The Impossible: Follow Up Questions 1. What natural disaster devastated the coast of Thailand? A tsunami devastated the coast of Thailand. 2.What are the causes of this type of disaster? Slow earthquakes under the sea floor cause tsunamis. 3.As a responder‚ list the needs and concerns you expect victims and survivors to have? As a responder‚ I would expect victims and survivors to have open wounds‚ hunger‚ dehydration‚ emotional distress‚ and missing family members. 4
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“Japan earthquake: Tsunami hits north-east” Source: BBC 2‚ Horizon Special Professor Ian Stewart‚ Geologist Broadcast on 27th March 2011 In this programme‚ Ian Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that caused the devastating Japanese earthquake. 30% of all earthquakes across the world happen in Japan. Earthquakes are caused when the tectonic plates (giant slabs of rock) grind together causing the build up of huge forces. When the pressure gets too much‚ the edges of the plate suddenly
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EARTHQUAKES Introduction and Terminology • Vibrations in the earth’s crust that occur when strain in the crust is suddenly released by displacement along a fault line • Focus = point at which an earthquake originates inside the earth. May be many km below surface • Epicentre = the point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus. Strongest shock normally felt here. Most damage usually occurs here. • Seismology = the study of earthquakes – from Greek – seio – to shake
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off the coast of Indonesia near the city of Banda Ache. The earthquake caused the Indonesian plate to suddenly jolt upwards at least 5metres. The sudden movement of the plate under the sea caused the giant wave called a tsunami (5-40metres high). Primary Effects The tsunami travelled at speed across the Indian ocean affecting at least 12 nations‚ with Indonesia suffering the greatest damage. In all‚ close to 250‚000 people died with millions homeless. In Aceh close to the epicentre‚ 131‚000
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This can give some economic security‚ but defects food security due to the lack of crops grown. There cannot be no security if people live in fear of losing everything in a natural disaster such as an earthquake‚ tsunami or a volcanic eruption. An example of this is the Asian Tsunami in 2004 that hit countries such as Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Sri Lankia‚ India and Thailand. It killed 250000 people in a day‚ causing mass damage wiping out everything in its way. This meant that houses‚ infrastructure
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Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces‚ showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery. Feature | 01 April 2013 KAMAISHI CITY‚ Japan (ILO News) – Ms Maekawa‚ who is over 60 years old‚ is busily cooking a dish to serve her customers in a bistro in Kamaishi City‚ a small coastal town in Iwate Prefecture famous for its steel production‚ fishing industry and eco-tourism. When not cooking she comes out
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image of the events in their mind. The story was written in 2005 so the context it was written in was after the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. Through the readers understanding and experience of this event the author is able to build images in the reader’s mind and allow them to fully understand the gravity of the situation occurring. Had the story been written in a time where a Tsunami had not occurred for many years it would be a lot harder to imagine and put into perspective the enormity of the tragedy
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Many examples of the interplay between the psychological concepts of emotion‚ motivation and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are evident in the documentary The Third Wave. The tsunami that hit Peraliya‚ Sri Lanka in December of 2004 devastated the community‚ killing over 2000 people and washed away all of the homes and nearly all of the infrastructure. Volunteers from around the world‚ and all walks of life‚ felt a calling to travel to Sri Lanka in any way they could‚ so that they could help the survivors
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surrounding ocean named after him and received one of ten sections of the island and then named it Atlantis. The civilization got to be very greedy and the gods proceeded to become very angry and destroyed the civilization with a giant earthquake and a tsunami four times bigger than the largest ever recorded (The UnMuseum). Atlantis was real and was destroyed and many facts are presented to prove that Atlantis was real and was also annihilated by natural disasters. Many say it is not real because the only
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strong that in turn it caused a giant tsunami along the coast of the country. Rescuers worked very hard to find survivors among the debris and rubble‚ risking their lives to help that of others. The Japanese people are faced with many social problems that came about by this natural disaster. They are facing economical‚ health (physical and psychological)‚ and geographical issues. The survivors of the disaster are very fortunate. So far‚ the earthquake and tsunami have taken the lives of about 12‚000
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