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Ohne Vorwarnung kam die Flut über das Ahrtal. In der Nacht vom 14. auf den 15. Juli 2021 brach eine Katastrophe über die beschauliche Weinregion herein. Zurück blieben Schlamm, unfassbares Leid und viele Jahre harter Arbeit, die den Bewohnern nun bevorstehen. Andy Neumann nimmt die Leser mit in diese Situation und macht auf sehr persönliche Weise deutlich, welche Kämpfe die Bewohner des Ahrtals durchstehen mussten. Feinsinnig und mit einer Prise Humor, insbesondere aber von einem klaren Willen geprägt: weitermachen.

As the COVID-19 crisis swept across the country, it has disrupted every aspect of American life. During this perilous time, we all seek people, who capture our hearts and minds to show us the path through the storm. People who are creating an impact. In this audiobook - 19 Fighting COVID-19: Unsung Heroes Creating Impact During the Pandemic and Unrest - you will discover the stories of the unsung heroes. They will fill you with optimism, hope, and inspiration.

Anything that alienates and divides us leaves us weak and exposed to disaster. Simple human compassion is more essential to our national resilience and strength than most of us recognize. Shallow values won’t suffice as the foundation of our social and cultural infrastructure. With anecdotes and unexpected stories about growing up during the '60s and '70s in Los Angeles and from her work in disaster recovery, Diane Burden Cox illustrates the importance of our relationships with each other to our national resilience.

"Rep: Digest" ti offre ogni settima due appuntamenti con l'informazione di Repubblica. Due raccolte di articoli in formato audio che raccontano e analizzano i temi e le notizie della settimana. Il mondo contro il coronavirus: Coronavirus, la resa di New York di Federico Rampini; Il modello Corea del Sud: tamponi e controlli. Ricciardi: "Pronti a seguire l'esempio di Seul" di Luca Fraioli; La seconda pandemia di Federico Rampini; Il mondo e il Covid-19: 1,7 miliardi di cittadini reclusi in casa di Marino Niola; Il rinvio dell'Olimpiade di Tokyo al 2021: non si gioca con il virus.

In 2005, 15 workers were killed when BP's Texas City Refinery exploded. In 2006, corroded pipes owned by BP led to an oil spill in Alaska. Now, in 2010, 11 men drilling for BP were killed in the blowout of the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. What's next? In In Too Deep: BP and the Drilling Race That Took It Down, Stanley Reed - a journalist who has covered BP for over a decade - and investigative reporter Alison Fitzgerald answer not only that question, but also examine why these disasters happen to BP so much more than other large oil companies.

In Consuming Katrina: Public Disaster and Personal Narrative, author Kate Parker Horigan shows how the public understands and remembers large-scale disasters like Hurricane Katrina, outlining which stories are remembered and why, as well as the impact on public memory and the survivors themselves. This project is rooted in Horigan's experiences living in New Orleans before and after Katrina, but it is also a case study illustrating that survivors' stories should be shared in a way that includes their own engagement with narrative production, circulation, and reception.

What would happen to you and your family if one day you woke up and realized there was no electricity or information grid, and that there was no end to the situation in sight? Would you be able to survive? If you have concerns as to how you and your family would be able to survive in situations such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or even economic collapse, then wait no longer!

9:56 PM CDT, April 20th, 2010. 4.9 million barrels’ worth of oil begins to spew into the Gulf of Mexico as the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, stationed on the Macondo Project, violently erupts. This is a first-hand story of Deepwater Horizon and its crew, told by a former member. For many, Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a terrible environmental catastrophe. It was deemed a result of irresponsible behavior and failed safety systems that wreaked havoc on the local ecosystem while shattering British Petroleum’s reputation. A media circus soon followed as shocking images were beamed to ...

Kiwi nurse-midwife, Barbara Walker - who spent 20 years working for international aid agencies - shares her dramatic, heart-rending, and inspiring stories of the situations she faced and the people she sought to help. From the Sakeo One Refugee Camp in Thailand, where she cared for those fleeing Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia in a make-shift bamboo-framed field hospital, to her last placement in Mozambique that ended due to a death threat, Barbara’s Christian faith gave her strength and kept her focused.

Disaster strikes often without any notice. A simple storm may turn out to be very devastating in a few hours. An earthquake can strike at any time without any forewarning. Anything can happen without leaving much time for preparation. This is why it is important to be ready way ahead, even without any news or indication of impending disaster. Preparedness is key to survival.

Drawing on databases of cases filed, news reports, and other sources, Susan M. Sterett argues that governing during the pandemic must include the human institutions intertwined with the effects of the virus. Those institutions reveal problems well beyond the reach of technical expertise. Failures in private insurance as a way of governing risk, conflicts about the primacy of religion, government authority, and health, are problems that predated the pandemic and will persist in future disasters.

How To Recover From A Flood: A Step-by-Step Guide to Restoring Your Home and Life A flood can turn your world upside down in an instant, leaving behind destruction, loss, and countless questions about what to do next. But even in the face of such devastation, there is a path forward. How To Recover From A Flood: A Step-by-Step Guide to Restoring Your Home and Life is your trusted companion through the challenging recovery process, offering practical advice, clear guidance, and emotional support to help you rebuild not only your home but also your life. This comprehensive guide walks you ...

The world as we know it is changing, again. Pandemics are an inescapable reality. The interconnectedness of the world means that a new virus today can become a global outbreak tomorrow. It’s happened before, and it will happen again. And when it does, life as we know it alters considerably. Social distancing is here to stay; it will upend our way of life, in some ways forever.

Discover 50 Quick And Easy Tips To Prepare Your Home For A Disaster! Have you ever wondered what would happen if your home should be the victim of an unforeseeable and devastating event? Being prepared for the worst can help you to handle these events without draining your pocketbook and stressing you out. Many people don’t think that it can happen to them, but it can happen to anyone at any time. If you are prepared for anything, the disasters that can affect your home will not seem like as big of a crisis as they would have been had you not had preparations in place. This book contains ...

Bad times may be coming. We all know that, right? But what are we doing about it to prepare? What can we do? We are not talking about localized natural disasters, which are temporary situations and relatively easy to recover from. These bad times, which may very well loom on the horizon as we speak, could render all the money in our bank accounts worthless. When the trucks stop rolling, there is no more food. Even if you have some stored up, how long will it last? The cities figure to become a pretty ugly place after a severe SHTF event. They will be unsafe, and crowds are extremely bad for...

"We want to know more about the SECRET SAUCE of what's going on in the Rogue Valley so we can replicate these successes elsewhere." ~Bryan Guiney, Oregon Field Office Director for HUD (Source: Rogue Valley Times, 2/10/24) The “SECRET SAUCE” Model is a timely, essential resource with evidence-based solutions from co-authors with over 30 years experience working with the homeless. This book lays out a clear, actionable plan to not only increase the availability of sheltering but also empower homeless individuals on a path to self-sufficiency. The “SECRET SAUCE” Model introduces you to...

NEW FOR 2022! The 4th edition has been greatly improved and refreshed with more on-point content and loads of new techniques and strategies. The world is changing. Are you paying attention? Are you prepared? There’s now a growing number of deprived, marginalized and desperate people everywhere. Someone, somewhere, is paying attention and will try to take advantage of everything and everyone. Volatility and instability: these are important concepts to understand and keep in mind during crises. It’s not just the constant up and down of prices and market indexes, but the shifting of rules,...

In recent years, Venezuela has become a poignant example of a nation in turmoil, grappling with an unprecedented socio-economic crisis that has propelled millions of its citizens to seek refuge beyond its borders. The country's descent into chaos is marked by crippling hyperinflation, which has rendered the national currency virtually worthless, and acute shortages of basic necessities such as food and medicine. This economic collapse has not only plunged Venezuelans into poverty but has also driven them to the brink of desperation. The political landscape in Venezuela further exacerbates ...

There is nothing more important than food to survive. Natural disasters like floods, super typhoons, earthquakes, hurricanes, or war are inevitable. If you are stuck in a disaster, you may lose access to food and water supply. Keeping emergency food storage is the best way to survive natural calamities. Stockpiling food for survival is much more than buying canned food in bulk. Dumping your shopping cart with packaged food without a plan is actually a waste of money, time, and energy. Stockpiling food for an emergency can be challenging when you have to buy groceries for your day-to-day ...

SUMMARY: What have in common the Costa Concordia cruise accident, the Titanic failure, the Space Shuttle fiasco and the Hurricane Katrina terrible rescue planning? ALL of them have been the consequence of a chain of bad human decisions. Learn with these real life examples how to better deal with your day to day decision making! Making decisions and putting them into practice is the most important task of individuals in society and their personal life. In this book, now available in English in eBook format, professors Miguel A. Ariño and Pablo Maella, of IESE Business School in Barcelona, ...