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Arctic nations unprepared for major shipwreck, study claims
2014-02-16 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Arctic nations are not sufficiently prepared for a major shipwreck in the region, a new study has warned. Marc Jacobsen, a Danish member of the Arctic Institute NGO, modelled a scenario in which the 92,700 tonne cruise liner Costa Deliziosa struck an iceberg off the coast of western Greenland. His findings, presented at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Troms, Norway, last month, showed that the Arctic Councils current search and rescue plans would be insufficient. Jacobsens hypothetical...
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UPS admits it was unprepared for the late holiday surge
2014-01-30 20:56:46| Air Courier - Topix.net
Sales and traffic to online retailers by category and merchant type, data on Amazon and other leading e-retailers, comparisons of leading web retailers, site performance data, more.
UPS admits it was unprepared for the late holiday surge
2014-01-30 20:26:37| Trucking - Topix.net
Sales and traffic to online retailers by category and merchant type, data on Amazon and other leading e-retailers, comparisons of leading web retailers, site performance data, more.
Federal Flood Maps Left New York Unprepared For Sandy -- And FEMA Knew It
2013-12-07 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: When Patrice and Philip Morgan bought a house near the ocean in Brooklyn, they were not particularly worried about the threat of flooding. Federal maps showed their home was outside the area at a high risk of flood damage. For that reason, the government did not require them to buy flood insurance, a cost imposed on neighbors on more vulnerable blocks. Even so, the couple decided to raise their house four feet to protect their basement from the effects of heavy rain storms. We thought we...
'Learned helplessness' leaves Australians in major cities unprepared to cope in natural disasters
2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Emergency experts say a learned helplessness has left Australians in major cities unprepared to cope in natural disasters. With the increasing impact of extreme heatwaves, storms, fires and floods, experts say traditional reliance on emergency services and recovery support such as cash handouts needs to be urgently reviewed if Australia is to better survive both the effects and escalating costs of such disasters. Emergency expert Lewis Winter from Charles Sturt University says Australians need...
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