Content about Disaster

June 23, 2010
Clarendon emergency officials deem disaster drill a success

An evacuation bus carrying families back to their homes on the coast collided with a large truck in Manning on Thursday, June 17.

An evacuation bus carrying families back to their homes on the coast collided with a large truck in Manning on Thursday, June 17.

There were 20 people on board.

Luckily this was just a drill.

The exercise was a collaborative effort by members of the Clarendon County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Clarendon County EMS and Clarendon Health System. County and city fire departments and law enforcement were also involved in the statewide disaster exercise.

June 16, 2010
What really matters, Kosmo & home again

A reporter for The New York Timescame in our office late Friday afternoon. Late Friday is a very busy time at the Clarendon Citizenas we’re working intensely to complete ads to get proofs to our customers.

A reporter for The New York Timescame in our office late Friday afternoon. Late Friday is a very busy time at the Clarendon Citizenas we’re working intensely to complete ads to get proofs to our customers.

April 21, 2010
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is more than just a little quirk

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a type of anxiety disorder, is a potentially disabling illness that traps people in endless cycles of repetitive thoughts and behaviors.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a type of anxiety disorder, is a potentially disabling illness that traps people in endless cycles of repetitive thoughts and behaviors.

People with OCD are plagued by recurring and distressing thoughts, fears, or images (obsessions) that they cannot control.

The anxiety (nervousness) produced by these thoughts leads to an urgent need to perform certain rituals or routines (compulsions). The compulsive rituals are performed in an attempt to prevent the obsessive thoughts or make them go away.

March 17, 2010
Your mental health: understanding dissociation disorders

Dissociation is a mental process that causes a lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memory and sense of identity. Most of us have experienced mild dissociation either when driving down a familiar stretch of road and realize that you do not remember that last several miles, getting “lost” in a good book or daydreaming.

Dissociation is a mental process that causes a lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memory and sense of identity. Most of us have experienced mild dissociation either when driving down a familiar stretch of road and realize that you do not remember that last several miles, getting “lost” in a good book or daydreaming.