"It was a quick impression of what devastation occurred".
Not since September 11 , 2001 has the world seen images of such tremendous devastation occurring in such an….
Not since September 11 , 2001 has the world seen images of such tremendous devastation occurring in such an unbelievably short amount of time.
Just last week, widespread devastation occurred in the Florida Panhandle from rains that may have exceeded two feet in 24 hours.
The devastation occurs primarily in countries whose economies depend on agriculture but lack the means to make their farmland productive.
But catastrophes like Hurricane Sandy remind us why we need government, both to protect us from devastation and to quickly restore civilized society when devastation occurs.
"Considerable economic devastation occurred as a result of Chairman Bernanke's loose monetary policy and weak regulatory oversight," Mr. Shelby said.
Cameron-Smith acknowledges the "devastation" occurring further to the north and the fact that bleaching is a major concern, adding: "If you had no reef, you'd have no Cairns, you'd have no North Queensland pretty much, as far as tourism goes.
Michael Tobias: In West and Central Africa, as well as much of Southeast Asia, there is, to my understanding, significant devastation occurring amongst its rare remaining populations of mega-fauna.
In general, risk has a probabilistic component: the hazard variable can be the probability of a hazard or a hazard of a certain intensity occurring, and the consequence can be the probability of a certain outcome (e.g., devastation) occurring given the combination of the hazard and the exposed asset (Douglas, 2007).
