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Could Your Plant Be Impacted by A Natural Disaster?: Messages For Manufacturing Personnel
Could Your Plant Be Impacted by A Natural Disaster?: Messages For Manufacturing Personnel
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Messages for Manufacturing Personnel
Could your plant be impacted by a natural disaster? January 2018
Fires
McMurray, Alberta, Canada, showing the location
Fires
of nearby oil processing facilities.
2. The Fort McMurray fires.
1 Fires 2 3. Hurricane Harvey at near maximum strength in
August 2017 as it approaches the Texas coast.
4. Flooding in Houston, Texas caused by rain from
Hurricane Harvey.
5. Trailers containing organic peroxides in a process
plant exploded because refrigeration systems were
out of commission due to loss of electric power
following Hurricane Harvey.
6. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in
3 4 Japan lost power in March 2011 as a result of a
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