Floods https://airforces.fr/category/topics/environment/floods/ ANGLAIS AERONAUTIQUE - HISTOIRE DE L'AVIATION - Gustave Whitehead, Maxime Lenoir Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:03:46 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT FALLOUT https://airforces.fr/2011/12/04/fukushima-nuclear-accident-fallout/ Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:37:41 +0000 http://airforces.fr/?p=6770 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…

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]]> 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:

  

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]]> HURRICANE Irene to reach NEW-YORK https://airforces.fr/2011/08/26/hurricane-irene-to-reach-new-york/ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:30:55 +0000 http://airforces.fr/?p=6515 A pilot risking his life onboard a 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Weatherbird weather reconnaissance aircraft, observed the hurricane in the eye of the storm and reported winds at around 100mph today: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com New-York braces…

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]]> A pilot risking his life onboard a 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Weatherbird weather reconnaissance aircraft, observed the hurricane in the eye of the storm and reported winds at around 100mph today:

New-York braces for what could be the most destructive hurricane since 1938 maybe 1821. South and North Carolina are beginning to feel the effects of Irene. As showed in the videos hereafter, Irene might cause widespread damage particularly by flooding well beyond the coastal cities such as Virginia Beach; Norfolk; Atlantic City, as well as Kill Devil Hills, the site of the Wright Brothers National Memorial close to Kitty Hawk:

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]]> 3/11/2011 Earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan – VIDEO: https://airforces.fr/2011/03/12/3112011-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-sendai-japan-video/ Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:53:32 +0000 http://airforces.fr/?p=5536 The post 3/11/2011 Earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan – VIDEO: appeared first on AVIATION ENGLISH.

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