Sentences with phrase «event of a major disaster»

In the event of a major disaster, it is common for Christian disaster relief organizations (e.g., Send Relief, Convoy of Hope, Samaritan's Purse, Mennonite Disaster Service) to deploy to communities significantly affected to provide aid and organizational support.

Introduced in the House by U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D - CA) and Rep. Chris Shays (R - CT) and in the Senate by Sen. Ted Stevens (R - AK) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D - NJ), both bills would require local and state disaster plans to include provisions for companion animals and service animals in the event of a major disaster or emergency.

In the event of a major disaster, your team can be up and running again quickly with immediate access to your crucial litigation documents.

NOTE: In the event of a major disaster event, some insurance companies may not expect you to itemise all of your contents if your home and everything in it has been totally destroyed — they may agree to just pay the full amount insured, particularly if the amount claimed seems reasonable for the size of the family and the size and value of the home insured.

Even if a cruise line offers compensation to passengers in the event of a major disaster, having immediate access to rebooking agents can be a huge benefit, Tysdal said.

Take an inventory your possessions, and evaluate the cost to replace your most important items in the event of a major disaster, such as a home fire.

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general economic conditions, consumer confidence, consumer spending patterns and market disruptions including severe weather conditions, natural disasters, health hazards, terrorist activities, financial crises, political crises or other major events, or the prospect of these events;

Cuomo says up until now, the state's disaster training and preparation was for smaller, more localized events — not the major events like Superstorm Sandy that left more than two million people without power, 400,000 evacuees and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.

Researchers have validated a new risk assessment tool that can be used by the Department of Homeland Security to help evaluate decisions and priorities in natural disasters, terrorist events, and major accidents.

The Department of Homeland Security has a broad and complex mission, with priorities that include preparing for and responding to a range of terrorist events, natural disasters, and major accidents.

In the few years following publication of the 2007 scenarios, at least three major energy - market events failed to fit the world energy model: the 2008 financial crisis; the U.S. shale - gas boom; and Germany's decision, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, to speed up its transition to renewables.

October 2011 will go down in history as a month marked with major international natural disasters, the end of the Steve Jobs era, and of course the Occupy Everything events across the globe.

A recent report issued by the UN shows that over the last twenty years, 90 per cent of major disasters have been caused by 6,457 recorded floods, storms, heatwaves, droughts and other weather - related events.

The one of the major event at that time was Japan disaster.

Mental illness is one of the major causes of suffering in the United States, and extreme weather events can affect mental health in several ways.113, 223,114,115,116 First, following disasters, mental health problems increase, both among people with no history of mental illness, and those at risk — a phenomenon known as «common reactions to abnormal events.»

But hopefully, this is just a temporary failure that would change again, god knows, maybe as a result of some unpredictable event, not necessarily a major disaster, but enough of a breakdown to give a rise to a new responsible leadership with strong public backing.

Whether it be a small crisis or a major disaster, a minor malady or a life changing event, bullying in hallways or terror int he streets, this session looks at how we as parents can use our wit and wisdom to nurture and enrich ourselves and our children as we navigate through the minor and major chaos in our lives Parenting through Crisis takes us further on the journey of integration, healing, and connection begun in Parenting with Wit and Wisdom.Type your paragraph here.

Significant life events — such as the death of a family member, friend, or pet; moving or divorce of parents; trauma; abuse; a parent leaving on military deployment; natural disaster; or a major illness in the family — can cause stress that might lead to problems with mood, sleep, appetite, behavior and academic or social functioning in children.

Typical triggering events can be the death of a spouse or other loved one, combat trauma, financial disaster, or any other major event involving psychosocial stress.

Even though Katrina was the first major disaster he had lived through as a business owner — impact from previous hurricanes was limited to two or three days of lost work time — Lamy had been careful to secure his data files just in case of such an event.