absolutely - a god context for this continuning and irresolvable debate
philip buckle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Effgen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: Natural Hazards Scientist?
> The value in what we are doing is in developing a logical basis to
> understand the relative risks that exist. To do this we will depend upon
> specialists in many different feilds.
>
> It does not matter that we call the activity. We need data in formats
that
> will enable us to understand individual risks, compare risks, to forecast
> risks and to develop strageties to minimize risk.
>
> For almost all of human history, humanity has been the subject of the
> disaster, now we are starting to make disaster a subject.
>
> Christopher Effgen
> The Disaster Center
> www.disastercenter.com
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