A comparison of the responses shows the U.S. had a more forceful reaction to the Haiti
earthquake than the storm relief efforts in Puerto Rico this month.
Not exact matches
This insurance coverage pays you if your car is stolen, or damaged caused by something other
than a collision by anything other
than car accidents such as
storms, floods, falling objects, explosions,
earthquakes, vandalism or contact with an animal, such as hitting a deer.
Since 1900, extreme heat events have killed more Australians
than bushfires, cyclones,
earthquakes, floods and severe
storms combined.
That «Atmospheric River 1000
Storm» (ARkStorm)-- could cause more
than 300 % of the damage from a 7.8 magnitude San Andreas fault ShakeOut
earthquake scenario (Perry, S., et al. 2008).
«The planet has been through a lot worse
than us... been through
earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic
storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages — and we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?»
Guardian: More
than 32 million people fled their homes last year because of disasters such as floods,
storms and
earthquakes — 98 % of displacement related to climate change.