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NYC Orders First Mandatory Evacuation In History

We’re all laughing nervously in the office but Irene is no joke. Obama already has said the hurricane will be of historic proportions, and the City of New York has ordered the first mandatory evacuation in history.

July 6, 2011
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US Air Force Flies From To Antarctica To Rescue Sick Worker

If you’re wondering about the cost of this medical evacuation, think high. And then probably think a bit higher. Flying 7400km from Washington State to Antarctica, the C-17 cargo plane dodged ash-clouds and strapped on night-vision goggles to pick up the poorly contractor and drop him off at a hospital in New Zealand.

April 22, 2011
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Japan Makes Radiation Evacuation Zone Mandatory

Long overdue: The mushy “suggested” evacuation now has some force behind it. The Japanese government has declared a 20km radius around the crippled Fukushima plant a mandatory evacuation zone – all but emergency workers are banned from entering.

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