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...calamity. Maps plotting the likely course of last week's disaster had been completed only four or five weeks ago. But the next steps had not been taken. Said Darrell Herd, deputy chief of the Reston, Va.-based Office of Earthquakes, Volcanos and Engineering at the U.S. Geological Survey: "The volcano erupted too soon...
According to Herd, of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Colombians had begun to take precautions when the cataclysm struck. Authorities had established three separate teams of experts to address the volcanic threat: one to monitor the development of the hazard, another to gather information about the likely outcome of an eruption and a third to formulate an emergency plan. As part of that response, the Colombians had produced the so-called hazard maps that so accurately laid out the path of the looming disaster...
...moving westward. As the oceanic plate dives deeper into a region of high temperature and pressure some 60 miles to 125 miles below the earth's surface, rock in the area begins to soften and form magma, molten rock. Says Robert Christiansen, a volcano specialist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, Calif.: "This is one area in which our knowledge is the least advanced...
Most doctors endorse home tests as monitoring tools but warn they should not be used without periodic office checkups. A report by Research & Forecasts, an opinion-survey firm, on blood-pressure monitors showed that 75% of doctors surveyed thought such units would aid in the fight against hypertension. Says John Ballin, director of drugs and technology for the American Medical Association: "The medical profession applauds these products as a positive step in preventive medicine...
...group, Australian manufacturers are not frightened by China's great leap, but they are wary. According to Heather Ridout, the chief executive of Australian Industry Group, a combination of the two Cs - currency appreciation and China - has caused a slackening of factory exports. In a 2004 survey of members, the manufacturers' lobbyist found that 60% of respondents are restructuring their businesses in response to the pressures being generated by China. Union leaders fear more job losses, saying the country will simply become a quarry and that pay and conditions will be cut in a "race to the bottom" with...