnto hazards Center Home Page. This section of the natural hazards Center Web site
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/sites.html

Extractions: On Hazards and Disasters Return to Hazards Center Home Page This section of the Natural Hazards Center Web site is an annotated index of some of the more useful disaster Web sites that we have encountered. The "All Hazards" section below includes links to several other sites that provide helpful indices. Please select from the following categories: August 2001 hazctr@colorado.edu
The Natural Hazards Center - Information On Human Adaptation To Disaster
Resources from the University of Colorado-Boulder.Category Science Earth Sciences Education and Research hazards Working Papers full-text documents presenting the results of recent orongoing research into natural hazards and disasters (Updated March 12, 2003).
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/

Extractions: The Natural Hazards Center , located at the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado , USA, is a national and international clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters. The Natural Hazards Center carries out its mission in four principal areas: information dissemination, an annual workshop, research, and library services. The center's prime goal is to increase communication among hazard/disaster researchers and those individuals, agencies, and organizations that are actively working to reduce disaster damage and suffering. The Natural Hazards Center has a variety of resources available on the Internet, and Web site managers are encouraged to link to any useful items they might find here. In addition, reproduction - with acknowledgement - of this information is permitted and encouraged. The resources include: What's New on the Hazards Center Web Site - as of March 13, 2003
Natural Hazards And Disasters
Links to educational sites covering natural hazards and disasters, selected for use by schools, teachers and students natural hazards and disasters. ABAG Earthquake Maps
http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/links/haz.html

Extractions: An interesting collection of resources with an emphasis on California. There is information on making your home as safe as possible during earthquakes, a quiz, puzzles, hazard maps and animations, the impact of quakes on transportation, ground liquefication and many other topics. The main page is well laid out and easy to navigate. A good resource for schools. Billion Dollar Weather Disasters in the U.S.A The aim of this site is to encourage and enable the exchange of disaster information on the Internet. It is a 'practical' site intended to be used in real situations, offering help to people in danger, advice on being ready for disasters, advice on how to contact people at risk whom you have been unable to contact, and also has a 'Forum' where you can ask questions or send messages to relief workers. Disaster Report Archive Excellent source of information about disasters.EQE International's disaster report archive contains reports published by EQE on major natural hazards disasters. All reports are also available in paper form. Most of the listed disasters are earthquakes, although wildfires and hurricanes are also in the library. The reports are very informative and well worth downloading.
Natural Hazards.org: Education And Research For A Safer Planet.
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http://www.naturalhazards.org/
The WWW VL: Hazards And Risk - By Topic
natural and manmade disasters, preparedness, impacts, and mitigation.
http://life.csu.edu.au/hazards/topics.html
Institute For Business & Home Safety
Insurance industry initiative to reduce deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused by natural disasters. Emphasis on land use controls to avoid hazards.
http://www.ibhs.org/
DISASTER EARLY WARNINGS And Alerts
The Disaster Warning Network will provide early warnings of natural disasters before Category Science Earth Sciences Warnings and Forecasts time early warning in advance of the impact of natural disasters such as as wellas early warnings for industrial, chemical, and biological accident hazards.
http://www.disasterwarning.com/

Extractions: AND ALL OTHER NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS Our corporate mission is to reduce deaths, injuries, and property damages caused by all natural and manmade disasters. We will do this by providing effective early warnings of these disasters at a very small cost to all persons, businesses, and public locations. The Disaster Warning Network, Inc. seeks to create the worlds first truly effective early warning system for protecting lives and property from the damaging effects of both natural and manmade disasters. It will provide real time early warning in advance of the impact of natural disasters such as tornadoes, lightning storms, floods, wild fires and earthquakes; as well as early warnings for industrial, chemical, and biological accident hazards. All potential threats to human life and property will be included in the system.
EAS HOME Department Of Earth And Atmospheric Sciences Hazards And
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences hazards and disasters. LastUpdate on March 28, 1997. 10 'Worst' natural disasters. Studying
http://www.eas.slu.edu/hazards.html

Extractions: EAS HOME Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Hazards and Disasters Last Update on March 28, 1997 10 'Worst' Natural Disasters Studying and understanding the worst that nature can throw at us is one of the most interesting parts of being an Earth scientist. Defining 'worst' is of course subjective, but here is a representative collection of some of the 'big ones', organized in more or less inverse chronological order. 1. Let me first ignore some recent notable disasters, including Mount St. Helens (1980), the Los Angeles Quake (1994) and even the great San Fransisco event of 1906, as being too lightweight for this list. However relatively recently, in 1992, the most destructive hurricane ever to hit the U.S. (Andrew) landed twice, first in Florida, then in Louisiana. Although the death toll was 'only' 26, the property damage added up to a staggering $25 billion, making it the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. 2. The list contains several volcanos. That of the Nevado del Ruiz (Columbia) in 1985, claimed the lives of 25,000 people, most of them caught in a massive mudflow that poured down the stricken mountain. 3. My first earthquake is one of the most famous, the 1976
Natural Disasters
The WWW VL hazards and Risk, natural disasters, natural Disaster Profileof Australia EMDAT OFDA-CRED. SELECTED disasters IN AUSTRALIA
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/disaster.htm

Extractions: Trinity College Geography Studies of Society and Environment Science Atmospheric Studies ... Operational Significant Event Imagery produces high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Natural Physical Catastophes: Effect on Ecosystems Forces of Nature ThinkQuest 2000 incident.com's Recent Events Map ... Federal Emergency Management Agency United States Some Great Disasters of the World ReliefWeb Extreme Survival: The Discovery Channel Home
Mountain Climbing, Mountaineering And Outdoor Directory: Science/Disasters_and_H
The WWW Virtual Library hazards and Risk natural and man-made disasters,preparedness, impacts, and mitigation. (Added 19-Dec
http://www.highalpex.com/resources/Science/Disasters_and_Hazards/

Extractions: alt.cont. Top Science : Disasters and Hazards Home Add a Site Modify a Site What's New ... Search Disaster Research Center - Online Publications, Data, Bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. (Added: 19-Dec-2001 Hits: 4 Rating: Votes: 0) Rate It Forces of Nature - Educational information about natural phenomena and different natural disasters. Includes information about the causes of disasters as well as lists of the worst recorded type of each disaster. (Added: 19-Dec-2001 Hits: 4 Rating: Votes: 0) Rate It Living Almanac of Disasters - Almanac of historical disasters listed by date of the year. (Added: 19-Dec-2001 Hits: 9 Rating: Votes: 0) Rate It Hot Topics: Disasters - New Scientist news and articles on some of the most feared natural disasters: fires, quakes, megafloods, tsunamis, meteors, mass extinctions. (Added: 19-Dec-2001 Hits: 5 Rating: Votes: 0) Rate It Geo Monitor - Links to websites about volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and floods.
Natural Disasters And Environmental Hazards
natural disasters and Environmental hazards. I've been interested in hazards fora long time, this page is meant to be a source of information for all people.
http://www.egate.net/kim/Hazards/

Extractions: I've been interested in hazards for a long time, this page is meant to be a source of information for all people. The goals for this site include providing information about the science behind the phenomenon, causes, mitigation of impacts, hazard reduction, preparation, risk assessment, and current research in the field. My hope is to educate people and to raise interest about environmental hazards. Although presented in this fashion, it should be recognised that these four groups are not mutually exclusive. Thus severe meteorological events, such as rain or thunderstorms can often lead to the development of flood events. Flooding can lead to slope failure and landslides. Therefore, I have done my best to include all types of hazards and interconnecting links, if you don't see it in one category, try another, and in some cases the same hazard may appear in two categories.
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survival kits and other survival products; The WWW Virtual Library hazards andRisk natural and man-made disasters, preparedness, impacts, and mitigation.
http://www.wholesale-dropshipping.com/catalog.php/Science/Earth_Sciences/Natural

Extractions: Top Science See also: This category in other languages: French German CBS News Disaster Links - Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data. The Disaster Files - Repository of summaries, statistics, links and articles about natural (and some man-made) disasters including earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, epidemics, air crashes, explosions and volcanic eruptions. Disaster Research Center - Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters.
Congressional Natural Hazards Caucus
The natural hazards Caucus is a new initiative I am cochairing with Senator governmentcan better prepare for and help mitigate the costs of natural disasters.
http://www.senate.gov/~edwards/cnhc/

Extractions: The Natural Hazards Caucus is a new initiative I am cochairing with Senator Stevens. The goal of the Caucus is to provide ways the local, state and federal government can better prepare for and help mitigate the costs of natural disasters. Each year, Congress appropriates billions of dollars in emergency assistance to states hit hard by earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. Through the Caucus, I hope to foster an important dialogue on steps the federal, state and local governments can take to lessen the severity of these disasters. For far too long, public officials and private agencies have survived with a piecemeal approach to disasters. We can do a better job preparing for natural disasters and we can do a better job helping innocent victims of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and other calamities. Members of the Caucus
Columbia Interactive - How Predictable Are Natural Disasters?
The first section of the eseminar considers the definitions of natural hazards andnatural disasters, characterizes types of natural hazards, and examines the
http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/eseminars/1402_detail.html

Extractions: Earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural hazards have significant potential to affect human lives and society. In this e-seminar, Dr. Art Lerner-Lam (pictured left) will focus on types of natural hazards and their impact on human societies, as well as the impact of human society on the Earth. The first section of the e-seminar considers the definitions of natural hazards and natural disasters, characterizes types of natural hazards, and examines the direct and indirect impacts of natural disasters on human society. In the second section, Dr. Lerner-Lam examines the differences between hazard, a process with potential human impacts, and risk, the product of hazard and accumulated human assets. The final section focuses on the science of predicting hazards and risks. The e-seminar also asks the question of whether natural hazards can be predicted and examines the two types of study, empirical and model-based, by which such predictions are made. E-Seminar Length: 3-5 hours Start Date: Anytime Credits: Not-for-Credit Prerequisites: None Moderator: None Columbia Students, Faculty, and Staff:
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information about Terrorist activities as well as other human caused disasters.We will provides details about the various hazards, both natural and human
http://www.charmeck.nc.us/departments/emergency management/hazards/home.asp

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Communication At CDC: CDC Entertainment Education: Resources: Natural Disasters
They should be aware that natural disasters create physical, chemical, disease,and psychological hazards to health and safety that remain after the event is
http://www.cdc.gov/communication/tips/disasters.htm

Extractions: E-mail: zkq6@cdc.gov Use these quick links to jump to information for: Most people know they need to take special steps to protect themselves during natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes. However, many people don't realize that taking precautions to protect themselves after a disaster can be equally as important. For example, 50% of tornado-related injuries suffered in one Illinois city occurred during rescue attempts, cleanup, and other post-tornado activities. The environment after a natural disaster can be unhealthy and unsafe. These problems are made worse by interruption of social, medical, and community services. Hazards that can result in injury, illness, or death include: physical hazards (e.g., fire, displaced objects, unstable building structures, downed power lines, overexertion during cleanup, and animals that may attack humans out of fear or because they are injured and in pain);
Natural Hazards Caucus Work Group Homepage
held a briefing for the Congressional natural hazards Caucus and the House ScienceCommittee on the vulnerability of the United States to natural disasters.
http://www.agiweb.org/workgroup/

Extractions: On June 24th, the Congressional Natural Hazards Caucus sponsored a Capitol Hill briefing on "Delivering Clear and Effective Warnings: the Natural Hazards Challenge." Speakers included Mary Lou Zoback from the USGS, Ron McPherson from the American Meteorological Society, Craig Fugate from the Florida Division of Emergency Management, George Vradenburg from AOL Time Warner, George Heinrichs from Intrado Inc, and Peter Ward from the Partnership for Public Warning. The speakers discussed that fact that effective warning systems are based not only on good scientific information and governance but also on public education and technology. The lunch briefing was attended by 80 congressional staff, federal agency representatives, and members of the work group supporting the caucus. More information and links to the speakers' presentations are available at http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/hazards_briefing.html
Educational Resources
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, rockfalls and avalanchesare all natural disasters resulting from geological hazards.
http://www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/education/geol_nat.html

Extractions: Survey Sections (Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, 1994) On the night of August 1st, 1973, the small south coast town of Harbour Breton lay sleeping under heavy rain. The last few weeks had seen a lot of rain, much more than usual, and the steep slopes surrounding the town were saturated. At 3 a.m. residents heard a "short thunderous rumble and then a prolonged roar", the power supply was interrupted, and four houses were swept into the harbour by a landslide - a torrent of mud, rocks, trees and water. The Evening Telegram (August 3rd, 1973) reported that "the four bungalows hit were smashed like eggshells on the rocks below. Twenty people lived in those houses, and most escaped but four children from the Hickey family were killed, suffocated under the mud that filled the houses." This was a tragic natural disaster resulting from a geological hazard. A geological hazard is defined as a natural geological process that has the potential to adversely affect our everyday lives. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, rockfalls and avalanches are all natural disasters resulting from geological hazards. Sometimes, as at Harbour Breton, people are killed. More usually these natural disasters cause inconvenience and considerable expense, such as in the blocking of Riverside Drive in Corner Brook by a landslide this spring.
USATODAY.com - Natural Disaster Safety Tips
Boulder, Colorado, USA, is a national and international clearinghouse for informationon natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wsafe0.htm

Extractions: Click here to get the Daily Briefing in your inbox 06/20/2001 - Updated 10:04 AM ET Natural disaster safety tips Natural disasters affect the lives of many thousands of people each year. Within minutes, a natural disaster can rip apart a community, and change the lives of its residents forever. People who understand disasters and know what to do beforehand and after a disaster hits can significantly reduce disaster deaths and property damage. Below is a list of World Wide Web home pages that provide information on natural disaster safety. Safety guides USATODAY.com Safety guides provide a closer look into the risks of natural disasters and ways to protect your life and property from their danger. Weather radio NOAA Weather Radio is a good way to receive the most up-to-date weather information, including watches and warnings. It provides continuous broadcasts of the latest weather information from local National Weather Service offices. Weather messages are repeated every 4 to 6 minutes and are routinely updated every 1 to 3 hours or more frequently in rapidly changing local weather or if a nearby hazardous environmental condition exists. Most stations operate 24 hours daily.
Natural Disasters Roundtable
important issues related to the understanding and mitigation of natural disasters. onFebruary 20, 2003, The National Earthquake hazards Reduction Program
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ndr/

Extractions: Welcome to the homepage of the Natural Disasters Roundtable, a follow-on activity to the Board on Natural Disasters. The Roundtable’s mission is to facilitate and enhance communication and the exchange of ideas among scientists, practitioners, and policymakers in order to identify urgent and important issues related to the understanding and mitigation of natural disasters. Roundtable meetings will be held three times a year in Washington, DC. Each meeting is an open forum focused on a specific topic or issue. The next roundtable forum will be on February 20, 2003, “The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program at Twenty-Five Years: Accomplishments and Challenges." For the latest Roundtable information, check our NDR Events page. Contact the NDR The National Academies Current Projects Publications ...

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