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    1906 Earthquake

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    Dear the Society for Earthquake Enthusiasts; I feel as a member of the Society for Earthquake Enthusiasts‚ I need to express my opinion on your ideas to move our headquarters to San Francisco. While I am a lover of California and appreciate California from afar‚ I feel as though we should rethink relocating to California. I feel as though this is the best choice to make due to the fact that the earthquake of 1906 was just only a preview of what the San Andreas Fault can do to San Francisco. Due

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    Kobe Earthquake

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    Kobe Earthquake An earthquake occurred on January 17th‚ 1995‚ at 5:46 am in the south-central part of Japan. This earthquake registered as 7.2 on the Richter scale and caused mass destruction. It was thus named The Great Hanshin Earthquake. It later earned the name as the Kobe Earthquake due to the amount of damage that Kobe‚ Japan suffered. Its focus was only 16 km below ground. Shock-waves splintered buildings‚ destroyed roads‚ and ruptured mains of gas‚ water‚ and electricity. Over 6‚400 people

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    themselves through self-help programmes and Community Based Organizations. In most developing countries of the world‚ increase in level of income‚ social and educational awareness have created new standards of living‚ which have led to enhanced level of social standard of living. As these nations grew in size‚ the provision of houses has become more costly; there are new problems of health‚ safety and communications‚ which create the needs for sewer‚ drainage‚ water pipes‚ roads‚ etc. Usually‚ a community

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    Hazard Amphetamines

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    HAZARD amphetamines   Many women are vying to be skinny to look attractive so that they select a shortcut‚ using slimming products. Though slimming products are not necessarily safe. Some slimming products found to contain a compound called amphetamines. Amphetamine is a compound that is quite commonly found in products slimming (weight loss)‚ which claims the product is free from hazardous substances. At first‚ circa the 1960s‚ amphetamines may be freely used for weight loss. Amphetamines suppress

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    role of wife‚ mother‚ and caretaker. Women endured this type of prejudiced behavior since the dawn of time until the first women’s movements began to develop during the 1800’s in the United States and Europe. These women’s movements are often referred to as feminist movements or feminism. The development of feminism in the 1800’s was a very crucial part of history because women began the long road of gaining women’s rights with the Seneca Falls Convention‚ the founding of the National American Woman

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    planning process is the Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis which is an understanding of the potential risks and threats towards the Alaqua Animal Refuge. The analysis is crucial in learning the potential weak points and their consequences that could impact the Refuge center. Some key terms that we need to know are hazard‚ probability‚ vulnerability and risk. Hazard is a circumstance that has potential to lead to an emergency or disaster. Probability is the likelihood that a hazard will occur. Vulnerability

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    Natural Hazards – Bushfires A natural hazard is a natural event that has a significantly negative effect on people or the environment. Many natural hazards are related. For example drought can lead to famine and earthquakes can form tsunamis and landslides. Australia’s most common natural hazards are storms‚ cyclones‚ floods‚ droughts‚ heatwaves and bushfires. Natural Hazards have a major impact on Australian communities including loss of life‚ property damage‚ environmental destruction‚ and a

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    fire hazard ananlysis

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    FINAL HAZARD ANALYSIS FOR THE ERARING POWER STATION UPGRADE PROJECT Prepared for: Eraring Energy Document Number: ERAENE\14-218 Revision B Prepared by: Karin Nilsson 5 November 2009 PO Box 248 Berowra Heights NSW 2082 Telephone: [02] 9985 1056 Facsimile: [02] 9427 7841 Email: Planager@bigpond.net.au Final Hazard Analysis for the Eraring Power Station Upgrade Project Acknowledgment The author would like to thank Frank Mieszala for his assistance in preparing this report

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    Earthquakes and Tsunamis

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    becomes even stronger when it is mixed with one of nature’s greatest disasters: earthquakes. When these two great forces collide‚ structure and society are greatly impacted. Though an earthquake can happen at almost anywhere and anytime in the world‚ they all start out in the same way. Deep beneath the Earth’s surface‚ in the mantle‚ rocks are always in motion‚ rising and sinking in convection currents. These currents‚ in which cooler‚ denser rocks sink beneath warmer‚ less dense rocks‚ fuel the motion

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