The December 26‚ 2004 Sumatran Tsunami [pic] On the morning of December 26‚ 2004 a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault where the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides under Sumatra‚ part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor‚ pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave devastated nearby areas where the wave may have been as high as
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The Himalayan Tsunami that took place on 16 June 2013‚ created a vast damage. This damage of Uttarakhand can’t be blamed on Nature’s fury alone. Cloudbursts‚ landslides and flash floods are an annual affair in Uttarakhand. The rain of 2010 destructed many properties and lives‚ but the rate of destruction is even larger.With many highways damaged‚ bridges washed away‚ electricity and phone networks down‚ several ravaged places continue to be marooned. Uttarkhand is considered to have many holy places
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6 05 Tsunami Nicolai Kortendick 1. The web site presents extensive information regarding tsunamis. Survey the site. A. Select the five facts about tsunamis that were the most interesting or surprising to you. Make a list of your facts. 1. A tsunami is made up of a series of traveling ocean waves of extremely long wavelength. 2. They are triggered by earthquakes and undersea volcanic eruptions and deep sea landslides. 3. The wave shape changes and the height increases as
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Tsunami Case Studies Activities Attorney-General’s Department 2010 Contents Chile tsunami 27 February 2010 ............................................. 2 Samoa tsunami 29 September 2009 ....................................... 4 Solomon Islands tsunami 2 April 2007 ................................. 10 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ December 26‚ 2004.......................... 13 Papua New Guinea tsunami 17 July 1998 ............................. 20 Chile tsunami 27 February 2010 On the 27 February
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Known as one of the worst disasters in the world’s history‚ the Boxing day tsunami took place on December 26‚ 2004. The tsunami destroyed over 12 different countries and islands‚ including Sumatra‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ and many more located by the Indian ocean. It had continued trekking countries in the Indian Ocean for over two days and left a devastating mess(Malcolm Moore and Meabh Ritchie). The only good that might have come from this terrible day in history was more knowledge about
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Software Requirements Specification Version 1.1 August 29‚ 2003 Web Accessible Alumni Database Michael J. Reaves Submitted in partial fulfillment Of the requirements of Masters Studio Project Table of Contents Table of Contents ii Table of Figures iii 1.0. Purpose 1 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Scope 1 1.3. Glossary 1 1.4. References 2 1.5. Document overview 2 2.0. Overall description 4 2.1. System environment 4 2.2. Functional requirements definitions
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Disaster: British Petroleum Oil Spill Date: April 20‚ 2010 Location: Gulf of Mexico Personal Experiences: A little over a year after the BP oilrig sprung a leak‚ my family and I went to Panama City in Florida. As far as we could see‚ we couldn’t notice any differences in the Gulf of Mexico. The water was still crystal clear even though thousands of barrels of oil leaked into the ocean each day for months. I was completely aware of how the spill dramatically affected the lives‚ jobs‚ and
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Macbeth is made to believe that it is his destiny to become king. Despite his original disbelief‚ circumstances prove to persuade him to believe in the prophecies told by the three witches. In addition‚ Lady Macbeth acts as an effective instrument of evil in coaxing him to ’fulfill his destiny’. Once Lady Macbeth and the three witches convince him to kill the king‚ he is forced into a dark world of paranoia‚ deceit‚ guilt‚ fame‚ fortune and power of which he cannot possibly be expected to escape
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How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really‚ really want? What if this was something you literally couldn’t live without? How many of you have actually thought about organ donation? Well according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation network‚ as of 5:30 pm on Wednesday there are 110‚912 patients currently on the waiting list‚ and among these are men‚ women and children of all races and ethnic backgrounds‚ and to that number one more person is being added every eleven minutes
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of red blood cells‚ platelets‚ and plasma are critical to a patient’s return to good health‚ B. And vital in helping to save someone’s life in an emergency situation. VI. Some individuals requiring blood are surgical patients; burn victims; accident victims; anemics’; hemophiliacs; seriously ill babies; and persons suffering from leukemia‚ cancer‚ kidney disease and liver disease. Body: I. It is estimated that in the United States‚ every three seconds a patient needs blood II. That’s
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