Defying Disaster http://www.defyingdisaster.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “Trying to catch his breath”: a father’s story about health insurance affordability http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/trying-to-catch-his-breath-a-fathers-story-about-health-insurance-affordability/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/trying-to-catch-his-breath-a-fathers-story-about-health-insurance-affordability/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:11:19 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3585 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/trying-to-catch-his-breath-a-fathers-story-about-health-insurance-affordability/feed/ 0 Over 600 dead from Eastern Europe cold http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/over-600-dead-from-eastern-europe-cold/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/over-600-dead-from-eastern-europe-cold/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:26:27 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3583 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/over-600-dead-from-eastern-europe-cold/feed/ 0 Fukushima reactor temperature reading as high as 102C raises concerns http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-reactor-temperature-reading-as-high-as-102c-raises-concerns/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-reactor-temperature-reading-as-high-as-102c-raises-concerns/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:14:39 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3579 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-reactor-temperature-reading-as-high-as-102c-raises-concerns/feed/ 0 Fukushima-like new U.S. nuclear reactors approved for Georgia – design flaws NOT fixed http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-like-new-u-s-nuclear-plant-approved-for-georgia-design-flaws-not-fixed/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-like-new-u-s-nuclear-plant-approved-for-georgia-design-flaws-not-fixed/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:06:39 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3570 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/fukushima-like-new-u-s-nuclear-plant-approved-for-georgia-design-flaws-not-fixed/feed/ 0 San Onofre radiation leak: Inspectors find unusual wear on new tubes carrying radioactive water http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/san-onofre-radiation-leak-inspectors-find-unusual-wear-on-new-tubes-carrying-radioactive-water/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/san-onofre-radiation-leak-inspectors-find-unusual-wear-on-new-tubes-carrying-radioactive-water/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:22:17 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3564 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/02/san-onofre-radiation-leak-inspectors-find-unusual-wear-on-new-tubes-carrying-radioactive-water/feed/ 0 PG&E neglect led to “most severe kind” of gas leak in city of Napa, other leaks and lost maps. Fined $16.8 M 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/ 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 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:42:35 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3558 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/feed/ 0 Emergency / Disaster Readiness Workshop & Expo – Feb. 25 in Napa http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/emergency-disaster-readiness-workshop-expo/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/emergency-disaster-readiness-workshop-expo/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:57:19 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3546 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/emergency-disaster-readiness-workshop-expo/feed/ 0 Scientific American: Fracking Would Emit Large Quantities of Greenhouse Gases http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/scientific-american-fracking-would-emit-large-quantities-of-greenhouse-gases/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/scientific-american-fracking-would-emit-large-quantities-of-greenhouse-gases/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:07:18 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3537 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/scientific-american-fracking-would-emit-large-quantities-of-greenhouse-gases/feed/ 0 Lessons from Christchurch http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/lessons-from-christchurch/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/lessons-from-christchurch/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:11:04 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3530 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/lessons-from-christchurch/feed/ 0 Eye-opening Frontline documentary on Fukushima, nuclear power and energy http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/eye-opening-frontline-documentary-on-fukushima-nuclear-power-and-energy/ http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/eye-opening-frontline-documentary-on-fukushima-nuclear-power-and-energy/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:19:43 +0000 Roz Potter http://www.defyingdisaster.com/?p=3521 http://www.defyingdisaster.com/2012/01/eye-opening-frontline-documentary-on-fukushima-nuclear-power-and-energy/feed/ 0