When disaster strikes people react in a variety of ways. People may do some different things like run‚ scream‚ hide‚ stay put and let it happen until their death but those are just a few ways people react to disastrous situations like a tsunami‚ tornado‚ or a fire. Which is what this essay is all about. In one story Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves‚ it talked about a few different situations. Here is one certain situation about a girl who saved many people from monstrous waves. 10-year-old Tilly
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strong that in turn it caused a giant tsunami along the coast of the country. Rescuers worked very hard to find survivors among the debris and rubble‚ risking their lives to help that of others. The Japanese people are faced with many social problems that came about by this natural disaster. They are facing economical‚ health (physical and psychological)‚ and geographical issues. The survivors of the disaster are very fortunate. So far‚ the earthquake and tsunami have taken the lives of about 12‚000
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ChandlerENG111-20 Research Paper In March 2011‚ a 9.1 magnitude earthquake hit the pacific coast of Japan‚ generating up to 133ft tall tsunami waves‚ which obliterated everything up to 6 mi. inland. According to the NPA (National Police Agency) of Japan‚ 24‚ 656 people were affected by this catastrophe‚ which include the deceased‚ injured‚ and missing. The tsunami also affected three of the six nuclear reactors of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant causing leakage of radioactive material. Many workers
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Rogue Waves For centuries‚ mariners have spread stories about giant sudden waves which appeared out of nowhere without warning which were strong enough to capsize even the mightiest and largest ships. Several vessels—such as the S.S. Waratah‚ the M.S. Munchen‚ and the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald—were all rumored to have been sunk by rogue waves (Walsh par. 3). Further‚ rogue waves have been blamed for ripping the bow off of a Norwegian freighter near the tip of South Africa in 1974‚ almost capsizing
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In 1923‚ many things happened‚ “Time magazine released its first issue‚ the first baseball game was played in Yankee Stadium‚ and insulin was made a treatment for diabetes” ("What Happened in 1923 Including Pop Culture‚ Events and Technology")‚ But for everyone the greatest impactful events in 1923 where not as good as they was in the United States. On August 1 1923 a massive earthquake hit Tokyo‚ Japan. The great Kanto earthquake of 1923 impacted Japan not only in a negative way‚ but also in a positive
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99 Jumpstorts for Kids’ Science Research This page intentionally left blank 99 Jumpstorts for Kids’ Science Research Peggy J. Whitley and Susan Williams Goodwin Libraries U N L I M I T E D A Member of the Greenwood Publishing Group Westport‚ Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whitley‚ Peggy. 99 j u m p s t a r t s for kids’ science research / by Peggy J . Whitley and S u s a n Williams Goodwin‚ p. cm. Includes bibliographical references
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While an earthquake the size of the Kobe quake in 1995; 7.3 on the Richter scale (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)‚ can be expected to cause wide spread damage‚ Japan did validate that building codes can be an effective mitigation tool. While upwards of 100‚000 wood manufactured older homes collapsed during the 20 second earthquake‚ a large majority of the newer construction buildings remained intact (Todi‚ Hataya‚ Abe‚ & Miyakoshi‚ 1995). Certainly‚ building codes implemented in Japan
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Haiti Earthquake The last major earthquake to hit Haiti prior to the 2010 was in 1984. On the 12th of January 2010 the small Caribbean country of Haiti was hit by a catastrophic earthquake of 7.0 magnitude. The earthquake struck on the afternoon of the 12th of January at 4:57pm and hit south-west of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince killing 316‚000 and affecting millions of residents. 1.5 million people were displaced and approximately 250‚000 residences and 30‚000 commercial buildings were
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The strongest earthquake hit Mexico in a century. Thousands of people lost their homes after the earthquake hit Mexico.The earthquake struck on the 32nd anniversary of the earthquake in 1985 that killed around 10‚000 people. The earthquake occurred two weeks after a magnitude of a 8.1 tremor in the south of the country that killed more than 90 people. It also cause building and houses in Mexico City to sway for more than a min while it was happening. Nieto said that “This earthquake has been the
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Twain’s narration emphasizes the response of people when it comes to fear. His writing is immensely personal. Twain talks mostly of the people’s distraught emotions more than the earthquake itself. The people exclaimed‚ “Oh‚ what shall I do! Where shall I go!” The author focuses on the emotional reaction of the people to sudden trauma rather the destructive nature of the earthquake. Twain brings in specific emotional and physical reactions the people encounter when the earthquake strikes and they
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