Earthquake‚ shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by rapid movement of the Earth’s rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the Earth‚ usually in the form of strain in rocks‚ suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the Earth by earthquake waves. The destruction an earthquake causes depends on its magnitude and duration‚ or the amount of shaking that occurs. A structure’s design and the materials used in its construction also affect the amount of damage
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first invented it was made as a personal safety device especially if a person lived alone or some distance from family members. Many of us may line in regions of the country where sudden tornado or hurricanes could occur without warning. Then there are other events such as fires‚ flooding‚ and blizzards that may require a quick evacuation or move to a shelter. A cell phone is important to either get help to let others know a person’s location and level of safety. In today’s society cell phone are
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long time. Chinas reactors when they got hit but the earthquake spread for miles and miles contaminating everything. Physical environmental hazards are processes that occur naturally like earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ floods‚ blizzards‚ landslides‚ hurricanes‚ and droughts. Humans are very easy to get exposed to things that are harmful to us like radiation from sunlight‚ which can cause skin cancer‚ cataracts‚ and immune suppression in case of excessive exposure. This is something that can
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TO KNOW THAT GLOBAL WARMING CAN ALSO BE A REASON FOR THE EARTH TO DESTROY. THE SUN’S RAY’S PASSES DOWN TO THE EARTH AND THEN THE EARTH GETS WARMER‚ THE EARTH GETS WARMER THEN THE SEA LEVELS RISE AND THERE COULD BE SEVERE FLOODS‚ TORNADOS‚ HURRICANES AND BLIZZARDS. GLOBAL WARMING ALSO PRODUCES GREENHOUSE GASES THAT ARE GASES WHICH ARE NATURAL AND MAKE UP A KIND OF THERMAL BLANKET OVER THE EARTH. THE THERMAL BLANKET GETS THICKER AND TOO MUCH HEAT IS KEPT IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE THAT IS WHERE GLOBAL
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there are natural hazards that can occur on the earth. While some hazards are more predictable than others‚ all have the potential to have disastrous outcomes. Like the catastrophic tsunami of the Indian Ocean in December of 2004 or the more recent‚ Hurricane Sandy in New York. There is no comparison between nature and ma- made systems to stop the cycle of earth’s climate‚ there is nothing we can do to prevent or reduce natural hazards*. Hazards are a part of the natural make-up of every region’s climate
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of cyclonic fury was unleashed. On November 7 though10‚ one of the deadliest and most destructive natural disasters to ever hit the Great Lakes: killing more than 250 people‚ destroying 19 ships‚ and stranding 19 others. This storm was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin. The financial loss in vessels was almost $5 million‚ valued at about $116‚145‚00 in today’s dollars. This storm‚ an extra-tropical cyclone‚ originated as two major storm fronts‚ fueled by
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hair of a sleeping child I race the cars on the highway I dance around the corn fields at dusk I watch the world begin to slumber and am there at its waking I am the Wind. Tornados are mere toothpicks for my teeth Hurricanes are but drizzling rain Blizzards lose their footing without me as their foundation Rooted as the source of storm and tempest‚ I will not budge I am the Wind. I hold the stars and stripes of many flags Helping the countries show them with pride I collide
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presides over the resort as the CEO. With 62‚000 employers‚ Walt Disney World is a the largest single site employer in the United States‚ running a variety of different themed areas such as Magic Kingdom‚ Epcot‚ Hollywood Studios‚ Animal Kingdom Park‚ Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon. Strengths Walt Disney World has many strengths. Florida’s climate is a perfect place for an amusement park because they can stay open year around. Walt Disney World sits on 40 square miles of land which in comparison is
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can provoke downfalls of civilization‚ but whether human can handle the slow upward trends in temperature is also questionable. Due to the tiny increase in temperature‚ there may be more frequent and intense weather events‚ such as hurricanes‚ tornados‚ tsunamis‚ blizzards and so on‚ which cause huge loss each year or even injuries and deaths. Actually‚ human do not have any effective way to prevent such kind of disasters till now. Secondly‚ in the writer’s point of view‚ one reason for global warming
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different disasters in the past that have been considered on a scale to call them incidents of national significance. Man-made disasters such as industrial accidents‚ war‚ terrorism‚ and natural disasters such as hurricanes‚ tornado outbreaks‚ floods‚ drought‚ wildfires‚ famine‚ ice storms‚ blizzards‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ and tsunamis are all calamities that can reach a national scale. The problems that would arise whenever a major disaster would happen seem to create patterns that were constantly
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