An earth quake can be described as a shaking of the Earth’s crust. It is mainly a movement of the whole crust that originates in the center of the earth. Earthquakes happen when the underlying rock suddenly shakes or breaks off. The moving of the underlying rock causes the surface rocks to slide and‚ as a result‚ leads to the earthquakes. Earthquakes can be extremely disastrous and cause a lot of damage in the place where they happen. The earthquake can happen once or happen as a series. This depends
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Decision Making and Problem Solving Independent Study November 2005 FEMA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Course Overview......................................................................................................................... 1 Unit 1: Course Introduction Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1.1 Decisions in Emergency Management .................................................
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Earthquake‚ shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by rapid movement of the Earth’s rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the Earth‚ usually in the form of strain in rocks‚ suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the Earth by earthquake waves. The destruction an earthquake causes depends on its magnitude and duration‚ or the amount of shaking that occurs. A structure’s design and the materials used in its construction also affect the amount of damage
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the Friday quake than they had done in the past‚ with virtually all channels breaking into their regular programming‚ and NHK even giving information in multiple languages for the first time. The response is an indication of how deeply the 2011 disaster affected the densely-populated island nation’s psyche. The magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that slammed into northeastern Japan on March 11‚ 2011‚ killed or left missing some 19‚000 people‚ devastating much of the coast. All but two
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1.0 : INTRODUCTION Introducing Mobile Technology A handbook for all schools in Northern Ireland 1 Schools across Northern Ireland have been contacting the Creative Learning Centres seeking advice‚ training and solutions on how best to deploy and integrate mobile devices in their classrooms. This handbook is designed to provide guidance to school leaders hoping to introduce mobile devices in primary or post-primary schools and to support them in making informed‚ well balanced
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Natural disasters are often not natural disasters‚ but are in fact human disasters. Discuss this statement in relation to seismic events. The word ‘natural’ indicates that humans have not caused the disaster. However‚ human activity can certainly interfere with nature‚ which in turn may either cause a natural disaster or make its effects much worse. Earthquakes can affect people in many different ways in countries all over the world. They are a product of intense seismic activity where plates are
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Introduction Body Paragraphs Conclusion ----------------------- The main purpose of the introduction is to give the reader a clear idea of the essay’s focal point. It must get the reader’s attention as it is the part when he decides if the essay is worth reading till the end or not. The introduction should be written according to the following scheme: 1. General information such as key definitions 2. Information on the topic leading to the thesis statement
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Assignment 1 Types of Software:- Software includes all the various forms and roles that digitally stored data may have and play in a computer (or similar system)‚ regardless of whether the data is used as code for a CPU‚ or other interpreter‚ or whether it represents other kinds of information. Practical computer systems divide software systems into three major classes: system software‚ programming software and application software‚ although the distinction is arbitrary‚ and often blurred.
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Natural disasters are a devastating‚ but undeniably inevitable part of life and society. Because of this fact‚ many of us tend to believe that they happen as an act of nature‚ purely out of the human control. We need to start realizing that this is far from the truth and it this attitude that is stopping us from learning from our mistakes. The contemporary world inaccurately labels various disasters as ‘natural’ when in fact‚ when looked at more closely; there is an enormous correlation between ‘nature’
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Natural disasters and human emergencies are recurring phenomenon’s that leave disastrous effects in their wake. On 12th January 2010‚ a major earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Haiti. The catastrophic quake centred about 15 miles South West of Port-au-Prince left considerable damage to a majority of towns in the country including the capital city. According to UN reports‚ of the total 9 million people in the country‚ the earthquake has affected half of the population. About 222
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