The insured in question was also
concerned about earthquakes, which are a small but non-zero risk in the area.
Moved by our deep
concern about the earthquake threat hanging over Nepal like a Damocles sword, Philippe Rosset and I prepared a proposal, together with our Nepalese colleague, D. Chamlagain, to give our loss estimating tool, QLARM [link], to our Nepalese colleagues pro bono, and teach them how to use it.
Not exact matches
But there is persistent
concern about the quality of some of the construction and this is because, local officials sometimes take bribes and allow construction companies to build things below standard and so we have a situation in the Sichuan province where the
earthquake occurred, where schools were collapsing and collapsed at a much greater rate than other government buildings and the suspicion is of course that local officials have taken bribes and allowed the schools to be built this way.
Despite much
concern about diseases spreading through Haiti's
earthquake - shattered areas, one epidemiologist explains that mental health issues will be more widespread
, a vocal opponent of nuclear power, saw Jaczko's statement as a welcome response to his
concerns about the ability of the AP1000 to survive a major
earthquake, hurricane or
earthquake strike, and as evidence of NRC's closer scrutiny of safety issues following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
The paper also does not apply to onshore CO2 storage, where scientists have raised
concerns about injected CO2 causing
earthquakes (ClimateWire, Nov. 5, 2013).
«Other recent surface - rupturing
earthquakes, such as the 1999 Hector Mine quake in southern California, have opened our eyes to the potential for
earthquake rupture to cascade from one fault to another,» he says — hence the
concern about the «end - to - end» positions of the Panama faults.
Yeats was not the only one to raise
concern about a large
earthquake in Haiti.
I believe that prompt and objective information
about earthquakes is essential to allay
concern, to coordinate an appropriate emergency response, and to plan for future events,» he told ScienceInsider.
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About Blog The mission of the World
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to
concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the general public.
Worldwide
About Blog The mission of the World
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to
concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the general public.
If you're
concerned about the risk and want to protect yourself, you can certainly get an
earthquake endorsement on your policy, generally for a few dollars a year.
The HO - 3 policy is quite comprehensive, but if you're
concerned about damage from one of the excluded perils, you should consider purchasing specific insurance for those situations, such as flood insurance and
earthquake insurance.
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About Blog The mission of the World
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to
concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the general public.
Public
concerns about the plant are addressed through that scene and at other points — including an interview with Lynn Sykes, an emeritus geology professor at Columbia University who insists the
earthquake risk to the plant is greater than Entergy or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have calculated.
However, if global warming is your
concern, it's important to note that severe weather was not the only or even the main culprit for 2011 —
about two - thirds of the total damages and
about half of the insured losses can be attributed to two non-weather-related disasters: New Zealand's February
earthquake and Japan's
earthquake and tsunami in April.
Here's a quick review of developments related to the fast - expanding extraction of natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, that point to a route forward amid
concerns about everything from
earthquakes to water pollution.
Here's the relevant line from Bilham, who's been voicing
concerns about under - appreciated risk from great, but rare,
earthquakes in crowding seismic hot zones around the world:
Water, Wildlife,
Earthquakes: Environmental groups,
concerned citizens, and politicians have raised a number of
concerns about the potential impacts of the Keystone XL extension.
Opposition to the project has centred on
concerns about climate change, as well as
about spills on land (already happened) and water, toxic fumes from the marine terminal and tank farm, fire and leaks from the latter (with no response plan in place), and
earthquakes affecting the tunneled pipeline section.
If only we'd seen one press release this year or last from any of the major publishers even vaguely alluding to the fact that they have to work within various strictures and that there is a desire, however minimal, over time to develop a dialogue with China's authorities to talk
about legal issues such as human rights environmental rights issues and a myriad of other social rights
concerns, as well as other issues in the PRC, from housing law to dealing with the fallout of local government mismanagement after disasters such as the
earthquake in Sichuan.
The tank farm sits on a known
earthquake zone, and poses a fire hazard that has the Burnaby fire department raising
concerns about public safety.
If you're
concerned about the risk and want to protect yourself, you can certainly get an
earthquake endorsement on your policy, generally for a few dollars a year.
Tornadoes,
earthquakes and floods are three big
concerns that most renters should think
about.
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About Blog The mission of the World
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
Earthquakes Live Center (WELC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the gene
earthquakes worldwide, through authorized seismological centers, and to immediately disseminate this information to
concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the general public.