All levity aside, there are some researchers who believe that large-scale disasters can influence birthrates.
The compulsory sessions were welcomed by those who study how emotional health is affected by large-scale disasters.
Nineteen months after its brave but flawed response at the World Trade Center, the Fire Department is developing a new approach to large-scale disasters.
And it has scored points with much of the population for being the face of rescue whenever large-scale disasters strike.
Rain is the factor that links all three large-scale disasters unfolding before our eyes in these very different regions of the world.
In November, a jetliner crashed in the Rockaways, killing 265 people; Dr. Flomenbaum and the 31 medical examiners under his supervision were now handling two large-scale disasters on top of their normal workload.
In the aftermath of large-scale disasters, television does for the national psyche what wakes and funerals do in personal situations: it helps mourners accommodate themselves to the enormity of the loss and the change it will bring.
The world has witnessed a number of recent large-scale disasters caused by natural forces, such as the 2011 Tsunami in Japan and the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland.
Earlier, the administration announced that the storm had been designated an "incident of national significance," triggering the enactment of the emergency response plan developed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to deal with large-scale disasters.
