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Disasters

Man Made Disasters List Part 2 The Dust Bowl Man Made Disaster

Man Made Disasters Part 2 The Dust Bowl

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Man Made Disasters Part 2 The Dust Bowl with its Black Blizzards seen here

The Dust Bowl, also referred to as the Dirty Thirties, was primarily created by man with a little help from mother nature, from 1930 to 1936 and until 1940 in some areas. After several periods of unusual rainfalls, which encouraged settlement and cultivation in the Great Plains, a severe drought started, causing crops to fail, leaving plowed fields open to wind erosion by the strong easterly continental winds. During the period of drought, severe storms were created from the wind erosion. On November 11, 1030, a strong Dust Storm stripped the topsoil from South Dakota farmlands. On May 9, 1934, a strong 2 day dust storm removed massive amounts of the topsoil from the Great Plains in what was one of the worst dust storms of the bowl. The dust clouds from this dust storm carried the dirt all the way to Chicago where dirt was falling like snow. Continue Reading Man Made Disasters List Part 2 The Dust Bowl Man Made Disaster Here

Originally posted 2010-11-14 17:13:42.

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Posted by admin - September 12, 2011 at 10:00 am

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Creating a Disaster Survival Kit

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Creating a Disaster Survival Kit may mean the difference between life and death

Creating a Disaster Survival Kit

This Survival Kit will help a lot during natural disasters.

FAMILY PREPAREDNESS

Preparing for natural disaster with a Disaster Survival Kit, whether it’s a hurricane, tsunami, flood, or some other event can mean the difference between life and death. Taking the time to assemble a Disaster Survival Kit before a disaster strikes will help cope with the temporary loss of everyday conveniences. What would you do without food, water, and electricity? Your supply kit should be built around basic items that help cope with these and other potential personal hardships.

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Posted by admin - December 3, 2010 at 12:11 pm

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Mountaintop Removal Mining Man Made Disasters Causes and Effects Part 3

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The Mountaintop Removal Mining Man Made Disasters Causes and Effects Part 3 is preventable!

When Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), also referred to as mountaintop mining (MTM), has been utilized by the mining industry since the 1960′s. Increases in demand for coal which was multiplied by the gasoline shortages of 1973 and 1979 contributed to coal companies searching for a more economical means of coal mining than the then standard underground operations. Underground operations typically requires hundreds of workers, whereas MTR can increase the coal extracted per worker by two and a half times per hour, reducing the need for miners greatly. To make the point here, in Kentucky, between 1979 and 2006, the number of coal workers has decreased from 47,000 workers to roughly 18,000, a 60% reduction. Between 1990 and 1997 alone, the industry downsized 10,000 jobs, as MTR and other more mechanized underground mine processes became more widespread. The coal industry also points out that surface mine techniques, such as MTR are safer for miners than sending them into underground mines, which is a good and logical point, but beyond that, not so much.

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Posted by admin - November 16, 2010 at 6:57 pm

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Man Made Disasters List Causes And Effects of Man Made Environmental Disasters Part 1

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Man Made Disasters List Causes And Effects of Man Made Environmental Disasters

Man made disasters list what are the causes and effects of man made environmental disasters is being put together, since our recent rash of environmental disasters have been covering the headlines. Mankind, in our infinite wisdom is the cause of all these man made environmental disasters and gives us good reason to stop and think before we act. From the beginning of our existence, we have come up with some of the stupidest ideas ever, and some of these, if not so tragic, should be put on a bloopers show. Here we start with our list of man made environmental disasters, in no direct order, just the way the author chose to write them at the time.

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Posted by admin - November 3, 2010 at 8:01 am

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