Solar panels, geothermal energy and rainwater collection will ensure that the massive manse can function through any natural calamity.

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Mankind can prepare for but not prevent the kind of natural calamity that struck Japan in March and Christchurch earlier this year.

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What rights do employees have when a natural disaster or other calamity gets in the way of doing their jobs?

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That calamity would require no more liquid natural gas supply, loss of all imports via Belgium and Netherlands, and a loss of half of current UK production.

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Now, I'm praying that I can hang on once again, not from a natural disaster this time, but from a corporate calamity inflicted on this special region I call home.

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