Having these pre-disaster data is rather unique in disaster research as most studies lack these data or are measured retrospectively which is more prone to recall bias.
Although not unique to disaster response, this tension is reinforced by the use of vulnerable groups as an operational category linked to organizational mandates and prioritization models.
Gramm has a unique perspective on disaster, as he is the Forrest Gump of financial catastrophe, who dismantled the Glass-Steagall Act and made sure complex derivatives went largely unregulated, setting the stage for the financial crisis.
Lewis, a political journalist-turned-film-maker, believes the toad films resonate for one very good reason: they represent the absurdity of a unique, man-made disaster from the point of view of everyday people.
That uncertainty, which some health and environmental experts now say was perhaps not adequately reflected by public officials in the days and weeks after the attacks, underscores how unique the World Trade Center disaster was as a public health emergency.
It is easy to think that every new disaster is unique - specific to the present day - but in many ways the challenges involved in offering sanctuary to some of the most vulnerable people who have fled Syria are the same challenges we have faced before.
Each disaster is unique and is local---whether Paris or San Bernardino---do Bernardino---do Bernardino---do Bernardino---do
Through my charitable work with the Happy Hearts Fund, I have learned that each natural disaster is unique, varying in response and recovery times.
Utility workers employed by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) probably don't need this lesson, unless they believe that the pipeline failings that caused the 2010 San Bruno disaster are unique to California.
