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  2. Implosion (mechanical process) - Wikipedia

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    With implosion (bottom), the object collapses upon itself (generally being crushed by an outside force). Implosion is the collapse of an object into itself from a pressure differential or gravitational force. The opposite of explosion (which expands the volume), implosion reduces the volume occupied and concentrates matter and energy. Implosion ...

  3. Building implosion - Wikipedia

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    AfE-Turm building demolition slow motion video Implosion of the Athlone Power Station cooling towers Blasting of a highway bridge in Aachen, Germany. In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate ...

  4. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

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    The President can direct any federal agency to use its resources to aid the state or local government in emergency assistance efforts. The President also has the responsibility to coordinate all disaster relief assistance and assist with the distribution of food, medicine and other vital supplies to the affected public.

  5. What happens if the government shuts down: An ... - AOL

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    Here’s a guide to what you can expect if the government shuts down.

  6. What is a 'catastrophic implosion'? How pressure but no pain ...

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    A U.S. Navy analysis of acoustic data “detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion” near the Titan around the time it lost communications Sunday, a senior Navy official said.

  7. National Emergencies Act - Wikipedia

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    The first President to issue an emergency proclamation [5] [6] was Woodrow Wilson, who on February 5, 1917, issued the following: . I have found that there exists a national emergency arising from the insufficiency of maritime tonnage to carry the products of the farms, forests, mines and manufacturing industries of the United States, to their consumers abroad and within the United States ....

  8. Is the US government going to shut down? What happens ... - AOL

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    Here's how the US got to the brink of yet another funding lapse and what it means for Americans - and Trump.

  9. Federal Emergency Management Agency - Wikipedia

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    Federal disaster relief and recovery was brought under the umbrella of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in 1973 by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, [11] and the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration was created as an organizational unit within the department. This agency would oversee disasters until ...