Feb 24 2011

Hope Dims for New Zealand Quake Survivors

Tag: Disaster Scenarios,Disasters and Accidents,Earthquakes,PoliceDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 4:39 pm
The quake has so far caused nearly 100 deaths, with 226 more people listed as missing.

Dec 03 2010

How to Use Your Brain in a Crisis

Tag: Disaster Scenarios,First Aid,Hostages,Mental Health,ViolenceJulienne Gage @ 8:20 pm
Imagining stressful situations can give you mental confidence and agility to survive them.

Dec 03 2010

How to Use Your Brain in a Crisis

Tag: Disaster Scenarios,Hostages,Mental Health,ViolenceJulienne Gage @ 8:20 pm
Imagining stressful situations can give you mental confidence and agility to survive them.

Oct 28 2010

Tsunami Survivors Say Warning System Failed

Tag: Disaster Scenarios,Disasters and Accidents,Earthquakes,Seas,TsunamiDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 1:55 pm
A warning system was installed in Indonesia after the 2004 disaster but it did not seem to work after Monday's quake.

Aug 19 2010

Damaged Ecosystems Amplify Killer Floods

Climate change isn't the only reason the record rains in Pakistan have been so devastating.

Jun 01 2010

Gulf Oil Spill Not the Biggest Ever

Forty-two days into the worst oil spill in U.S. history, somewhere between 500,000 and 780,000 barrels of oil, possibly more, have contaminated the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.The biggest one happened in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War when Iraqi forces dumped an estimated 6-8 million barrels of oil from tankers and...

May 20 2010

What If the Oil Leak Can’t Be Stopped?

Tag: Atlantic Ocean,Disaster Scenarios,Fishing,NOAA,Oil SpillJessica Marshall @ 12:35 pm
As new estimates suggest much more oil is spewing into the Gulf, experts outline how broad the future impact could be.

May 19 2010

Growing Oil Spill Headed for Florida

Tag: Coast Guard,Disaster Scenarios,Government,Oil SpillDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 4:15 pm
As scientists try to plot where the spill is going, officials struggle to contain the impact of where the oil has already been.

May 18 2010

Tar Balls Appear on Fla. Beach

As political fallout from the spill spreads, oil is starting to travel further along the shoreline of the Gulf Coast.

May 17 2010

BP Tube Captures ‘Some’ Oil

Engineers are still exploring options for how to keep oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

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