Asia Tsunami Introduction 26th of December 2004 saw one of the deadliest natural disasters in history; a tsunami killing more than 270‚000 people in fourteen countries across two continents (The Bolton Council of Mosques 2007-2012). This essay will aim to address the following issues: the nature of the disaster‚ geographic and human factors that contributed to the disaster‚ the preparation involved‚ the recovery process and the limitations of the data. Nature of the South Asia tsunami
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What are tsunamis‚ and how can we decrease deaths among the human population? Tsunamis are created when underwater tectonic plates rub up against each other creating potential energy and then when they shift‚ the potential energy turns into kinetic energy which create a very fast wave. Geoscience helps us to better understand them through many ways. Once a tsunami starts‚ they won’t stop because of all the energy but there are ways to warn people about them through the uses of geoscience. First
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wounds or makes one’s life a little better‚ a little more enjoyable or productive. It’s easy to talk about these things‚ much harder to do them. I think the only one who can help you is you‚ just the same as the only one who can help me is me. I’m writing about the actual work of change‚ what is sometimes called transformation. We might get ideas from others and that can be good. Especially if we know that person has lived the change they’re preaching. We might even agree to work with some mentor as
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TSUNAMI Tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water‚ typically an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices)‚ landslides‚ glacier calving’s meteorite impacts and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami are devastating. They are one of the world’s worst natural disasters that
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when plates collide or move away from one another thus they are usually found at the edge of tectonic plates .Volcanoes can also occur in the interior of plates‚ these volcanoes are commonly known hotspots. MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES 2. Tsunamis can be formed by : Underwater earthquakes Underwater earthquakes are the most common cause of tsunami’s .If an underwater earthquake is large enough‚ significant movements will be made by the ocean floor‚ pushing up the ocean water upward causing
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How tsunamis occur. As one plate subducts below another (moves underneath)‚ pressure builds for many years resulting in a section of the mega-thrust giving away. As this section gives away‚ it ruptures the ocean floor‚ resulting in a massive displacement of water‚ causing a tsunami. Tsunamis are barely felt as a ripple on the ocean’s surface‚ but as the waves reach land‚ they increase in size as the water becomes shallower. Japan earthquake and tsunami At 2:46pm Japanese time‚ on March 11th
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THE AFTERMATH OF THE TSUNAMI AND CONSEQUENTIAL POVERTY SUBJECT: LAW AND POVERTY SUBMITTED BY: NISHANT K PRASAD 2010-50 SUBMITTED TO: PROFESSOR AMITADHANDA DEAN(ACADEMICS) NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW‚ HYDERABAD A large number of people to the extent of 220‚000 people were killed in the tsunami which hit South Asia in 2004. There were disastrous consequences of this natural calamity. Loss of millions
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Early the next morning‚ I woke up with a rough hand shaking me. I opened up my eyes to see Phokas shaking my shoulder. “Come on Domitius‚ it is time to get up!” I groaned as I did so. Phokas was a family slave‚ and had been personally assigned to me‚ and was responsible for bringing me to and from school each day. On days when we have club meetings however‚ I send Phokas home while I go to the Roman Boys’ fort. We can’t have any non-members around during our meetings! Anyway‚ Phokas is rather
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English Writing Dear Diary I am standing alone in a lake. The water is still‚ and there is no one with me - nothing containing any life… and yet I still feel like something is observing me. I can’t hear anything or see through the thick blanket of fog that carries an air of melancholy across the marsh. I am standing alone in a lake. Until I open my eyes. Tranquillity leaves me and I am transported to a place where there is no adequation; where hierarchy takes over and all beings abide by it
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Creative Writing The short story by Etgar Keret is about the metaphorical aspect of creative writing using two characters; Aviad and Maya‚ husband and wife who have recently gone through the tragedy of a miscarriage. The story begins with Maya‚ who has been encouraged to attend creative writting workshops in hopes of getting out more and moving on rather than sitting at home dwelling on the lost child. Aviad at first seems quite pleased that Maya has been doing well in her workshops‚ however
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