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After a California Earthquake: Attitude and Behavior Change (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers)
11 year ago
by admin
in Travel Insurance
Shortly before the Loma Prieta earthquake devastated areas of Northern California in 1989, Risa Palm and her associates had surveyed 2,500 homeowners in the area about their perception of risk from earthquakes. After the quake they surveyed the homeowners again and found that their perception of risk had increased but that most respondents were fatalistic and continued to ignore self-protective measures; those who personally experienced damage were more likely to buy insurance. A rare opportunity to analyze behavior change directly before and after a natural disaster, this survey has implications for policy makers, insurance officials, and those concerned with risk management.
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The History Channel : Engineering Disasters : The Fire At the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel, Collapse of Seattle’s Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge, Car That Spurred the Creation of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, Flaw That Grounded the First Commercial Jet ,An Entire Lake & Surrounding Land Are Sucked Into a Louisiana Salt Mine, What Happens When a California Freeway Meets a Large Earthquake, Inside the Belly of the Doomed Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Ship , Marines’ Av-8 Harrier “Jump Jet,” Ford Explorer , Firestone Rollovers, Fire on the Piper Alpha Offshore Oil rig, Derailment of a High-speed Train in Germany, Computer Errors That Brought the World to the Brink of Accidental Nuclear War
01 year ago
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in Accommodations
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ENGINEERING DISASTERS 4: The fire at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel, the collapse of Seattle’s Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge, the car that spurred the creation of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, and the flaw that grounded the first commercial jet are among the engineering disasters that led to improvements in design and safety.
ENGINEERING DISASTERS 5: ENGINEERING DISASTERS examines how an entire lake and the surrounding land are sucked into a Louisiana salt mine, and what happens when a California freeway meets a large earthquake, before going inside the belly of the doomed Exxon Valdez.
ENGINEERING DISASTERS 6: MODERN MARVELS® takes an in-depth look at the Marines’ AV-8 Harrier “Jump Jet,” the Ford Explorer /Firestone rollovers, fire on the Piper Alpha offshore oilrig, the derailment of a high-speed train in Germany, and computer errors that brought the world to the brink of accidental nuclear war.
ENGINEERING DISASTERS 7: In this episode, a forty-year old fire still burns in an abandoned mine beneath the streets of Centralia, Pennsylvania, two hundred sixty million gallons of water surge through a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood, a passenger plane shakes itself apart, and a freighter ship topples a Tampa Bay bridge.
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Wyclef Jean wants to keep Haiti earthquake relief on the front line
01 year ago
by admin
in Air Travel
Wyclef Jean aims to keep Haiti earthquake relief at forefront
Projects being launched by the Haitian musician’s non-profit, Yele Haiti, will provide housing and prosthetics to victims.
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