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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
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70Risk Assessment and Security
1250 people died. In the heat wave of 1995, more than 700 deaths in the Chicago
area were attributed to heat. In August 2003, a record heat wave in Europe claimed
an estimated 50,000 lives (NOAA 2013b). NOAA’s heat alert procedures are based
mainly on Heat Index Values (NOAA 2013b). e Heat Index, sometimes referred
to as the apparent temperature and given in degrees Fahrenheit, is a measure of how
hot it really feels when relative humidity is factored with the actual air temperature
(NOAA 2013b). Heat disorders generally have to do with a reduction or collapse
of the body’s ability to shed heat by circulator ...
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ISBN: 9781466569324