Fauzi says many people panicked unnecessarily last week and public education campaigns are needed to teach people how to respond to earthquakes.

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Many will respond to this by saying that the U.S. remains the cleanest dirty shirt, and that a financial panic is likely to be global in which case investors will flock to our debt as a relatively safe haven.

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Lakes with long retention times are slow to respond to many inputs, being able to absorb floodwaters and pollutants, for example, without exhibiting immediate changes.

UNESCO: Summary

Caught in the middle, many CIOs struggle to respond.

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