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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [[Latin]] ''ēvacuāt''- participial stem of ''ēvacuā''-''re'' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny Pliny]), < ē out + ''vacuus'' empty. Compare French ''évacuer'' . | + | [[Latin]] ''ēvacuāt''- participial stem of ''ēvacuā''-''re'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny Pliny]), < ē out + ''vacuus'' empty. Compare French ''évacuer'' . |
− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1:a. To empty, clear out the [[contents]] of (a vessel or receptacle). Chiefly in uses more or less [[technical]]: To empty (the stomach, bowels, or other bodily organ); to deplete (the [[body]]) by purging or vomiting (formerly also by bleeding, sudorifics, etc.); to exhaust (of air). | | *1:a. To empty, clear out the [[contents]] of (a vessel or receptacle). Chiefly in uses more or less [[technical]]: To empty (the stomach, bowels, or other bodily organ); to deplete (the [[body]]) by purging or vomiting (formerly also by bleeding, sudorifics, etc.); to exhaust (of air). |
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| :b. To remove ([[inhabitants]] of an area liable to aerial bombing or other hazards) to safer [[surroundings]]. | | :b. To remove ([[inhabitants]] of an area liable to aerial bombing or other hazards) to safer [[surroundings]]. |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | Emergency '''evacuation''' is the [[immediate]] and rapid movement of people away from the threat or [[actual]] occurrence of a hazard. Examples range from the small scale evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or [[fire]] to the large scale evacuation of a district because of a [[flood]], bombardment or approaching [[weather]] system. In situations involving hazardous materials or possible contamination, evacuees may be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decontamination decontaminated] prior to being [[transported]] out of the contaminated area.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation] | + | Emergency '''evacuation''' is the [[immediate]] and rapid movement of people away from the threat or [[actual]] occurrence of a hazard. Examples range from the small scale evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or [[fire]] to the large scale evacuation of a district because of a [[flood]], bombardment or approaching [[weather]] system. In situations involving hazardous materials or possible contamination, evacuees may be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decontamination decontaminated] prior to being [[transported]] out of the contaminated area.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation] |
| ==Quote== | | ==Quote== |
| If some [[physical]] [[catastrophe]] should [[doom]] the [[planetary]] residence of an evolving race, the [[Melchizedeks]] and the [[Life Carriers]] would install the [[technique]] of dematerialization for all survivors, and by [[seraphic transport]] these [[beings]] would be carried away to the new world [[prepared]] for their continuing [[existence]]. The [[evolution]] of a human race, once initiated on a world of [[space]], must [[proceed]] quite independently of the [[physical]] survival of that planet.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=51:2_Transit_of_the_Planetary_Adams] | | If some [[physical]] [[catastrophe]] should [[doom]] the [[planetary]] residence of an evolving race, the [[Melchizedeks]] and the [[Life Carriers]] would install the [[technique]] of dematerialization for all survivors, and by [[seraphic transport]] these [[beings]] would be carried away to the new world [[prepared]] for their continuing [[existence]]. The [[evolution]] of a human race, once initiated on a world of [[space]], must [[proceed]] quite independently of the [[physical]] survival of that planet.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=51:2_Transit_of_the_Planetary_Adams] |