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Acknowledgements

Published by the United Church of Christ and Church World Service
United Church of Christ Wider Church Ministries
700 Prospect Avenue East, Cleveland, OH 44115

The Silent Disaster:  21st Century response to Technology-Caused Disasters is published with funds from the United Church of Christ One Great Hour of Sharing® Special Fund.

Revised:  April, 2008
Previous editions:  August, 2004; September, 2000

Permission is hereby granted to duplicate any of the materials in this guidebook when credit is given.

Written and compiled by:

Florence Coppola, Wider Church Ministries, United Church of Christ
Joann Hale, Emergency Response Specialist, Church World Service Emergency Response Program
Howard Self, National Disaster Ministries Disaster Response Coordinator for Illinois South Conference, United Church of Christ
Johanna Olson, Consultant and Subject Matter Expert
Wilma Subra, Chemist and President of Subra Company
Linda Reed Brown, Editor and Subject Matter Expert
Diane Dicken, Administrative Assistant, Global Sharing Resources, United Church of Christ
Photo Credits below

Photo Credits

George Armstrong/FEMA:  Page 18; Back Cover

Andrea Booher/FEMA:  Pages 4; 6; 20; 22; 24; Upper left; 27; 28; Back Cover

Dave Gatley/FEMA:  Page 25

Win Henderson/FEMA:  Pages 10; 14; Back Cover

Kansas Geological Survey:  Courtesy of John Charlton:  Page 17, upper left

Kansas Geological Survey:  Courtesy of Jim McCauley:  Page 17, upper right

Kansas Geological Survey:  Courtesy of Grace Muilenburg:  Page 17, center left

Robert Kaufman/FEMA:  Page 5

DD LaPointe/Nevada Bureau of Mines:  Page 39

Patsy Lynch/FEMA:  Front Cover lower right; Pages 6; 30; Back Cover

Marvin Nauman/FEMA:  Page 24 lower right; 34

Larry Rana/USDA:  Page 15

Michael Rieger/FEMA:  Pages 9; 33; Back Cover

Liz Roll/FEMA:  Front Cover upper left

John Shea/FEMA:  Pages 26; Back Cover

Leif Skoogfors/FEMA:  Page 21; Back Cover

Wilma Subra:  Page 7

West Virginia Office of Miners Health and Safety:  Page 29

Doug Wilson/USDA:  Page 13

Mark Wolfe/FEMA:  Pages 20 upper right; 31; Back Cover 

Photo Locations

Front Cover, Upper left:  Franklin, Virginia

Page 4 - Apra Harbor, Guam

Page 5 - Empire, Louisiana

Page 6 - New York City

Page 7 - New Orleans, Louisiana

Page 13 - Walla Walla, Washington

Page 17 - Tar Creek, Oklahoma

Page 25 - Casitas Springs, California

Page 26 - Casitas Springs, California

Page 28 - New York City

Page 29 - West Virginia

Page 31 - Florida

Page 34 - Cameron, Louisiana

Page 39 - Nevada