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    Primary Effects occur as a result of the process itself.  For example water damage during a flood or collapse of buildings during an earthquake‚ landslide‚ or hurricane. Secondary Effects occur only because a primary effect has caused them.  For example‚ fires ignited as a result of earthquakes‚ disruption of electrical power and water service as a result of an earthquake‚ flood‚ or hurricane‚ or flooding caused by a landslide into a lake or river. Tertiary Effects are long-term effects that are set

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    that injects millions of gallons of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals under hi pressure into a well‚ cracking the rock to release natural gases and oil. It is beginning to become scientifically linked to creating earthquakes by aggravating the faults. But before we talk about how it is causing earthquakes‚ we must first go into detail on the complete process of fracking. Fracking site drills 6000ft through aquifer toward shell – then drill horizontally which can reach up to 4000ft. Then a specific tool

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    years. In some of his poems he uses two devices to point out comparisons which are metaphors and similes. In Harlem he uses personal experiences to compare something else such a using the word “or” after the first comparison. He uses five similes in Harlem: “like a raisin in the sun‚ like as sore‚ does it stink like rotten meat‚ like a syrupy sweet‚ like a heavy load”. Then he uses a metaphor: “or does it explode”. All of these comparisons make me image the things he is comparing. You can visualize

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    TSUNAMI HITS JAPAN NATURAL DISASTER KILLS THOUSANDS Japan suffered a devastating earthquake 230 miles northeast of Tokyo on March 11‚ 2011 which caused a seven meter tsunami that surged through cities and villages in the countries north destroying everything in its path. According to the United States Geological Survey the Earthquake hit with a magnitude of 8.9 to 9.0‚ this is the largest recorded earthquake in Japans History and it moved the island by up to eight feet. It was a tragedy of extraordinary

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    Sonnet 18

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    the subject‚ which we will assume is a woman‚ to a summer’s day. Because Shakespeare asks if he should make this comparison implies that it is arbitrary. Shakespeare is asserting that Sonnet 18 could quite as easily be about the woman’s comparison to anything beautiful because she is more dazzling‚ or "more lovely"‚ as Shakespeare asserts in the second line when he begins his comparison‚ than any other beauteous object or concept in the natural world. Thus‚ Shakespeare’s decision to compare her to

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    include floods‚ severe weather‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural calamity can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. A natural calamity are the side effects or the after effects of natural issues or hazards like flood‚ volcanic erosion‚ land slide or earthquake which will lead to the human‚ monetary and environmental

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    Causes of Tsunami

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    other hand‚ Tsunamis can be caused by a few different factors‚ which are an earthquake‚ a large-scale undersea landslide‚ a submarine volcanic eruption (Cause of Tsunami‚ n.d.). Firstly‚ the vast majority of tsunamis results from the earthquake. The earth ’s surface is covered by the continents and sea floor which are parts of the world-wide system of plates that are in the very slow motion. An earthquake occurs where the edges of plates run into one another‚ which are called faults

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    Earthquake case study Christ Church Location: Christ church‚ New Zealand When: 22nd February‚ 2011 Boundary type; On an already formed fault line on the pacific plate. What happened: It is considered an aftershock of a previous 7.1 magnitude earthquake‚ which happened in September 2010. A magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale hit 10 km east of Christ Church and 5km deep. This was New Zealand second worst ever earthquake. A tsunami was created by the Tasman Glacier sliding into the ocean

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    She Walk in the Beauty

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    indubitably had a strong reverence for nature‚ and by comparing her to the flawless being that nature represents‚ he is putting her among the likes of godly creations. 6-Why would it be a logical choice for any comparison by Byron? It would be a logical choice for any comparison by Byron because demonstrates the pure‚ easily noticeable beauty of the woman just as inner ‘beauty‚ her thoughts are also as pure and graceful just as her

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    divorce. After having a conversation with his husband‚ Clare was resigned after all. She thought it would be stupid to try to hold him against his will and he’d only hate her. Then we meet an Old Mrs. Beer who was the widow of a canon. This comparison the author used to show us that the old lady became a widow long ago and probably used to live alone. Then the author describes her appearance and her character . She was a short‚ stout woman with a red face and a heavy jaw - a pugnacious and

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