CHECK THESE SAMPLES OF Tornadoes and Their Overall Effects like Damage and Even Collapsing of Buildings
In the recent past many great Hurricanes have been known to cause immense damage to coastlines of various nations.... This gives it that devastating strength and inertia to cause unthinkable damage to areas where it has swept across.... Typhoons are also borne out of wind and water and due to climatic imbalances affecting coastal areas and causing large scale damage to human property and lives.... They become lethal only when they pickup solid masses like: tin sheds trees, construction equipment, concrete, metal and other solid chunks of masses lying open on the ground....
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Essay
There were gaps and failures witnessed in emergency preparedness systems in the prior tornadoes and still the June 1 tornadoes were no different (Smilowitz, 2011).... Case Study – June 1, 2011 Tornadoes – Failure of Leadership (Name) (Institution) (Professor) (Course) (Date) Case Study – June 1, 2011 Tornadoes – Failure of Leadership Tornadoes of June 1, 2011 resulted in excessive damage as it roared through central and western Massachusetts.... Along with loss of life and severe injured causalities, there was severe damage to properties in at least 18 communities....
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Case Study
The paper "Evacuation Procedures in High Rise buildings" describes that tall buildings now grace the skylines of almost all the major cities worldwide and they may continue to do so in the future.... Recently the concept of pressurized safe zones has also been introduced in high-rise buildings.... ETHODOLOGY High-rise buildings have had immense social, economic, environmental and technological impacts as well as motivations in the urban lifestyle....
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Dissertation
This essay "The Joplin Tornado" explains several aspects of the Joplin Tornado which include the synopsis of the incident with the help of real-time dealing with the event, loss of human life, and damage to businesses and properties, and some statistics as well.... The Joplin Tornado is considered to be the most severe tornado in the history of the United States since 1953 as the optimum wind velocity was about 200 miles per hour that created enormous damage in Missouri....
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While the sun was shining the usual way, clouds were too numerous and unusual (greenish and even black).... Interestingly, the tornado appeared to be most devastating to the houses of the rich and a variety of business buildings.... Specifically, as it crossed the Shaw's Garden, it moved to the southern part of Vandeventer Avenues with the buildings of the tobacco company and houses of rich people.... It started moving at some height above the ground but later descended, which was judged by the damage it caused at the part of the city from the Twelfth St to the Mississippi river (Curzon, 1896, p....
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Research Paper
These devices are utilised in high-rise buildings reaching above 50 storeys.... While normal wind force could be resisted by many structures, extreme cases like tornadoes, hurricanes present great challenges as they create massive forces, capable of collapsing entire buildings.... During these extreme wind cases, like winds measuring 10 or higher on the Beaufort scale, the wind load affecting tall buildings is normally higher... Some hurricanes have enough strength to even uproot trees and destroy even the shortest of structures....
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Essay
The hazards that are considered under the emergency management term not only deals with threats to life but also to property by means of environmental or technological attacks and also various because of domestic and foreign threats and attacks like that of a terror attack.... The mission followed by the advocates of emergency management is to protect communities by coordination and integration of activities which are necessary to build and sustain and also to improve capabilities for mitigating against, preparing for, responding to and recovering from various natural and other disasters like terrorism and disasters created by the fellow citizens (FEMA, n....
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Research Paper
In order to ensure adequate preparation for a natural disaster at Ashford University's main campus in Clinton, Iowa, Clinton County Emergency management in partnership with support agencies and other organizations collaborate to ensure that response, recovery, preparedness, and planning associated with natural disasters like a tornado, flooding, and strong storms are managed.... When there is more water volume that can be harnessed by the available water systems system like rivers and stream, floods occur and water escapes and accumulates in the region....
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Research Paper