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However , we are often faced with a paradox : Women and their children are widely shown in the media when portraying the horrible effects of disasters and calling for donations . This type of disaster management system is not currently integrated in Shanghai , thus each type of disaster is managed by a separate command centre which does not share information with other centres . Yet in 1994 , the international community showed little inclination to heed these early signs of disaster . As we noted in our report , SBA planned the maximum user capacity for DCMS based on the volume of applications it received from victims of the Northridge earthquake - - the single largest disaster SBA had previously faced - - and did not anticipate the likelihood of a single disaster or series of disasters of the magnitude of the Gulf Coast hurricanes . Such federal recognition of the need for animal care provided the framework for veterinary health professionals to be organized into Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams ( VMAT ) which could respond to the needs of animals during a disaster in the same way that Disaster Medical Assistance Teams ( DMAT ) provide medical aid to human casualties of disasters . Kenderian edited the Comparative Literature Journal of Fordham University and is now translating Armenian poetry and a novel for inclusion in a series titled “ Writers of Disaster , ” which is being published by Columbia University Professor Marc Nichanian . An additional relevant question relates to who helps people out and how in times of disaster . Lin was spooked by it , because the other side of her aesthetic is an apprehension of disaster . And yet we know that a dollar invested now in prevention saves the international community $ 4 spent on dealing with the results of conflict , and every dollar spent on natural disaster risk reduction saves $ 3 in terms of the reduced impact of disasters .