need in another place and action needs to be taken Primary Audience Outcome: I want the audience to notice there are others suffering more than themselves. It doesn’t hurt to lend a helping hand. Introduction: Two years on from the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti‚ killing more than 200‚000 people and making millions more homeless‚ work to recover continues. Nearly a million people have now left the camps which sprang up after the disaster‚ a new Haitian Government has been sworn into power
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El Salvador‚ a small country in Central America‚ has had a huge historical housing deficit that started to improve in the late 1990s. However‚ the earthquakes in early 2001 shook not only the country‚ but also the country’s economic and social foundations thus rendering the need for new housing policies. This is the backdrop of the housing shortage in El Salvador today. Due to many factors‚ the country that was once stable in adequate housing now is facing an issue with lack of shelter for millions
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have the most of the nature assortment and wealth. However‚ for every beautiful thing there is in California‚ comes a dangerous price for it. California is most likely to experience earthquakes‚ severe droughts‚ wildfires‚ floods‚ which can be catastrophic and already had been defined in the history. Its earthquakes are severe and
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great earthquakes? Because uniformitarianism shows us that if our earths plates are moving today‚ they were moving in the past. This moving of the plates causing things such as earthquakes. In what ways do geologic processes affect your daily life? Geology is the study of earth‚ which is where we live. Understanding geology and how it works‚ helps us understand how it affects us. We use up earths resources such as oil‚ coal‚ and minerals. Geology helps us understand volcanoes and earthquakes. We are
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water‚ through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. The stronger the winds‚ the stronger the waves. Water waves usually do not go horizontally‚ they only move up and down. Some factors that also cause waves are tsunamis‚ earthquakes‚ and hurricanes. Surprisingly‚ wind speeds‚ the distance over which the winds blow‚ and the time that the winds are in contact with the water all determine the height and speed of the wave. Waves can travel thousands of miles from their source of
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percentage of the seismic deficiencies in the Midwest and East of the United States incorporate the New Madrid Fault situated in the State of Missouri. The New Madrid Fault was in charge of 1811-12 four substantial New Madrid Earthquakes of extent of around 7. New Madrid Earthquakes are intraplate quakes that happen inside of the tectonic plates and stay to date the most capable seismic tremors to hit this some portion of United States in written history. From that point forward‚ incessant little seismic
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selection‚ and construction. Discuss in details 8. What geologic considerations are normally factored in highways and railways route selection‚ and construction. Discuss in details 9. What is Darcy’s law? 10. How is earthquake measured? What are primary and secondary effects of earthquakes on engineering structures? What is peak ground acceleration and how is that this parameter vary from one geologic type to
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and institutions that try to avoid these is reflected in the UAI score. At 92 Japan is one of the most uncertainty avoiding countries on earth. This is often attributed to the fact that Japan is constantly threatened by natural disasters from earthquakes‚ tsunamis (this is a Japanese word used internationally)‚ typhoons to volcano eruptions. Under these circumstances Japanese learned to prepare themselves for any uncertain situation. This goes not only for the emergency plan and precautions for
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Division | | | | | * Question 4 5 out of 5 points | | | The twenty-story Carson Building is constructed of concrete blocks. Each and every concrete block in the structure can withstand an earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale. Therefore‚ the building can withstand an earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Hasty generalization | | | | | * Question 5 5 out of 5 points | | | A line is composed of points. Points have no
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