HOW to SURVIVE an AIRCRASH

Posté le janvier 5, 2012 de Recce

This video shows how you can survive an airplane crash.

In case you are caught up in an air disaster situation, this is what you need:

an aisle seat or one close to it
long-sleeved pants and top;
and flat closed-toe shoes;
and a smoke hood or a wet washcloth

Click on the video hereafter:

If you need the transcript, it is available here: Transcript-link (below the video)

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT FALLOUT

Posté le décembre 4, 2011 de Recce

Firefighters, as well as military personnel might be involved in a CRO (Crisis Response Operation – WARNING as this acronym has many other meanings in the military).

To whom it may concern, a short vocabulary review could be useful in case of (let’s hope you won’t deal with it) either natural disasters or a nuclear powerplant accident.

For instance:

« Fallout » is used in the headline above, and it means « consequences » but it also means « fallout » like in « radioactive/radiological fallout » (retombees radioactives/radiologiques)
NRBC (Nuclear, Radiological, Biological, and Chemical) or CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear)
Meltdown scenario = scenario de fusion du coeur du reacteur
Plume of smoke = Panache de fumee
Tidal wave, tsunami = Tsunami
Earthquake, quake = Tremblement de terre
Tremor = Secousse, replique
Shake, shaking = Secousse
Mud slide (prononcez [meud slaïd])/Land slide = Coulee de boue/Glissement de terrain
Flood/Flooding (prononcez [fleud] ou [fleuding]) = innondation
Fire/Arson = Incendie/Incendie criminel

…and so on. Watch, and listen carefully to this PBS News-Hour video:

Astronaut saw 9/11 attacks from space

Posté le septembre 11, 2011 de Recce

Special thanks to Xavier Cotton who passed the video link on.

Volcanic ash posing a threat to flight safety

Posté le mai 22, 2011 de Recce

Sunday 5/22/2011 – Breaking news:

The Grimsvötn volcano began erupting yesterday. It is located underneath the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeastern Iceland. As it has been sending ash into the skies up to flight level 650 i.e. 65,000 ft or around 20 kilometers or 12 miles.

The European fleets might be grounded due to the spreading of an ash cloud which is forecast to drift over Scotland on Tuesday – May 24, 2011 – and expected to reach France and Spain by Thursday or Friday. Here is an interesting short documentary about how the scientists examine the volcanic ash, and how they determine that it can pose a threat to aircraft.

Watch the video: