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    In 2006‚ an author‚ Richard Lewis‚ who lives in United Kingdom wrote a book‚ The Killing Sea‚ about the tsunami in 2004 in Indonesia. He wanted to teach all the readers a lesson to appreciate your loved ones while you have them. Thankfully‚ Lewis understood how people may not think that they are going to lose someone that they love because he know information about the tsunami who killed 230‚000 innocent people. A work well done‚ he created the sassy character‚ Sarah to have a conflict with her mom

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    Letter To Cierra

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    Dear‚ Tom Cierra and I think that the best option for a place for you to live is in the ocean on a submersible floating yacht‚ we have sent a picture (seen above) to show you what it would look like. When I read your letter‚ I didn’t see a price range and we assumed‚ since you are willing to move anywhere in the world‚ you have an excess amount of money. With this home‚ you will be able to move around‚ so not only will the location vary‚ but you can avoid most natural disasters. You will not

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    Trenches are all over the Pacific Ocean. Due to the activeness of the Ring of Fire‚ about 80% of all tsunamis in the world occur in the Pacific Ocean. A tsunami produces large waves that can be very destructive to the land around it. These occur after a deep water earthquake. With more research‚ we should be able to better predict this activity and be better prepared on land for large tsunamis. Works Cited " The Changing Oceans." Oceans Alive!. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2014. . "How Big is

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    by terrible and dreadful disasters such as tsunami‚ earthquake‚ typhoon and flood. Several countries are still struggling to recover economic. To name a few‚ there is the biggest earthquake and tsunami which were hit Japan and tsunami stroke Thailand. Highlighting tsunami hit Thailand‚ “The tsunami that crashed ashore from the Andaman Sea on December 26‚ 2004‚ shocked the world”(Ngamsom‚ B.‚ R‚ 2006‚ p. 390). The way of rebounding from the impact of tsunami was that Thai government introduced discounts

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    San Andres Movie Analysis

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    The movie‚ San Andres‚ is an exciting movie about major earthquakes devastating California. While there are some scientific truths in the film‚ there are many more scientific fallacies. All of the fallacies in the film are done out of ignorance‚ as a plot device. In this paper‚ both the truths and fallacies will be addressed. To give the film some credit‚ we will first address what was portrayed accurately. In the opening scene a young woman is driving on a winding hillside road‚ when she gets taken

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    Japan Earthquake

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    center of the nine-magnitude earthquake was near the east coast of Japan‚ C. Thesis statement: The Earthquake in Japan‚ besides being a disaster‚ also caused other disasters‚ such as a tsunami and nuclear leaks. II. Body: A. Earthquake B. Tsunami 1. The horrifying earthquake caused a tsunami unleashed; 2. Cities or towns are covered by the water. C. The Nuclear leak 1. Along with the destruction of the nuclear plants‚ the radiation has affected the whole global

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    Japan Informative Outline

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    raised 1-2 inches (2.54-5.08 cm.) indicating you should take off your slippers. 2. Interested. 3. Tonight I want to discuss with you the history of Japan starting with Pearl Harbor‚ the devastating atomic bomb that destroyed their country and the Tsunami that tried to take the country yet again. 4. With that being said let’s begin with what I like to call a history lesson of Japan. Body I. On December 7‚ 1941‚ Japanese military forces attacked the United States naval fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor

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    Natural Disaster

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    A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster 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.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without vulnerable

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    watched as a tsunami flooded Japan‚ threatened the islands of the Pacific‚ and ultimately hit the western coasts of North and South America. Very little of the devastation resulting from this earthquake was from the initial shaking. But mainly because any damage from the seismic waves that was dwarfed by the impact of the 10 metre tsunami that hit the Japanese coast less than an hour later."Most of the reporting (both good and bad) that has been done on the earthquake‚ the tsunami‚ and the resulting

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    natural disaster

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    Introduction A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster 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. An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without

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