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		<title>Extreme Weather, Climate &amp; Preparedness in the American Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/04/extreme-weather-climate-preparedness-in-the-american-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Severe Weather Preparedness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From a study funded by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication;  Link  
Excerpts:
 In 2011, Americans experienced a record-breaking 14 weather and climate disasters that each caused$1 billion or more in damages, in total costing approximately $53 billion, along with incalculable loss of human life. 
These disasters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A physician speaks up about our broken health care system</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/04/a-physician-speaks-up-about-our-broken-health-care-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/04/a-physician-speaks-up-about-our-broken-health-care-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Care2 Website:   Link  
Excerpts:

I am sitting here in tears, gut-wrenchingly grieving, as I sit in witness to the slow death of my profession.
First I read this article, which says that this year, the cost of insuring a family of four now exceeds $20,000/year. Who can afford that in these times? And what are they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima review: a complex disaster and disastrous response</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/03/fukushima-review-a-complex-disaster-and-disastrous-response/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/03/fukushima-review-a-complex-disaster-and-disastrous-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear power disaster]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:  Link 
Conclusion of the report:
At Fukushima Daiichi, the problems were not with the law or the manual, but with the humans who formulated  the anticipated risks that fell in line with corporate and political will but did not represent the actual risks  the nuclear plant faced and posed.
Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Trying to catch his breath&#8221;: a father&#8217;s story about health insurance affordability</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/trying-to-catch-his-breath-a-fathers-story-about-health-insurance-affordability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Scientific American:  Link 
A father&#8217;s story about the hospitalization of his 6 year old son for treatment of pneumonia, an illness made worse by these parents&#8217; gamble that since it was unaffordable, health insurance wouldn&#8217;t be needed. Also, importantly, how the decision to do without health insurance adversely affected their judgement and decision-making, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 600 dead from Eastern Europe cold</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/over-600-dead-from-eastern-europe-cold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From The Guardian:  Link
Excerpts:
More than 600 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in eastern Europe, authorities say, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car crashes on blinding snow.
Since  the end of January, the region has been pummelled by the deep freeze,  which has brought the heaviest blizzards in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima reactor temperature reading as high as 102C raises concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-reactor-temperature-reading-as-high-as-102c-raises-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-reactor-temperature-reading-as-high-as-102c-raises-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear power disaster]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From UK&#8217;s the Guardian,   Link 
 
Excerpts:
Concern is growing that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear  plant in Japan is no longer stable after temperature readings suggested one of its damaged reactors was reheating.
The plant&#8217;s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said the temperature inside No 2 reactor – one of three that suffered meltdown after last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima-like new U.S. nuclear reactors approved for Georgia &#8211; design flaws NOT fixed</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-like-new-u-s-nuclear-plant-approved-for-georgia-design-flaws-not-fixed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-like-new-u-s-nuclear-plant-approved-for-georgia-design-flaws-not-fixed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Threats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,  Link
America&#8217;s Nuclear Regulatory Commission, approved two new reactors for Georgia, the first in the U.S. since1978, the year before the partial core meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.
Of the five NRC commissioners, the chairman, Gregory Jaczko, cast the the lone dissenting vote. He had asked for but not received a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Onofre radiation leak: Inspectors find unusual wear on new tubes carrying radioactive water</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/san-onofre-radiation-leak-inspectors-find-unusual-wear-on-new-tubes-carrying-radioactive-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/san-onofre-radiation-leak-inspectors-find-unusual-wear-on-new-tubes-carrying-radioactive-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Industrial Incident]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post,  Link

LOS ANGELES — Federal regulators said Thursday that unusual wear  has been found on hundreds of virtually new tubes that carry radioactive  water at Southern California’s San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant.
The disclosure came two days after a tube leak at the plant’s  other unit prompted operators to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PG&amp;E neglect led to &#8220;most severe kind&#8221; of gas leak in city of Napa, other leaks and lost maps. Fined $16.8 M</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/pge-neglect-led-to-most-severe-kind-of-gas-leak-in-city-of-napa-other-leaks-and-lost-maps-fined-16-8-m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/pge-neglect-led-to-most-severe-kind-of-gas-leak-in-city-of-napa-other-leaks-and-lost-maps-fined-16-8-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure Failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Safety]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿From an Associated Press article found in many newspapers including the Herald Tribune, Link 

Pacific Gas &#38; Electric Co. admitted Wednesday that its safety officials never checked for gas leaks in a much broader swath of California than the company previously disclosed following the deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion.
PG&#38;E originally told the California Public Utilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency / Disaster Readiness Workshop &amp; Expo &#8211; Feb. 25 in Napa</title>
		<link>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/emergency-disaster-readiness-workshop-expo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/emergency-disaster-readiness-workshop-expo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roz Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disaster preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earthquake Preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Preparedness and Response]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 9:30 am &#8211; 4:30 pm,  Napa, CA  &#8211; Location TBA
We regret that the February EXPO must be postponed. Instead, a 3.5 hour Disaster Readiness Workshop will be held Saturday, March 24th from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the John Muir Inn in Napa. Please call 707.255.7146 for details.
This 6-hour [...]]]></description>
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