Many people face dire situations everyday, but what about deadly? This is what about 43,000 Filipinos faced on October 15, 2013 when a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the islands of Bohol and Cebu. The temblor was the largest to shake the area in 23 years. (BK Info) Also, 2211 aftershocks hit the region and most citizens were completely unprepared, and shocked. The cause of this disaster is likely the East Bohol Fault. The quake killed around 185 people and put at least 36,000 buildings (mainly homes) into a state of destruction. Various locations were now just heaps of wreckage, including ports, schools, airports, hospitals, and lots of houses. People respond to a natural catastrophe by gathering supplies, getting help, and trying to survive and get back upon their feet.…
Michael Jung Section#28 Tina Bachman Weekly Journal - DATE 10/18/14 This video talks about the 1989 World Series Earthquake through MVP and Oakland A’s pitcher Dave Steward. During October 17 1989, an earthquake…
The 1906 Great San Francisco earthquake is one of the worst earthquake’s to happen yet. The magnitude was believed to be about a 7.8 on the Richter scale. What made it so destructive wasn’t just the magnitude of the earthquake but the fact that the fires were uncontrollable. These factors led to the San Francisco quake to be know as a tragedy.…
The New Madrid Earthquake lasted from 1811-1812 in New Madrid, Missouri. Geophysicist Mark Zoback had noted that the earthquakes were possibly caused by fault movement. On December 16, 1811, everyone in the New Madrid region was awaken at 2:15 AM by a big earthquake. The earthquake was felt from New England all the way over to Canada. Loud noises, and strange animal behavior were a part of the New Madrid Earthquake. House animals that had been tamed were acting crazy, while wild animals became tame.…
Earthquakes in Los Angeles, California can be devastating to people, cities, and the landscape. Earthquakes can cause millions if not billions of dollars of damage in only a matter of a few minutes. The more populated the area where the earthquake strikes or the earthquakes epicenter, the more the disaster can occur. Buildings are constructed to an earthquake code, but that does not mean there can be no damage to them. Brick faces can fall, windows can shatter, and structures can become unsafe. Bridges can buckle and with that their support beams and vital components can ultimately fall down to the ground in a pile of twisted steel. Water and sewage pipes can rupture filling buildings with water and poisonous…
Naia, a water nymph employed by Poseidon, was collecting water from the river to send to the mortals. Poseidon and Zeus had been fighting for weeks, and for a rather meaningless reason. The gods of Olympus were sick of drinking just nectar, and wanted something that could wash the taste away from their mouths. That, of course, had to be water. When Poseidon refused to send all of his water to Olympus, Zeus erupted in anger and forced his army onto Poseidon’s seas. Naia was supposed to collect water from the sea, but she fled to the river due to the war going on. She wished she could do something to help, but it was no use, she had tried.…
A Life on Nashville’s Music Row. By Bobby Braddock. Nashville, Tennessee: Country Music Foundation Press and Vanderbilt University Press, 2015. 375 pp (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-8265-2082-1.…
In 1989, it cost $6 billion dollars to fix the damaged caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake in California. Many things happen when there an earthquake, not just the ground shaking and people becoming terrified. It affects earth, people and property. Earthquakes can do a lot of damage and I will tell you about the effects from them.…
On April 18, 1906, the citizens of San Francisco got struck with a tremendous earthquake, and a huge fire, towers fell and much of San Francisco was destroyed, as a result, it led to many people’s deaths and made people homeless.…
On the day of March 27, 1964 at 5:36 p.m the ground shook the lower part of Alaska that led to a destructive chain of events. The ‘1964 Great Alaska Earthquake’ was the largest earthquake ever recorded in U.S. history and ranked second in world’s most powerful recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2. This earthquake lasted for about five minutes as the Pacific plate subducted under the North American plate located under Prince William Sound, Alaska. The shaking was felt estimating to about more than 1.3 million square kilometer, residence of the surrounding areas first believed that the Soviet Union has deployed a nuclear bomb on Anchorage, approximately 74.5 miles away from the epicenter. The aftershock of this large earthquake span about…
This volcano had its largest eruption on May 18, 1980. The ash and dust from the eruption reached as far as the Central United States. A total of 57 people died during the eruption that lasted 9 hours. 85 miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there?…
Texas the Lone Star State, home of cowboy hats and cowboy boots, filled with traditions and Friday Night Lights. As big as Texas is, it is home to many who take living in such a distinct environment for granted. Although, this may seem like an exaggeration or even a stereotype, Texas is my home.…
The state of Alabama is the place I call home, but that was not always the case. Being born in Alabama would automatically make this my home: right? At the age of 16—unlike most of the teenagers around—the state of Alabama was not as appealing to as they made it seem. As travel opportunities became prominent; I made ventures to different lands. Travels far and wide were made, but nowhere seemed to draw me in like Alabama. The state is enticing and sometimes I never wanted to give into its charming ways. Stars Fell on Alabama by Carl Carmer shows how captivating the state can be. The legends and folk tales documented by Carmer gave off a special aurora that can still be felt years later.…
In addition, being born in Texas has also been part in the shaping of my identity. Since I was born and live in Texas, “Country music” is also one of the types of music genres that has involved…
Southern music has been an important part of the folk custom; in many ways. It is identical with American folk music. Its history is well documented,(Malone, 1979, 1985; Carr, 1979; Wolfe, 1977). Southern music has been ignored until recently it is the sociological examination of the relationships. Between this form of popular cultures, important historically, this gave rise to it and expressed by it. (Fine, 1977:381-384; cf. also Albrecht, 1954).1 Country music is a replication of the southern region 's culture, history and social structure at the macro level and of the hopes, fears, beliefs and attitudes of its people at the micro level. (Gritzner, 1978)…