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Welcome to my new YouTube channel! When we discuss Disaster we will be using a modified definition from the American Red Cross:

"A disaster is an impending or occurring event that is destructive enough to dislocate people, separate family members, damage or destroy homes, and injure or kill people. A disaster produces a range and level of immediate suffering and basic human needs that cannot be promptly or adequately addressed by the affected people, and prevents them from initiating and proceeding with recovery efforts. Natural disasters include floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, winter storms, tsunamis, hailstorms, wildfires, windstorms, epidemics and earthquakes. Human-caused disasters whether intentional or unintentional include residential and industrial fires, building collapses, transportation accidents, hazardous materials releases, nuclear accidents, explosions and acts of terrorism. The Red Cross further characterizes disasters by their scope and the response required."

Thomas Songer of the University of Pittsburgh had a great lecture on the "Epidemiology of Disasters." You can find that slide show here:

http://www.pitt.edu/~epi2170/lecture1...

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