Examples of Current Disaster Areas
An example of a technological disaster that happened was the Fukushima disaster which was a “massive 8.9-magnitude earth quake hit northeast Japan”. This earth quake caused a nuclear explosion at a power plant; five reactors were damaged causing the plant to into emergency state. All this occurred because there was a technological error in the system that cut down the regular and emergency power causing the five reactors to destabilize and explode. This significant nuclear event had a big impact on the public health as the area had caused nuclear contamination. The contamination caused all the crops such as milk, water or vegetables unsafe to eat. Hence all food grown in that area was banned from being sold. People in the “surroundings were moved to safe shelters,” and 3 people were affected by the radiation alone. Lucky the “Japanese government the situation in the most efficient and amazing way that anyone can imagine.”
A recent example of a disaster area by a natural hazard is hurricane Sandy which hit it October 27, 2012. It was the most devastating storm in decades hitting the United States. The storm killed about 50 people and many were also hit by falling trees. The hardest hit state was New York leaving millions without power and a few homeless. New York is currently declared a disaster area.
A Disaster Area caused by a sociological hazard would be the terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001 in New York City. Two airplanes had struck the Twin Towers causing them to crumble killing many people in the process. The unexpected attack harmed many people and caused a detrimental impact on New York City.
Read more about this topic: Disaster Area
Famous quotes containing the words examples of, examples, current, disaster and/or areas:
“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that positions be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one’s contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.”
—Angela Davis (b. 1944)
“The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.”
—Ben Elton (b. 1959)
“The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)