{"id":32236,"date":"2024-09-09T18:14:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-7-discussion-1-case-studies-in-disaster-response-planning-bhopal-chemical-disaster-india-and-toxic-sludge-spill-hungary\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T18:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:14:38","slug":"week-7-discussion-1-case-studies-in-disaster-response-planning-bhopal-chemical-disaster-india-and-toxic-sludge-spill-hungary","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-7-discussion-1-case-studies-in-disaster-response-planning-bhopal-chemical-disaster-india-and-toxic-sludge-spill-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 Discussion 1: Case Studies in Disaster Response Planning: Bhopal Chemical Disaster (India) and Toxic Sludge Spill (Hungary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">There are videoclips involving two separate disaster incidents that resulted from large-scale industrial accidents, each with its own corresponding question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You are to respond to only<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ONE<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the following two case studies.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Please make sure to identify which case study to which you are responding.<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CASE STUDY 1: Bhopal Chemical Disaster:<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">WARNING: These videos contain graphic and disturbing images.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you elect not to view them<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>please answer Question 2 instead)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss how Incident Action Planning could be used to protect those responding to the event.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss your reaction to this disaster and identify three potential measures that could have\/should have been in place that would have substantially mitigated the effects of this tragedy:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Watch these videos on the Bhopal disaster and conduct additional research to formulate your response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"margin-top: 18px; font-size: 23.98px; cursor: auto;\" aria-label=\"Share link\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/0uzmXeyJDCI<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"margin-top: 18px; font-size: 23.98px; cursor: auto;\" aria-label=\"Share link\"><a style=\"margin-top: 18px; font-size: 23.98px; cursor: auto;\" aria-label=\"Share link\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/NXv9SMUwQlM<\/a><br \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"margin-top: 18px; font-size: 23.98px; cursor: auto;\" aria-label=\"Share link\"><a style=\"margin-top: 18px; font-size: 23.98px; cursor: auto;\" aria-label=\"Share link\"><br \/><\/a><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CASE STUDY 2: Ajka Alumina Plant Chemical Waste Sludge Release<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">On October 4, 2010, roughly one million cubic meters of liquid chemical waste burst from a red mud reservoir of the Ajka Alumina Plant, inundating the small village of Kolont\u00e1r, Hungary . The 2-4 meters high wave of toxic sludge flooded the small village west of Budapest. Hungary&#8217;s worst chemical accident killed six Kolont\u00e1r residents immediately, and injured more than hundred village inhabitants that suffered severe chemical burns caused by sodium hydroxide found in the sludge. You are the T<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">own of Kolont\u00e1r Emergency Manager<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and within hours of the event occurring, you receive a call from the Hungarian Prime Minister offering your assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What kind of assistance&nbsp;do you think you will need within the initial Incident Action Period and the remainder of the first week, while in the response phase?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"margin-top: 18px; font-size: 23.98px; cursor: auto;\" aria-label=\"Share link\"><a style=\"margin-top: 18px; font-size: 23.98px; cursor: auto;\" aria-label=\"Share link\"><\/a><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here are a couple of sources for your consideration:<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are videoclips involving two separate disaster incidents that resulted from large-scale industrial accidents, each with its own corresponding question. You are to respond to only&nbsp;ONE&nbsp;of the following two case studies.&nbsp;Please make sure to identify which case study to which you are responding. 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