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the Major disasters in the last 10 years, 2000 – 2010:
2001 – Gujarat Earthquake, India 20,000 Deaths
2003 – Bam Earthquake, Iran 30,000 Deaths
2004 – Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami 230,000 Deaths
2005 – Kashmir Earthquake, Pakistan 85,000 Deaths
2005 – Hurricane Katrina, USA 1,300 Deaths
2008 – Sichuan China Earthquake, Chine 70,000 Deaths
2008 – Cyclone Nargis, Burma (Myanmar) 150,000 Deaths
2010 – Haitian Earthquake, Haiti 170,000+ Deaths
These natural disasters have cost hundreds of thousands of lives, displaced and made homeless millions of people, mostly the poorest of the poor, cost billions upon billions of dollars, and their global impact has lasted for years.
There is no reason for us to expect that these moanings and groanings of our living planet will ever stop. Therefore, it is essential that we are prepared for the worst. First, we have to be prepared in our own home, then in our community, our state, our country, and finally the world.
The point of this brief article is to provide you with a list of the principles of being prepared to go, to help, and to unselfishly SERVE others in their time of need.
The Princ...
Source: Wilderness Medicine Newsletter - Category: Rural Health Authors: wildernessmedicinenewsletter Tags: Disaster Medicine Emergency Medicine Environmental Emergencies wilderness emergency medicine Wilderness Medicine wilderness medicine newsletter Earthquake Haiti Earthquake response resuers in Haiti Source Type: news
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