I completely disagree with the statement. Before I begin my argument‚ I will define some important key terms and set the yardstick (How to determine when a natural disaster is caused by humans?). The key terms that need to be defined are “natural causes”‚ “human causes”‚ “hazards” and “disasters”. A natural cause is a cause that is completely uninfluenced by humans and a human cause is a cause that has been influenced by human actions. A hazard is a threat with the potential to cause loss of life
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typically occurs when waterways such as rivers or streams overflow their banks as a result of rainwater or a possible levee breach and cause flooding in surrounding areas. Tsunami Tsunamis are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake‚ landslide‚ volcanic eruption‚ or meteorite. A tsunami can move hundreds of miles per hour in the open ocean and smash into land with waves as high as 100 feet or more. Droughts Drought is unusual dryness of soil‚ resulting
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large lake or an ocean shift‚ it creates a tsunami. These two reactions can cause different sizes of disaster. The sum of the damage created by an earthquake is measured on the Richter scale‚ where a 1.0 earthquake has done the least amount of damage‚ and a 10.0 earthquake has done the most amount of damage. A 10.0 earthquake has never been recorded‚ as according to http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Whatareearthquakesmeasuredby . The sum of the damage done by a tsunami is measured by a TSUNAMETER‚ which was
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Introduction Various disasters like earthquake‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. The rapid growth of the world’s population and its increased concentration often in hazardous environment has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters. With the tropical climate and unstable land forms‚ coupled with deforestation‚ unplanned growth proliferation
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Earthquakes in GCC An Earthquake known also as tremor is resulted from a sudden release of energy ‚which takes place in the earths crust‚ which then creates seismic waves. They are vibrations triggered by movement of rocks that have been strained (deformed) beyond their elastic limit. This activity called seismicity or seismism of an area refers to type ‚ size and frequency over a time period. Earthquakes are measured using many instruments ( up to atleast 20 different types
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One of the reasons‚ was ratings and newspaper sales. The video footage of the earthquake and the resulting tsunami in Japan was holding viewers interest and there was no need to sensationalize anything. Seeing cars and entire houses being swept away was shocking enough all on its own. It was horrible‚ but most of us couldn’t look away. On the other hand‚ there
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Plate Tectonics Press Release GLG/101 July 13‚ 2012 Plate Tectonics Press Release Hello everyone‚ my name is John doe and I am the Director of Earthquake Preparedness’ for Los Angles. I am here today to talk to your about earthquake preparedness. During this press release I will be describing the hazards associated with earthquakes in Los Angeles. I will discuss the origin and causes of earthquakes and the relation of earthquakes to plate tectonics and faults in Los Angeles
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For his first assignment in Thailand‚ Nils was assigned to a restoration project of the resort where had been ravaged by catastrophic tsunami. His time estimation for project accomplishment reported back to headquarter and soon turned out as an unachievable target when he found out that there is not enough resources to accomplish the project. The reason of this was not only because some migrant workers had fled away to not being deported‚ but also many Thais declined even his double wages offer mainly
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earthquake is called the focus. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called the epicenter. Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife. It is usually the secondary events that they trigger‚ such as building collapse‚ fires‚ tsunamis (seismic sea waves) and volcanoes‚ that are actually the human disaster. Many of these could possibly be avoided by better construction‚ safety systems‚ early warning and
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Charity for the Boxing Day Tsunami disaster in 2004. The match was very different to a normal cricket match where racial slurs would be thrown around and people would only be supporting their own team and putting down the other. There were many factors that made this match very special and very memorable. Well excluding the first factor that made this match special that millions of dollars were being raised to go to the countries that were hit by the terrible Tsunami disaster‚ there were so many
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