State of readiness
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Hurricane Katrina has destroyed at least 8,00 laboratory animals at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, which could have been prevented if scientist had learned the lessons from similar disaster inflicted by Tropical storm Allison, killing dozens of monkeys and dogs at the laboratories of University of Texas Medical Center at Houston in 2001. The relatively simple precautions that can often prepare laboratories to deal with natural disasters, especially in regions where the risks of natural disasters is known to be high are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Subsidence and flooding in New Orleans
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A new subsidence map is provided for New Orleans, generated from space-based synthetic-aperture radar measurements, which offers insights into the failure of levees during Hurricane Katrina. The subsidence estimates are probably minimum values considered over the lifetime of the levees, the levee failure might have resulted from overtopping because the levees were too low and the high subsidence rates might reflect active faulting or a weak compacted substrate, promoting failure at or near the levee base.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Large-scale tectonic deformation inferred from small earthquakes
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A study using a 28-year record of seismicity in the San Francisco Bay area determines whether large-scale tectonic deformation can be predicted by using information on mechanisms of small earthquakes. Specific geological feature determines the strain released by small earthquakes on a small spatial scale. However, on a regional scale, tectonic deformation is the determining factor of strain release.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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