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A cautionary tale for a new era of megafires, Paradise is the gripping true story of a town wiped off the map and the determination of its people to rise again. The inspiration for the Apple Original Film The Lost Bus, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera “A tour de force story of...

An urgent, on-the-scene account of chaos and compassion on the front lines of ground zero for Covid-19, from a senior doctor at New York City’s busiest emergency room “Remarkable and inspiring . . . We’re lucky to have this vivid firsthand account.”—A. J. Jacobs, bestselling author...

Un libro para todos los catastrofistas, neuróticos y pesimistas profesionales ¿Debemos temer al impacto de un asteroide, a una nueva pandemia, a una guerra mundial o a un colapso tecnológico? En un mundo dominado por titulares alarmantes, este libro planeta qué riesgos son reales y cuáles...

The story of a tragedy never forgotten, and a community who came together to mourn a generation of children In October 1966, a small Welsh mining village was hit by disaster. Heavy rain had been pounding the village for days and over time filled a tip containing coal waste, situated high above...

Experience aviation’s most tense emergencies from the flight deck and discover the crisis management that saves lives. Perfect for a gripping commute, this immersive narrative puts you right in the center of catastrophic structural failures, extreme weather, and split-second decisions at 30...

High-Speed-Wandel überall. Die Welt ist konfrontiert mit tiefgreifenden Umbrüchen, geopolitisch ebenso wie wirtschaftlich. Digitale Technologien krempeln die Arbeitswelt um. Die Wellen des Wandels lassen sich nicht aufhalten, aber wir können und müssen lernen, auf ihnen zu surfen. Um in dieser Welt voller Umbrüche und tiefgreifender Disruptionen erfolgreich zu navigieren, werden wir sieben Superkräfte benötigen. Welche das sind, welche Wirkung sie erzeugen und wo wir diese finden können, beschreibt die Managementvordenkerin und Bestsellerautorin Anja Förster.

El desastre que conmocionó a Miami y al mundo entero. El 24 de junio de 2021 ocurrió un suceso inesperado: el ala este de la torre Champlain Sur, un edificio de trece pisos en la avenida Collins, en Miami Beach, colapsó en plena noche de luna llena; en apenas unos segundos, más de ochenta...

DAS Buch zur Ahrtal-Katastrophe. In seinem multimedialen Tagebuch gibt Markus Wipperfürth, der als Spontanhelfer in den ersten Stunden nach der verheerenden Flutkatastrophe ins Ahrtal kam, einen exklusiven Einblick in seine Erlebnisse der ersten Tage, Wochen und Monate nach der größten Naturkatastrophe in der deutschen Nachkriegszeit.Der Pulheimer Landwirts, der durch seine enorme Reichweite in den sozialen Medien zum Katastrophen-Koordinator, Kommunikationsknotenpunkt und Schwarzen Brett des Ahrtals wurde und dringend benötigte Helfer, Hilfsgüter und Maschinen ins Katastrophengebiet gebracht hat.

Gunflint Burning is a comprehensive account of the dramatic events around the Ham Lake fire of 2007, one of the largest wildfires in Minnesota history. In sharp detail, Cary J. Griffith describes the key events of the fire as they unfold, transporting listeners to the front lines of an epic struggle that was at times heroic, tragic, and sublime.

Drawing on databases of cases filed, news reports, and other sources, Susan M. Sterett argues that governing during the pandemic must include the human institutions intertwined with the effects of the virus. Those institutions reveal problems well beyond the reach of technical expertise. Failures in private insurance as a way of governing risk, conflicts about the primacy of religion, government authority, and health, are problems that predated the pandemic and will persist in future disasters.

Después de un desastre, sea provocado por el hombre o por la naturaleza, ¿la gente se vuelve más altruista, ingeniosa y valiente? ¿A qué deben él ánimo las nuevas comunidades que surgen entre las ruinas y en momentos de crisis, con sus nuevos propósitos? ¿Qué revela su alegría sobre la posibilidad y el deseo de cambio social, normalmente insatisfecho? Solnit explora este fenómeno a través de algunas calamidades como el terremoto de 1906 en San Francisco, la explosión que casi acabó con Halifax en 1917, el terremoto de Ciudad de México de 1985, el 11-S en Nueva York y el huracán Katrina, que arrasó Nueva Orleans.

Just after midnight on October 9, 2017, as one of the nation's deadliest firestorms swept over California's Wine Country, hundreds of elderly residents from two posh senior living facilities were caught in its path. The frailest were blind, in wheelchairs, or diagnosed with dementia, and their community quickly transformed from a palatial complex that pledged to care for them to one that threatened to entomb them. The rescue of the final 105 seniors left behind on an inflamed hillside depended not on employees, but strangers whose lives intersected in a riveting tale of terror and heroism.

Finalist, Balsillie Prize for Public Policy and Victoria Butler Book Prize A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book The Big One and what we can do to get ready for it. Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State...

Tjernobyl, och två andra katastrofer är en samling som fördjupar sig i några av de mest omskakande händelserna i modern europeisk historia. Samlingen belyser tre katastrofer och ger en inblick i utredningarna och räddningsinsatserna som följde i deras kölvatten. Samlingen har tidigare publicerats som enskilda titlar. Ur polisens perspektiv utforskas Tjernobylkatastrofen, en händelse som inte bara skakade den forna Sovjetrepubliken Ukraina, utan även Sverige och stora delar av Europa, den fruktansvärda Estoniakatastrofen, samt den ödesdigra vårdagen då M/S Scandinavian Star fattade eld i Skagerrak.

A common sense field guide to understanding, surviving, and thriving in our time of complex chaos and crises. Is this finally it? The end times? From COVID-19 to climate catastrophe to the looming AI revolution—not to mention the ever-growing background hum of rage, fear, and anxiety—it’s...

No dia 25 de janeiro de 2019, às 12h28, a B1, barragem desativada da Mina do Córrego do Feijão, explorada pela mineradora Vale na cidade de Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, rompeu. Seu rastro de lama, rejeitos de minério e destruição se estendeu por mais de 300 quilômetros, levando torres de transmissão, trens de carga, pontes, casas, árvores, animais e, na contagem oficial da tragédia, a vida de 270 pessoas (ou 272, considerando as duas gestantes entre os mortos).

This audiobook is a behind-the scenes look at this extraordinary time, the federal government’s unprecedented response, and the exemplary work of the inspectors general and their federal law enforcement partners as they followed the money, flagged fraud risks, disrupted fraud schemes, and chased bad guys through a stunning true crime wave.

13 gennaio 2012, 21.45. La nave da crociera Costa Concordia, con più di 4.200 persone a bordo, urta uno scoglio delle Scole davanti all'Isola del Giglio. Lo scafo si squarcia e inizia l'inabissamento. Durante uno dei più grandi disastri della storia marinaresca italiana, la maggioranza dei passeggeri si fa dominare da un panico cieco e assoluto. Tuttavia, mentre il caos si scatena e tutti cercano disperatamente di mettersi in salvo, Mario Pellegrini, vicesindaco del comune di Isola del Giglio, è il primo a salire a bordo per soccorrere i passeggeri intrappolati.

In Design Any Disaster, certified emergency manager and master business continuity practitioner Patrick Hardy reveals the secrets of disaster preparedness that helped him build the largest and most successful small business and family disaster planning company in the world. He explains why: You should never, ever "remain calm" during a disaster, 99% of all disaster plans are a complete waste of time, and fancy disaster equipment and supplies actually leave you less prepared.

Gaby and her husband Sean and their four children live in a flat across from Grenfell Tower, and Sean (a Church of England minister) was the first clergy person on the scene. This book stems from personal experience of the impact of the fire. It features the testimony of and commentary on the community that experienced it, and the amazing stories of hope that followed in its wake.