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Disaster Advice Glossary
Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.

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Attenuation: The sound reduction process in which sound energy is absorbed or diminished in intensity as the result of energy conversation from sound to motion or heat.
Natural Attenuation: The natural attenuation (reduction) in concentration(s) of chemicals and/or biological agents in an environment. Agents which are allowed to degrade and decompose naturally as the physical, chemical and biological decay and decomposition processes proceed. Typically the term natural attenuation applies to soil remediation and occasionally it may apply to a building environment.

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