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This 10 page report discusses natural disasters and how emergency management agencies and systems, whether public or private have to work in cooperation to assure the best measures of health and safety for the general public, especially in terms of getting sanitary drinking water to the public. In addition, the media role is discussed, as is the example that was presented by the flooding situation in Des Moines, Iowa, in the early 1990s. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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communities are threatened by hurricanes . . . remember the devastation shown on the evening news of homes and businesses destroyed on the coasts of Florida or Louisiana. Still others
must deal with the eventualities of tornadoes, flooding, mudslides, and as this past summer demonstrated, wildfires. Regardless of the type of natural disaster that an area is most susceptible to,
its state and local governments have emergency management plans in place that are designed to do whatever is possible to minimize the impact of the disaster and assure that as
many people as possible are able to receive the necessary care and services to assure their survival. At the core of any human survival is the simple and often
overlooked necessity of the availability of clean, uncontaminated water. Having an adequate quantity of pure water is a top priority in any emergency. When one considers the fact that a
normally active person should drink at least two quarts of water daily. In hot climates, that amount can more than double that amount. Children, nursing mothers, pregnant women, and chronically
ill people need still more. Water is also essential for cooking and personal hygiene. In many instances, people do not realize how dependent they are on easy access to clean
water until something prevents that access. The Impact of Natural Disasters Information published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2002) briefly outlines the environmental, economic, and social
impacts of natural disasters in the United States: * "More than 10,000 deaths since 1900 and over $180 billion in damages just between 1998-2000. * In 2000,
the Nation suffered losses of 7.3 million acres of forests, homes, and other flora due to fires. * From 1987-1997, there were six earth-quakes in California with a magnitude
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