但通过采取行动使环境更安全，从而减少灾难的发生几率，还是有可能的。
But it is possible to reduce the chances of disaster, by making the environment safer.
“这就是为什么我们不能只把重点放在如何应对灾害，我们必须这样做，但更重要的是在灾难发生前如何减少其破坏影响，”霍尔姆斯说。
"That's one of the reasons we want to focus on not just how we respond to disaster, we need to do that, but how you reduce the impact of those disasters before they happen," Holmes said.
未来需要怎样来减少此类灾难再次发生的可能性呢？
What would it take to reduce the likelihood of such a disaster happening again?
计算机灾难发生后恢复数据是减少损失的一个好方法。
Backing up data is a great way to minimize losses after a computing catastrophe.
在当前的墨西哥湾漏油灾难发生后，很多人都问我们，他们如何能在日常生活中减少他们的石油消耗。
Gulf oil spill, lots of people have been asking us how they can reduce their oil consumption in their daily lives.
再次，灾难发生后，加强对灾难的救治也是减少损失抚平创伤的途径之一。
Once again, if a disaster occurred, strengthen the rescues is also one of the methods to reduce disaster losses and to comfort people.
他写道，在他们的监督之下发生的灾难可能减少了他们的财富，但他们仍过着奢华的生活。
'Their fortunes may have been diminished by the disasters they oversaw,' he writes, 'but they still live in grand style.' Mr.
事故的危害范围受气象、地形等因素的影响很大，合理的项目选址，可减少事故危害，但是发生事故时工厂内的灾难是不可避免的。
Meteorology, terrain and so on influence accident's harm scope. The reasonable location of project may reduce the accident's harm, but the disaster inside of factory is inevitable.
事故的危害范围受气象、地形等因素的影响很大，合理的项目选址，可减少事故危害，但是发生事故时工厂内的灾难是不可避免的。
Meteorology, terrain and so on influence accident's harm scope. The reasonable location of project may reduce the accident's harm, but the disaster inside of factory is inevitable.
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