QUARTER EARTHQUAKE DRILL I. INTRODUCTION Having experienced the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake some Boholanos are already nervous and uneasy every time there is news about the said calamity. Thus‚ they became very eager to undergo drills and listen to some orientations and preparations in responding calamities in order for them to be prepared for the future calamities. Public awareness is very much necessary to obtain and improve the people’s preparedness and mitigation. Thus this earthquake preparedness
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How to survive an earthquake The ground starts to shake‚ debris are falling everywhere around you‚ pictures‚ vases‚ mirrors‚ the family pet. What do you do in a situation like this? Turn and run or do you get down and hide? Most people would pick the first option‚ but that is one of the most dangerous things you can do in an earthquake. The best way to get through a natural disaster like this is to take cover‚ have an emergency household survival kit‚ and stay in contact. First of all‚ before
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Prediction Why didn’t scientists know about the faults that caused the two earthquakes? Prior to September 4th‚ there were no surface signs of the Greendale Fault or the fault that generated the Lyttelton aftershock and there was no evidence for seismicity on these faults (i.e. ‘foreshocks’). Seismic surveys have located some ‘hidden’ faults across parts of the Canterbury Plains‚ but these particular regions had not been surveyed for this purpose. An oil-gas seismic survey had been carried out
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Audience-Focused Communication Matrix Use the matrix to complete the information. Write 3-4 sentences for each item. • What are some audience characteristics you need to consider? • What communication channels would be appropriate and why? • What would you do to ensure your message is effective? • What are some considerations you must keep in mind given the diversity of the audience? |Audience-Focused Communication
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University of Phoenix Material Credit Protection and Identity Theft Directions Refer to: Building a Better Credit Report on the Federal Trade Commission’s site: www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre03.shtm Identity Theft resource center on the Federal Trade Commission’s site: www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/consumers/deter.html. Provide answers to three of the following questions based on your readings and your personal experiences. Answers should be 100-to
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Associate Level Material Critical Analysis Forms Fill out one form for each source. Source 1 Title and Citation: An Updated Background Check System Will help Prevent Gun Violence | Watkins‚ C. (2012). An Updated Background Check System Will help Prevent Gun Violence. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Viewpoints&zid=09f25cf4b1025b220de942513a8391bc&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010015251&a
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Reflection on Japanese earthquake After watching the news about the catastrophic earthquake in Japan these days‚ I was overwhelmed with a range of emotions: anxiety‚ depression‚ grief‚ confusion and shock. Like a lot of people‚ I was stunned by percussive images of the ruins of buildings and the bodies of casualties. I felt sorry for the dead. Meanwhile‚ I was deeply touched by those survived. Instead of being thrown into panic‚ the Japanese faced up to the catastrophe with dispassion and composure
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Committee of Experts to examine the seismic problem and make appropriate recommendations. The Committee proposed a zoning map of Bangladesh in the same year. According to Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC‚ 1993)‚ Bangladesh is divided into 3 earthquake zones (Figure- 6): Zone –1: the less risky zone. The Zone-1 comprising the southwestern part of Bangladesh (Jessore‚ Khulna and Barisal Districts) is seismically quiet‚ with an estimated basic seismic co-efficient of 0.04. Zone–2: medium vulnerable
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your head so as to keep it lower than the back. If possible‚ keep your hands above your head while you bend. Avoid stairs Never go to the stairs as this is the first part of a building to be damaged. Even if they are not destroyed by the earthquake‚ they may well collapse with the weight of panicking people attempting to flee down them. Avoid the bottom floor The higher you are in a building the less weight will be crushing down upon you and the safer you will be. Avoid doorways
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The Size of the Solar System Overview • Become familiar with the scale of the planets vs. their distances. • Get an overview of the solar system. Introduction It is easy to flip to the index of an astronomy textbook to discover that‚ say‚ the Sun lies 150 million kilometers away from Earth. It is far more difficult (if not impossible)‚ however‚ to picture this distance in the human mind. In this exercise‚ we will learn to access the often unpalatable distances encountered in astronomy
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