Loma Prieta Earthquake Story Teller By: Kavita Butani There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes‚ we cannot prevent droughts‚ and we cannot prevent conflict. Earthquakes and the damages they bring have affected the lives of many people around the world forever. As our community grows so does the danger caused by these quakes also increases by mass. Earthquakes can affect our lives in many ways; this type of natural disaster can upset everything from
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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. The first thing earthquakes effects is earth. When two continental plates meet‚ earthquakes are happening‚ volcano eruptions and mountain formation caused by continental
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Report The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was one of the biggest earthquakes California has ever had and people are still talking about it today. I have heard a lot about the earthquake and I know that it occurred on October 17‚ 1989 at 5:04pm and that it lasted 15 seconds. The earthquake was 6.9 on the Richter scale and was caused by a slip along the San Andreas Fault. People felt the earthquake for miles‚ from north of San Francisco to far below Santa Cruz. The earthquake killed 63 people‚ injured
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government is providing billions in aid to help the citizens of the affected areas to recover and to rebuild. One estimate goes up to $50 billion dollars. This amount dwarfs the meager three billion dollars that California received after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. However‚ California is not complaining about the difference in treatments. On the contrary‚ Californians are opening up their homes to some Katrina victims and provide long-term shelter for them. The circumstances and needs
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online services also offer a patron the ability to obtain a library card‚ read about exhibitions and programs‚ and reserve computers for usage. However‚ this is the new main library. It was stationed in its current location in 1986. Due to the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989‚ the old main library was destroyed and a task force was set up to complete the design of Civic Center. At a cost of US$109.5 million‚ construction on the current Main Library began on1993 and completed in 1995 and opened a year
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Alexs Sun & Kaleb Humpal Mr. Lundgren Bible 10 May 5‚ 2014 Loma Linda University Historical Background At the beginning of the 20th century‚ England still was the most powerful nation in the th world. During February 8 ‚ 1904‚ the RussoJapanese War was started‚ after the Meiji restoration‚ Japan became a powerful country. So Japan won in that war. After that‚ the World War I was stared‚ 22 countries participate in during July 28‚ 1914 to November 11‚ 1918 which killed 38‚880‚500 people
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The “Sense of Place” of Casa Loma In 1879 a 20-year-old man named Sir Henry Mill Pellatt became locally known for beating the amateur world record for running of the mile. This fueled the ambition and aspiration for success that he seemed to have been born with. Little did he know that in just over 20 years he would own the largest private home in North America. By the time he was thirty Sir Henry owned 21 companies. His newfound money and love of
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Okinawa (Japan); Sardinia (Italy); Nicoya (Costa Rica); Icaria (Greece); and among the Seventh Day Adventists in Loma Linda‚ California‚ and talks about how and what they do‚ based on data and first hand observations‚ as to why these populations live healthier and longer lives. Examples of communities with centenarians that we read about include the Barbagia region of Sardinia‚ Okinawa‚ and Loma Linda‚ California. A long healthy life isn’t something that just happens or is definitely not some accident
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In Herbert Lomas poem “The Fly’s Poem about Emily” he tells the story of a fly‚ related to another poem from Emily Dickinson‚ that is from a nightmare and is ready to devour some delicious meat. The fly is happy in this story because the female poet dies instead and the fly gets to eat. The literary element that forms this poem is denotation‚ literal meaning of a word and the critical strategy formalism‚ the elements in the work itself. This poem is about how a fly was sent from the devil or Beelzebub
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Cultural Versus Opportunities: An Analysis of Frida Kahlo And Carmen Lomas Garza Words 1‚715 Both of these paintings show the love and desire to hold on to ones heritage and family traditions which is extremely important in Hispanic families. Both with vivid colors and images. In Kahlo’s “Self Portrait on the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States”‚ even though she is a Mexican woman living in a non-Mexican country‚ she is able to accept both sides and hold on to her own Mexican heritage
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