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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes. [1] Mosalam 2003. the 'violent' level. [2] 2] This is--just about--enough to damage very significantly a well-engineered structure (but not necessarily enough to bring it crashing down). Whittaker, K.J.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Emergency Planning

The scenario for a major pandemic was developed over the period 2003-2009 and was first incorporated into emergency plans close to the start of this period. Exigencies like this that are not conditioned by the scientific evidence derived from monitoring, analysing and publishing on the day-to-day progress of the disease.

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Statutory Cyber Incident Reporting in the USA

Plan B Consulting

The first state to have this type of law was California in 2003 and all states have, on the whole, followed the basic tenets of their law. The SEC has published proposed rules to enhance and standardise disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and cyber security incident reporting by public companies.

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