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Hurricanes : "South Carolina is one
of the most vulnerable states in the nation to be
impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms. Of the
state's 46 counties, 6 have coastlines, which border
the Atlantic ..." -- Hurricanes
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Tornados : "South Carolina has averaged
11 tornadoes each year since 1950, resulting in 47 fatalities
and 1057 injuries. South Carolina ranks twenty-sixth
in the United States in the number of tornado strikes,
and eighteenth.." -- Tornado
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Coastal and Riverine Flooding -- "In
South Carolina, several variations of flood hazards
occur due to the different effects of severe thunderstorms,
hurricanes, seasonal rains and other weather-related
conditions..." -- Flooding
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Earthquakes : "Earthquakes are common
in South Carolina. Approximately 10 to 15 earthquakes
are recorded annually in South Carolina with 3 to 5
of them felt or noticed by people. About 70 percent
of South Carolina earthquakes are located in the Middleton
Place-Summerville Seismic Zone..." -- Prepare
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Fires : "In South Carolina, structural
fires are divided into several categories: public assembly
property, educational property, institutional, store/office,
basic industry, utility defense, manufacturing, storage,
special, residential, and unclassified. Each year South
Carolina averages approximately 9500 fires in all categories."
-- fire
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Hazardous Materials -- "The state's
industrial capacity and the network of interstate highways
and railways result in vulnerabilities to hazardous
material releases from both stationary sites and transportation
sources. In 1999, 1453 facilities reported storing substances
exceeding the Threshold Planning Quantity.." --
Prepare
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Dam Failure -- "South Carolina has
over 50,000 dams throughout the state, including 34
federally regulated dams and over 2250 state regulated
dams. At any time, one or more of these dams may be
threatened by upstream flash floods, earthquakes, neglect
or any combination of the above, which can cause personal
injury.." -- Prepare
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Severe Winter Weather -- "Snow and ice
storms, coupled with cold temperatures, periodically
threaten the state. Winter storms can damage property,
create safety risks, destroy crops and valuable timber,
damage infrastructure components such as power lines,
and have enormous economic impacts..." -- Safety
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Droughts -- "South Carolina is not immune
to drought periods, the most recent having occurred
in 1983, 1986, 1993, and from 1998 through present year.
The drought of 1983 was the most severe in more than
100 years. As a result of this drought, 39 counties
sought emergency relief and agricultural.." --
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Nuclear Power Plants -- "The state
has five nuclear power facilities and two closely located
in neighboring states. All South Carolina counties,
except for five coastal counties (Beaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston, Dorchester, and Georgetown) fall within
the 10 or 50 mile emergency planning zones of at least
one nuclear power.." -- Prepare |
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Terrorism -- "While there have not
been any successful acts of terrorism committed in South
Carolina in recent years, the state has many critical
and high-profile facilities, high concentrations of
population and other potentially-attractive venues for
terrorist activity that are inherently vulnerable to
a variety of terrorist methods". -- more
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Transportation -- "South Carolina has
a large transportation network consisting of major highways,
airports, marine ports and passenger railroads. In many
locations throughout the state, the potential exists
that a major transportation accident causing numerous
injuries and/or fatalities may occur" -- tell
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Civil Disorder -- "Civil disorder
may occur at anytime in South Carolina. However, civil
disorder is often preceded by periods of increased
tension caused by questionable social and/or political
events such as controversial jury trials ..."
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me more
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