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New Beginning for Joplin After the Tornado
The heart of Joplin Missouri was, in many respects, St. John’s Mercy Hospital. The city’s residents were born there, healed there and often spent their final days there. On May 22, 2011, an F5 tornado tore its way through downtown Joplin and left the hospital in ruins. That ended an era but yesterday a new era was begun with the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Mercy Hospital Joplin. The entire St. John’s campus will be leveled … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Medicine, Original writing, Reporting
Haiti – Two Years After the Earthquake
January 12, 2010: The United Nations reports The earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 affected almost 3.5 million people, including the entire population of 2.8 million people living in Port-au-Prince. The Government of Haiti estimates that the earthquake killed 222,570 and injured another 300,572 people. Displacement peaked at close to 2.3 million people, including 302,000 children. At least 188,383 houses were badly damaged and 105,000 were destroyed by the earthquake. Sixty per cent of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Disasters, Original writing, Reporting
Fukushima Radiation Killed Thousands of Americans
In e-mail, Dr. Mangano has asked some important questions about the methods used to generate the data for this story. We are in the process of reviewing existing data, and obtaining additional data. We will update this piece within the next week. Until then, this article in Scientific American offers a similar critique to ours. In a study released just before Christmas, researchers estimate that 14,000 Americans died due to the effects of radioactive materials released … Read entire article »
Filed under: Analysis, Disasters, Earthquake Japan, Medicine, Original writing
Christchurch New Zealand Pounded By New Earthquakes
Three large earthquakes have rocked the Christchurch, New Zealand region. The first, currently listed as a magnitude 5.8 by the US Geological Survey, struck at 1:58 pm local time. It was followed by a shock measuring magnitude 5.3 at 2:06 pm. A third earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred on the south Island of New Zealand while this report was being prepared. (Third quake may be an error by USGS.) The New Zealand region was devastated by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on February 21, 2011. That quake all but wiped out the central business district of Christchurch, resulting in dozens of deaths and millions in property damage. The local Christchurch Emergency Operations Center has been activated. Initial reports are that rockfalls and some liquefaction has occurred. The local airport and the central business … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Original writing, Reporting
Tsunami Debris Closing on Hawaii Beaches
One of the most iconic photos to appear after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was that of a house, floating alone in the sea. The U.S. Navy photo illustrates the nature of the tsunami, which not only damaged buildings ashore but swept debris from the shore out to sea. Estimates vary on the amount of debris but KITV-4 in Hawaii quotes experts as saying it may range from five to twenty million … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Original writing, Reporting
Ohio National Guard Aids Vermont Hurricane Flood Recovery
The mission: Rebuild a road that is now a 65-foot-deep, 141-foot-long hole in a hillside in the town of Cavendish. The call went out from the Vermont National Guard for heavy equipment and personnel and among other states, Ohio answered. In less than two days, Joint Task Force Tipper, which consists of the 1192nd and 1191st Engineer Companies, 200th RED HORSE Squadron, and Force Support Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Company from the 216th Engineer Battalion, … Read entire article »
Our Best – Tech. Sgt. Kelli Sweeney
Tech. Sgt. Kelli Sweeney, member of the 107th Airlift Wing Security Forces, was on her way home after working at the base on Friday, August 26. She was almost to her home in Middleburgh, NY, nearly 300 miles away, when she got the call from the 107th saying they needed all available personnel to report. Hurricane Irene was headed for downstate New York and anyone who could volunteer would be appreciated. She agreed to help … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Military, Our Best: Military Women
My Recent Yahoo! News Articles
There is no good way to create an RSS feed for those articles that I write for Yahoo! News. This link pulls most of them up, but they cannot be sorted by date. Curiously, Google seems to do a better job indexing these pieces than Yahoo. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Iraq, Military, Military alternative energy, Original writing, Reporting
Enterprise Safe from Irene
Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), weathered Hurricane Irene Aug. 28, armed with only a skeleton crew and robust safety information. While many Navy ships homeported in Norfolk got underway to avoid the storm, Enterprise was moved to Norfolk Naval Shipyard because the location was deemed safer for ships unable to get underway. “The amount of planning that came together in such a short period of time and the flawless execution of our plan by our crew … Read entire article »
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