The Curse of El Niño
The Curse of El Ninõ
Global warming is here to stay
BEYOND THE BOOK
*Emergencies
*Global Warming
*Forest fires
*Ojibwa
Alain Normand wins the Arts Person of the Year award for the writing and publishing of "The Curse of El Niño". See the details in the Press Release.
IT'S OUT!!! AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLISHER AND FROM AMAZON.COM, IN BOOKSTORES SINCE MID-AUGUST 2007. See the Press release
The second book in The Lakedge Disasters series (Sequel to The Return of the Spanish Lady)is titled: The Curse of El Niño.
Once I had created some compelling characters and a small town, I want to keep them alive by bringing them back in another book where they would face new disasters. Read a sample here.
So get your own copy of The Curse of El Ninõ.
Le deuxième livre de la série The Lakedge Disasters (La suite de The Return of the Spanish Lady) est intitulé: The Curse of El Niño.
Ayant créé des personnages captivants et un petit village, je désire les garder vivant en les incluants dans mon prochain livre où ils doivent faire face à d'autres urgences. Lisez un extrait ici. Vérifiez la section nouvelles pour des mises à jour.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT The Curse of El Niño
- The book is just out but I will add comments as people start reading it and providing me with feedback.
You are intrigued by these topics and want to find out more? Here you are.
Emergency management is a rapidly growing field. New positions are being created every day somewhere in the world to prepare for, prevent, respond or recover from emergencies or disasters. Here are some selected site with information on this topic.
Le domaine des mesures d'urgence est en croissance rapide. De nouveaux emplois sont créés quotidiennement afin de se préparer, prévenir, répondre, ou récupérer après des urgences ou des sinistres. Voici quelques sites fiables ou vous trouverez de l'information sur les mesures d'urgence.
Brampton Emergency Measures Office
Ontario Association of Emergency Managers
Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness / Centre canadien des mesures d'urgence
Emergency Management Ontario / Mesures d'urgence Ontario
York University Emergency Management Certificate
Global Warming is now a reality. While it was considered a myth for a long time by many scientist, none can deny now that our planet temprature has increased. The result is what we now call Climate Change.
The extreme weather events we have been experiencing more and more in Canada are related to this climate change. We see more heat waves, more droughts, less snow, more intense thunderstorms, more tornadoes and windstorms, more intense rains causing flooding and landslides.
The bad news is that this is not just a temporary situation. It will only get worse. The book explores some of these incidents, and how the petroleum industry's has a large part of the responsability.
David Suzuki's site
Inergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
National Centre for Policy Analysis, section on global warming
Compendium of information sources on global warming and climate change
Hydrogen Fuel information
The Oil and Gas Industry position
Every year hundreds of hectares of forest in Canada is devastated by forest fires. Although nature benefits somewhat from the regeneration that forest fires bring to the earth, the threath to life and the economic impact is astronomical.
I was fascinated by the work that firefighters specialising in forest fires and wildfires do to keep our forests safe. The links below will give you a glimpse into the skills and abilities of the "Hot Shots" as they are called in the business. You may also discover as I did the dangers these brave people face on a regular basis. I hope I have been able to capture some of this in the book, but probably I cannot do justice to their courage and dedication.
Incident Response Pocket Guide
Wildfire Origin and Cause Determination
Fire Leadership training site
Phonetic Alphabet
Survival information
I wanted to add a bit of information and a few sites on the Ojibwa nation since the book includes references to some of their beliefs and their stories. Through reading this I gained new respect for our canadian native people. In particular their communion with the earth and the wildlife is something that we should try to imitate. Our planet would certainly be in better health if we did.
Ojibwa Resources
Ojibwa Legends
Stories and facts gathered from various sources