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Chasing disasters close to you...: 03/29/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Tropical Cyclone Glenda. warning. Cyclone Glenda is looming over the north western coast of WA, up near Broome. BOM has issued a warning (see below) and the ABC has issued a news report. If you know more, please post any information you think might be useful for people living in the area. Powerful Cyclone threatens Western Australian Coast. The remote Pilbara region under threat is home to around 10,000 people and includes Woodside Petroleum's A$...
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 03/30/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Thursday, March 30, 2006. So far. '. Global mining giant Rio Tinto has halted its massive iron ore shipping operations in the Pilbara ahead of Glenda, the sixth cyclone of the WA season, which runs between November and April, with most activity in the latter half of the period. Oil and gas giant Woodside is continuing production offshore and onshore except at the Cossack Pioneer and Ocean Legend facilities, which have sailed out of the path of the cyclone.'. Http:/ www....
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 04/20/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Thursday, April 20, 2006. Civil Security Requires Economic Security. Rioting in Honiara is not simply evidence of ongoing instability in the Solomon Islands, but of the powerful collision between conflict, governance, and the struggle for peaceful and secure livelihoods. Wei Choong ( wei.choong@rmit.edu.au. There are similar analysis and opinions in the Australian newspapers. Follow these links to the articles:. How did it come to this? Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre.
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 04/24/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Monday, April 24, 2006. The Chinese on the Chinese. On the Chinese online newspaper networks there has been considerable discussion regarding the return of many Chinese citizens and people of Chinese origin. I wonder whether it was mainly 'new' chinese who returned 'home' mainly to Southern China. I wonder how they will be received by their government and I wonder where the Taiwanese national will go. Taiwan or China? Since China and the Solomon Islands do not have diploma...
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 03/31/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Friday, March 31, 2006. Cyclone Glenda moved quicker than expected across the Western Australian Pilbara coast, making landfall somewhere between 8-9pm WST at Mardi Station near the small town of Onslow 900kms north of Perth. The town of Onslow has been hit 4 times. In the past 80 years by cyclones. People have been comparing the force of Glenda and Larry due to the high category rating of both extreme weather events. In total income to be approximately $30 million. SES Vo...
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 04/25/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Tuesday, April 25, 2006. OPPOSITION WALKED OUT OF PARLIAMENT! OPPOSITION WALKED OUT OF PARLIAMENT! 25 April, 2006 - 3:36pm. The government rivals, the opposition camp, walked out of the parliament house this morning after their request to postpone the Speaker’s election was declined. The Speaker’s election was scheduled for yesterday, but the opposition camp requested a postponment as one of their members Nelson Ne’e was in police custody. Posted by Rebecca @ 3:50 PM.
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 04/21/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Friday, April 21, 2006. More comments from the ground. More comments from the ground. As with the first post - these comments are anonymous. As feared, we had a disturbance in Auki this evening.The police worked hard today, discouraging any plans to riot or loot this evening. In some cases, police are doing nothing and letting the rioters go ahead, as they are beyond the power of the police. Posted by Rebecca @ 8:17 PM. Comments from the ground. Here are a few comments.
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 04/22/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Saturday, April 22, 2006. Cyclone Monica Update. headed for Darwin! Cyclone Monica is headed towards Darwin! For a great report online: http:/ www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1622815.htm. Anyone in the area, i'd love to hear from you, please post stuff about your preparation, warnings etc. i wanna hear about how u made your decisions. CYCLONE MONICA HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A CAT 5 CYCLONE. GALES may increase to DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 160kilometres per hour in...
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Chasing disasters close to you...: 04/19/06
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Chasing disasters close to you. Wednesday, April 19, 2006. Chinatown is burning in Honiara. Police have abandoned the business and retail heart of Honiara to the "mercy of looters and arsonists,' Solomon Islands' authorities said today. Australian tourists have told how they huddled in their hotel overnight as rioters attacked, while an expatriate Australian priest said he was confronted by looters this morning. This morning I haven't seen a lot of police officers,' Mr Honimae told ABC Television today.