Sentence examples for preparedness a from inspiring English sources

One of the major thrusts of the report, which was discussed at PCAST's 15 March meeting in Washington, D.C., was to emphasize "climate preparedness"—a relabeling of the idea that the government should be doing more to prepare the nation to adapt to changes expected to be caused by global warming, such as rising seas, droughts, and floods.

Another 72 only call for flood preparedness (a more regular weather warning) while 25 mention the risk of danger to live.

The World Bank said all countries must make investing in pandemic preparedness a top priority for 2015, calling for a "global pandemic emergency financing facility".

Senator Harkin said he would press his colleagues to allocate at least $1.05 billion for state and local preparedness, a figure in line with estimates from associations representing health officials around the country.

The organization also raised its official level of influenza preparedness a notch, the first time it has done so since it adopted its current ranking of influenza severity in 1999.

As mayor, Giuliani made preparedness a priority, hiring Hauer to head the Office of Emergency Management and building a state-of-the-art command center for use during crises (albeit in a known terrorist target).

In nuclear preparedness, an essential requirement is the ability to adequately predict the likely consequences of a major accident situation.

c) The tightness of the rope symbolizes the mental preparedness an individual needs or has to maintain or change weight.

The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic highlighted continued weaknesses in the national preparedness system; as a consequence, Graham and Talent gave US bio-defense preparedness an "F" in their follow-up report, published in 2010.

Such a model should be integral to a preparedness plan for a pandemic with a new human-transmissible agent.

Yet our preparedness, as a specialty, for a major terrorist incident remains limited.