air by a flock of birds, signaling a site outage. Iconic = exemplary. I chose this word because iconic people recognize them and some people are looked up to when their iconic, so the best fitting word was exemplary. 3. Following the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, Twitter reaffirmed its role as a powerful tool for the dissemination of information. Dissemination = Disperse. I chose this word, because it means to spread throughout and dispersing is just as powerful as
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brought by typhoons, are inscribed in the Philippine fact book. One of the reasons why reports on disasters are on the rise is due to the country’s geographical location in the Pacific seismic belt that makes it prone to severe tropical storms and earthquakes. Other contributing factors are the vulnerability of citizens including lack of technical materials and extensive trainings of the agencies, which should institute proper mitigation and response to catastrophes. The demands for government leadership
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8. Summary and conclusion Disasters can be natural such as landslides, earthquakes, floods, road and rail accidents and outbreak of disease. They can be manmade also like chemical, biological and nuclear attacks. In both situations significant social, environmental and economical impactwould occur. Casualties following disasters, and major accidents could escalate very rapidly if necessary preventive methods are not followed. Since such events are sudden and rapid, it is very difficult or may not
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A seismic tremor (otherwise called a shudder, tremor or quake) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, coming about because of the sudden arrival of vitality in the Earth's lithosphere that makes seismic waves. Quakes can extend in size from those that are weak to the point that they can't be felt to those sufficiently vicious to hurl individuals around and decimate entire urban areas. The seismicity or seismic action of a territory alludes to the recurrence, sort and size of quakes experienced
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Slope forming materials include rocks, soils, artificial fills (disposal), or a combination of all these materials. Landslides can be sub-aerial and subaqueous, and different phenomena cause landslides, including intense or prolonged rainfall, earthquakes, rapid snow melting, volcanic activity, and multiple human actions. Landslides can involve flowing, sliding, toppling, or falling, and many landslides exhibit a combination of two or more types of movements, at the same time or during the lifetime
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On September 19, 2017 around 1pm an Earthquake of 7.2 hit Mexico city. Many buildings were destroyed and many people were reported lost. Over 200 people lost their lives and over 300 are reported lost. Children, mothers, fathers, grandparents, dogs are trapped in these big buildings and some have been trapped for over 16 hours. The rescue team are doing everything they can to help but they can only do so much. People who lost their close ones must be feeling guilty. They might think that they could
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An earthquake is defined as a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action by the dictionary. Earthquakes happen frequently, but most people only hear about the ones that cause much damage and fatalities in the news. Some earthquakes have a high magnitude with less damage than other earthquakes that have a lower magnitude with more damage and fatalities. There are several explanations to this.
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A political writer, Jack London, documents the 1906 fires in San Francisco in “The Story of An Eyewitness,” in which he describes how the catastrophic event destroyed San Francisco is similar to a foreign invasion and brought its citizens together. London argues that in a desperate situation like war, regardless of wealth, social status, or race; citizens will unite to defeat a common threat. London uses a depressing tone to describe the horrifying destruction of an “imperial” city like San Francisco
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On the day of February 28, 2001 there was a 6.8 earthquake that happened in Washington State. At 10:55am people just went to a table, near a wall, and under a structure to get protection. This earthquake lasted for about 10 seconds, but people felt that it was a very long time. That’s because it was shaking badly with the windows moving, loud noises with cars crashing, lights falling, and etc. Houses were tilting and it felt like you were going to die. There were seven aftershocks in Washington
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Plate Tectonics is the idea that the continents and ocean are moving around the Earth on giant plates. There are many different landmasses and natural disasters that can occur at different kinds of plate boundaries. Although, events like these can occur anywhere in the world, even in places far from plate boundaries. These places are called hotspots. Hotspots are large plumes of magma underneath the crust that stay in one constant position. One very distinct hot spot is directly below The Canary
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