Obama on Ebola: Without Help, Families Are “Waiting to Die” (Video) | Ebola Outbreak

September 16, 2014, 3:55 pm ET by Tim Molloy

Saying that whole families are “waiting to die,” President Obama unveiled a U.S. response Tuesday to the Ebola epidemic that has claimed more than 2,400 African lives — a death toll projected to rise exponentially in the coming weeks.

Last week, in Ebola Outbreak, FRONTLINE reported on the intense difficulty of fighting the epidemic, which quickly infects entire families and communities through contact with bodily fluids.

Watch FRONTLINE’s Report From the Epicenter of the Ebola Epidemic

Obama said the chances of a U.S. outbreak were extremely low, citing new measures to identify infected travelers and to train doctors and nurses. But the situation is much worse in the hard-hit West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

“People are literally dying in the streets,” Obama said at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “If the outbreak is not stopped now, we could be looking at hundreds of thousands of people affected, with profound economic, political and security implications for all of us.”

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Obama Meets with CDC, Discusses Ebola Outbreak

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Published on Sep 16, 2014

President Obama embarked on a two-day U.S. road trip to assess and amplify his government’s response to two unconnected overseas emergencies — the Ebola outbreak in Africa and Islamic terror threat in Iraq and Syria.

Today, Obama announced significant new U.S. efforts to combat the Ebola epidemic, which has moved quickly across the western part of Africa, sending governments scrambling to respond. The plan announced at the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes new military assistance to the region and an increase in trained medical professionals sent to help.

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GHG and Carbon Accounting, Auditing, Management & Training | Greenhouse Gas Management Institute – Online Training

Webinar Series: Understanding Land Use in the UNFCCC:

Join us for a four-part webinar series featuring the authors of the guide, “Understanding Land Use in the UNFCCC.” The guide’s objective is to provide clear and concise explanations on how land use is reported and accounted for under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol in order to help negotiators, inventory compilers, project developers, reviewers and policy makers working in the field.

The first webinar will provide a high-level overview of the guide, and the remaining sessions will dig deeper into the different topics.

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Cascadian Megaquake

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I wanted to upload this series because I’ve had some really nasty “premonitions” about the Cascadia subduction zone. Specifically during the months of June-July 2009.

We need to remember and learn about our local regions. If you live in an earthquake zone, a tsunami region, a flood plain, etc. These are important lessons from nature that many of us have forgotten.

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Mystery Of The Megavolcano – 5 Parts

Uploaded on Jun 4, 2010

A Remote Lake In Southeast Asia Conceals Evidence Of The Greatest Volcano Cataclysm Of The Last 100,000 Years. Brought To You By Nova.

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August 2014 Warmest on Record; Study Shows Minimal Cost for Cutting Emissions

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