Scattered from their neighborhoods and without homes or the livelihoods, schools and hospitals upon which they relied, forced evictions represent a human-made tornado, an intentional disaster.
"Never, never in this history [of America] has there been an intentional disaster, perpetrated by the very people who were elected to be the caretakers of this country, and that is exactly what will happen if we refuse to take action, prevent default and pay our nation's bills now," Hochul said.
Natural disasters, intentional attacks, and operational incidents are posing increasing threats on rail transit network.
Public health readiness and response activities can be conceptualized similarly for intentional attacks, natural disasters, and human-caused accidents.
When systems lose their critical linkage and key facilities due to natural disasters or intentional attacks, their performance may be at risk.
Threats to your supply chain, and therefore to your company, abound natural disasters, accidents, and intentional disruptions their likelihood and consequences heightened by long, global supply chains, ever-shrinking product lifecycles, and volatile and unpredictable markets.
The idea that disasters, whether natural or intentional, can have an impact on building codes has a long history, as illustrated by the California earthquakes in San Fernando in 1971 and Northridge in 1994, as well as the Oklahoma City attack.
The distinction is important, as capabilities-based planning has become international best practice for all types of emergencies natural disasters, pandemics, accidents and intentional threats (23).
2 3 These numbers are believed to be underestimated by 39 50% because drowning due to natural disasters, transport incidents and intentional drowning are not included.
In his new book, "The Demon in the Freezer," the spotlight shifts to another kind of microbial disaster, one that would be intentional and potentially much more lethal -- a bioterrorist attack with the smallpox virus.
That the logo now sort of looks like someone shot a bullet through the old one may or may not be intentional, but either way it's a disaster.
