Hazard

Author : Frances O'Roark Dowell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481424684

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Hazard by Frances O'Roark Dowell Pdf

A kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his father, newly home from the war in Afghanistan, reckon with the injuries they’ve caused to others and themselves in this unflinching middle grade novel in verse about love and forgiveness. Hazard’s a military kid, best known for his prowess at football, and his short fuse. His dad’s been in Afghanistan, third tour. The worry and the pressure over school and his dad are getting to Hazard until one day, the fuse sets off and the repercussions have him benched for six games and assigned to go to therapy. Which is where his dad is as well, at Walter Reed Medical Center, because he’s home now—well, most of him. Hazard’s dad’s now learning to walk with a prosthetic, but that’s not his primary injury. His worst wound is a moral injury: what he did on the battleground that he may never be able to forgive himself for. As part of Hazard’s therapy, he has to trace back the causes of his own anger by tracing back his father’s journey, through letters and emails and texts, so that he can come to terms with what he himself has done—his own moral injury—and help his father overcome his own.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Banks and banking
ISBN : UCAL:C2727121

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Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Hughes
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590175330

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In Hazard by Richard Hughes Pdf

The Archimedes is a modern merchant steamship in tip-top condition, and in the summer of 1929 it has been picking up goods along the eastern seaboard of the United States before making a run to China. A little overloaded, perhaps—the oddly assorted cargo includes piles of old newspapers and heaps of tobacco—the ship departs for the Panama Canal from Norfolk, Virginia, on a beautiful autumn day. Before long, the weather turns unexpectedly rough—rougher in fact than even the most experienced members of the crew have ever encountered. The Archimedes, it turns out, has been swept up in the vortex of an immense hurricane, and for the next four days it will be battered and mauled by wind and waves as it is driven wildly off course. Caught in an unremitting struggle for survival, both the crew and the ship will be tested as never before. Based on detailed research into an actual event, Richard Hughes’s tale of high suspense on the high seas is an extraordinary story of men under pressure and the unexpected ways they prove their mettle—or crack. Yet the originality, art, and greatness of In Hazard stem from something else: Hughes’s eerie fascination with the hurricane itself, the inhuman force around which this wrenching tale of humanity at its limits revolves. Hughes channels the furies of sea and sky into a piece of writing that is both apocalyptic and analytic. In Hazard is an unforgettable, defining work of modern adventure.

Author : William Frazier Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Fire insurance
ISBN : NYPL:33433075946917

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The Estimation of Exposures, Or External Hazards, in Fire Insurance by William Frazier Ross Pdf

Author : Margaret Combs
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781510715325

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Hazard by Margaret Combs Pdf

Hazard is a poignant, unflinching memoir of the emotional intricacies of growing up with a severely disabled sibling. Margaret Combs shows how her Southern Baptist family coped with lived reality of autism in an era of ignorance and shame, the 1950s through the 1970s, and shares her own tragedy and anguish of being torn between helping her brother and yearning for her own life. Like many siblings of disabled children, young Margaret drives herself to excel in order to make up for her family’s sorrow and ultimately flees her family for what she hopes is a “normal” life. Hazard is also a story of indelible bonds between siblings: the one between Combs and her sister, and the deep and rueful one she has with her disabled brother; how he and she were buddies; and how fervently she wanted to make him whole. Initially fueled by a wish that her brother had never been born, the author eventually arrives in a deeper place of gratitude for this same brother, whom she loves and who loves her in return.

Author : Tara K. McGee,Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000597608

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Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society by Tara K. McGee,Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell Pdf

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-science review of research and practice in the human dimensions of hazards field. The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society reviews and assesses existing knowledge and explores future research priorities in this growing field. It showcases the work of international experts, including established researchers, future stars in the field, and practitioners. Organised into four parts, all chapters have an international focus, and many include case studies from around the world. Part I explains geophysical and hydro-meteorological/climatological hazards, their impacts, and mitigation. Part II explores vulnerability, resilience, and equity. Part III explores preparedness, responses during environmental hazard events, impacts, and the recovery process. Part IV explores policy and practice, including governments, support provided during and after environmental hazard events, and provision of information. This Handbook will serve as an important resource for students, academics, practitioners, and policymakers working in the fields of environmental hazards and disaster risk reduction.

Author : Geoff Wells
Publisher : IChemE
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0852954638

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Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment by Geoff Wells Pdf

Examines the use of practical techniques to implement process safety in new and existing plants. The author's incident scenario model enables selection of a suitable hazard identification technique. Pre-Hazop and Hazop techniques are explained in detail and demonstrated by case studies.

Author : Mohammed I. El-Sabh,Tad S. Murty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 865 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400914339

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Natural and Man-Made Hazards by Mohammed I. El-Sabh,Tad S. Murty Pdf

In recent years, several major natural and man-made hazards have challenged scientists, government officials and the public in general: earthquakes, major volcanic and other seismic eruptions in Mount St. Helens, EI Chichon, Mexico city, Nevado del Ruiz, Japan, Italy, Greece, Cameroon and many other places on our globe; Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean and deadly storm surges along the coasts of India, Bangladesh and Japan; Cyclones, floods, thunderstorms, snow storms, tornadoes, drought, desertification and other climatic catastrophes; Amoco-Cadiz oil spill accident (France), Three-Mile Island (U. S. A. ) and Chernobyl (U. S. S. R. ) nuclear accidents, Bhopal chemical accident (India), acid rain (Canada, U. S. A. ) and other technological disasters. Such hazards have snuffed out millions of lives, infli

Author : Walter J. Ammann,Stefanie Dannenmann,Laurent Vulliet
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203963562

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RISK21 - Coping with Risks due to Natural Hazards in the 21st Century by Walter J. Ammann,Stefanie Dannenmann,Laurent Vulliet Pdf

Over the last two decades, there has been an increase in the number of natural hazards which have culminated in catastrophic consequences, severely impacting on people and livelihoods. In response to this escalation, the Swiss Natural Hazards Competence Centre (CENAT) organized a workshop entitled "RISK21" at the Centro Stefano Franscini, Mon

Author : John H. Latter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642737596

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Volcanic Hazards by John H. Latter Pdf

The contributions in this book were presented, orally or as posters, at the International Volcanological Congress held in New Zealand from 1 to 9 February 1986, the centenary year of the Tarawera eruption of 10 June 1886. More than 500 people, from 29 countries, attend ed the Congress. Most of these works formed part of Symposium 4, "Volcanic Hazards - Prediction and Assess ment", convened by J.H. Latter, R.R. Dibble, D.A. Swanson and C.G. Newhall. The collection represents over half of the published abstracts of Symposium 4, together with three papers given at the Symposium, which lacked abstracts, and two which were part of Symposium 1 on pyroclastic flow deposits. The contribu tions cover a good proportion of the volcanically active parts of the world, with Italy, Japan, the West Indies and the USA especially well represented. Mount Erebus, Vulcano and Rabaul are individual volcanoes which have been treated in particular detail. Unfor tunately, there are no chapters in the book dealing with Africa, the Atlantic islands (except Iceland), Hawaii, Central America (except Mexico), or South America (in spite of the major disaster at Nevado del Ruiz Volcano in 1985).

Author : Paolo Paron
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780128191026

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Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters by Paolo Paron Pdf

Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2e, provides an integrated look at the major disasters that have had, and continue to have, major implications for many of the world’s people, such as floods and droughts. This new edition takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while also covering current thinking about some scientific issues that are socially relevant and can directly affect human lives and assets. This new edition showcases both academic and applied research conducted in developed and developing countries, allowing readers to see the most updated flood and drought modeling research and their applications in the real world, including for humanitarian emergency purposes. Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2e, also contains new insights about how climate change affects hazardous processes. For the first time, information on the many diverse topics relevant to professionals is aggregated into one volume. It is a valuable reference to researchers, graduates, scientists, physical geographers, urban planners, landscape architects, and other people who work on the build environments of the world. Cutting-edge discussion of natural hazard topics that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide Includes numerous full-color tables, GIS maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous process in action Provides case studies of prominent hydro-meteorological hazards and disasters

Author : Keith Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0415224640

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Environmental Hazards by Keith Smith Pdf

Topics include : risk assessment, disaster management, adjustment to the hazard (accepting, sharing, reducing loss), earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, snow avalances, storms, biophysical hazards (extreme temperatures, epidemics, frost, wildlifires), floods, droughts, technological hazards (i.e. Bhopal and Chernobyl), etc.

Author : Biswajeet Pradhan,Pravat Kumar Shit,Gouri Sankar Bhunia,Partha Pratim Adhikary,Hamid Reza Pourghasemi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030945442

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Spatial Modelling of Flood Risk and Flood Hazards by Biswajeet Pradhan,Pravat Kumar Shit,Gouri Sankar Bhunia,Partha Pratim Adhikary,Hamid Reza Pourghasemi Pdf

Floods and flash floods with hydro-meteorological and tropical cyclones are the some of the most devastating natural disasters causing massive damages to natural and man-made features. Flood hazards are a major threat to human life, properties (agricultural area, yield production, building and homes) and infrastructures (bridges, roads, railways, urban infrastructures, etc). Flood hazards susceptibility mapping (risk assessment) and modelling is an essential step for early warning systems, emergency services, prevention and mitigation of future environmental and social hazards and implementation of risk management strategies. Due to the lack of proper information, technology-based policies and strategies, mapping and modelling can often not be implemented to the best possible level. Geo-spatial techniques have enjoyed rising interest in recent decades among the earth environmental and social sciences research communities for their powerful ability to solve and understand various complex problems and develop novel approaches toward sustainable earth and human society. By linking geo-spatial computational intelligence techniques with societal and environmental-oriented problems, this book demonstrates geospatial technology approaches to data mining techniques, data analysis, modelling, risk assessment and visualization and management strategies in different aspects of flood hazards. We believe that a diverse group of academics, scientists, geographers, hydrologist, remote sensing and GIS expertise, environmentalists, meteorologists and computing experts with a common interest in geospatial sciences within the earth environmental sciences and humanistic and social sciences will find this book to be of great value.

Author : Richard Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN : 070110774X

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In Hazard by Richard Hughes Pdf

Set on board the British ship Archimedes, which is bound for the Far East from Norfolk, Virginia, via the Panama Canal. When the crew suddenly find themselves in the middle of a violent hurricane the book looks at how the different characters respond.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1870 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Pesticides
ISBN : MINN:31951D021591534

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Interagency Coordination in Environmental Hazards (Pesticides). by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations Pdf