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B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager Alphabetical Listing May 10, 2006 Working Draft -- Anchorage Earthquake Austin, TX Wildfire Beaumont, TX Hurricane Biloxi, MS Hurricane Boston, MA Earthquake, LNG Explosion, Hurricane Charleston, SC Earthquake, Hurricane East Coast Tsunami (Canary Islands Volcano- though very long shot) Florida Keys Hurricane Freeport, TX Flooding, Hurricane, Levee Failure Galveston, TX Hurricane Gulfport, MS Hurricane Houston, TX Flooding, Hurricane Lake Okeechobee Dike/Levee Failure Las Vegas Terrorism Los Angeles Earthquake, Terrorism Memphis Earthquake Miami, Ft. Lauderdale Hurricane Mississippi Gulf Hurricane Mobile, AL Hurricane Myrtle Beach SC Hurricane Nationally Cities near Chemical Plants, could kill thousands Nationally Cities near Nuclear Power Plants – Nuclear Accident Nationally Pandemic New Jersey Chemical Release/Explosion/Terrorism New Orleans Hurricane, Levee Failure New York City, Long Island Terrorism, Hurricane, Earthquake Norfolk, VA Hurricane Oregon/Wash. Coast Earthquake & Tsunami Palm Beach, FL Hurricane Port Arthur, TX Hurricane Sacramento Flooding from levee break Salt Lake City Earthquake San Bernardino Earthquake San Francisco Earthquake (e. g. San Andreas Fault) Seattle Earthquake Southern California Wildfire and Earthquake St. Louis Earthquake Tampa, St. Pete FL Hurricane Texas City, TX Flooding, Hurricane, Levee Failure U.S. Pandemic – e. g. influenza U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Catastrophic Failure Washington DC Terrorism Washington State Mt. St. Helens Volcano Eruption Wilmington, NC Hurricane Yellowstone Super Volcanic Eruptions (long shot) MOST LIKELY – SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT San Francisco Earthquake (e. g. San Andreas Fault) Southern California (esp. LA & San Bernardino) Earthquake, Terrorism (LA), Wildfire U.S. Pandemic – e. g. influenza New Orleans Levee Failure/Hurricane Miami Hurricane Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL Hurricane NYC & Long Island Terrorism, Hurricane, Earthquake Washington DC Terrorism Memphis Earthquake Sacramento & Central California Flooding from Levee Break Other South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Cities, e.g., Hurricane Beaumont, TX Biloxi, MS Charleston (also Earthquake) Florida Keys Fort Lauderdale, FL Freeport, TX (also Flooding, Levee Failure) Galveston, TX Gulfport, MS Houston, TX Hurricane, Flooding Lake Okeechobee, FL Dike/Levee Failure Mobile, AL Myrtle Beach, SC Norfolk, VA Palm Beach, FL Port Arthur, TX Texas City, TX (Also Flooding, Levee Failure) Wilmington, NC Oregon/Wash. Coast Earthquake & Tsunami St. Louis Earthquake Salt Lake City Earthquake Seattle Earthquake (1,600 dead, $33B) Anchorage Earthquake Las Vegas Terrorism Boston, MA Earthquake, LNG Explosion, Hurricane New Jersey, etc. Chemical Release/Explosion/Terrorism Any City Near Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Power Plant Accident Washington State Mt. St. Helens Volcano Eruption Austin, TX Wildfire East Coast Tsunami (Canary Islands Vol.) (long shot) Yellowstone Super Volcanic Eruptions (long shot) Directory: hiedu -> docs -> hazdem docs -> Principal hazards in the united states hazdem -> 1 B. Wayne Blanchard, PhD, cem september 18, 2008 Part 1: Ranked approximately by Economic Loss hazdem -> Session No. 8 Course Title: Theory, Principles and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters, and U. S. Emergency Management Session Title: Disaster As a growth Business Time: 3 Hours Objectives hazdem -> 9. 1 To better understand the driving events, public pressures, and political and policy outcomes that have shaped emergency management in the United States hazdem -> Disaster Studies Programs in North American Higher Education Historical Considerations hazdem -> Session No. 3 Course Title: Theory, Principles and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters, and U. S. Emergency Management Session Title: Hazard Categories or Taxonomies Time: 1 Hour Objectives hazdem -> Exercise: Classify the Event Download 14.04 Kb. Share with your friends:
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