Impact Of Disaster On The World

The rumble turned into a shake that made Amanda and I turn around. The sight was indescribable. A massive cloud of dust darkened the sky. Almost like a tsunami of dirt. One of the towers collapsed. The dust burned my eyes to the point where I almost closed them completely. We ran fast but it felt faster because we couldn't see where we were going. I tripped a few good times. Amanda twisted her ankle so I opened one of the near by cars that was unlocked. I helped her in the car. We both thought this was the safest option and we were both out of breath. We could hardly see out the windows, in fact we couldn't. I pulled out my phone at this point. I had 19 missed calls from my parents because they new I was eating at the Copper Lantern which was near the Twin

The damages were catastrophic as houses lay in ruin and debris littered the roads. There were mudslides and fallen rocks that paved the roads and made them impassible for vehicles to get through. Ultimately by the roads being clogged up the response time by rescue workers and essential personal were hampered. This also made it exceptionally difficult for supplies to be rushed to the locations for the earthquake survivors. As some were digging and excavating for survivors they were being halted by aftershocks and falling debris from above. Approximately 8000 people were killed either by their houses caving in or by the other disasters this earthquake triggered. It was a real life tragedy that

It was the morning of August29,2005,as we sit in the fourth floor of the hospital room my mother is in, all of a sudden we hear heavy rain and powerful wind that was going about 140 miles per hour. We thought it might be a regular storm because it was already raining for hours , but then all the televisions and the phones and power all of a sudden go out and thats not normal at all. The nurses had to get all the "bed ridden" patients out the rooms and into the hallway as they are doing this the nurses got into panic mode.. and started DROPPING medication and giving patients medication they do not need.. and then it was this BIG striking that hit the side of the building and broke all the windows.. so then we where trying to make sure we didnt get hit by the glass.The nurses got out of luck and one screamed " We are going to die anyway", as soon as she said that everybody got out of hope and stopped trying to survive. Also after she said that one of the other nurses came and gave my mother a pill but I smacked it out her hand and told my mom she is not taking it. Over 3O patients that was there died and they demanded that all the visitors leave the hospital even though

Living in Japan I knew we would experience earthquakes but I never thought I’d experience one so devastating to the whole country and nearby countries. March 11, 2011 was suppose to be a normal Friday, but at exactly 2:46pm, after I got home from school, everything changed. We were hit by a massive earthquake. I was terrified, so many thought were going through my head. I didn’t know if my friends and family were okay. I was leaning against the wall watching my cabinets open and cups fly out and picture frames fall and break. I could see the towers behind my house swaying back and forth as loud sirens went off all over the base. It was like this for 2 minutes. The longest and most terrifying 2 minutes of my life. Throughout the day there were many aftershocks. It felt like they were never going to end. Later that day a nuclear power plant exploded and the air was

The year 2017 has seen a plethora of deadly disasters. Disasters, natural or man-made, are extremely disturbing events that cause hardship, suffering, injury, and death. A disaster can be detrimental to human societies and their way of life. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, mudslides, and wild fires can cause everlasting changes to humanity, biomes, and the planet. Likewise, man-made events, such as war, terrorist attacks, or toxic spills can be just as damaging. One job of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) is to insure that humanitarian aid is provided to relieve the pain and suffering caused by all types of disasters. In addition, saving lives by utilizing our resources is the main goal of the UN. Norman Borlag once stated, “The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.” Therefore, the issues that will be addressed using the $50,000,000 plus anonymous contribution will involve providing humanitarian aid to disaster torn areas in order improve the standard of living and preserve human dignity. This is the most important dilemma facing the international community today.

It was exactly thirty-seven minutes ago that the shaking started. I’ve felt earthquakes before, but none were anywhere near what this was. Within the first two minutes, the buildings all around me were reduced to rubble. I was very fortunate to be in my car in the center of the freeway. The large steel factories and tall skyscrapers that I normally looked at in the distance were now nowhere to be found. The shaking lasted for years. That’s what it felt like,

Reactions to Natural Disasters How would you feel if a natural disaster hit your city, and everything in it was destroyed? For people in the Philippines, this is exactly what is happening. A deadly magnitude of a 7.1 earthquake struck the Central Philippines on a National Holiday and was the strongest to strike in the last 23 years (Background Essay ). 43,000 people experienced this severe shaking and everything was destroyed (Background Essay). A few years before in 1990 a magnitude of 6 occurred on the Fault line and $154 million in damage and injured about 300 people in result.

So the terrifying rumble of an earthquake shattered the early morning silence of April 18 at 5:15 AM, the quake lasted only a minute but caused the worst natural disaster. The greatest destruction came from the fires the quake ignited. Water mains prevented fire fighters from stopping them-fire storm soon developed city wide. The fire burned for three days and three nights: some were as hot as 2,700 F. The fires were more catastrophic than the earthquake itself. The fires destroyed about 28,000 buildings and 500 blocks -1/4 of San Francisco. Over 225,000 of the city’s 400,000 residents were homeless. This devastating earthquake just turned the history of America in few days. When police sealed the whole area and I was looking around me I just saw sand around me and people buried in that sand.

Beep! Beep! Beep! My alarm clock went off at 8 in the morning on a beautiful Friday morning in Brockton. It was kind of hard to believe because Brockton was probably the most destructive city on the planet. Well, at least in my opinion it was. It was the month of May, which meant school is almost over. I was 9 at the time as well. I woke up and jumped right out of bed. I could smell the delicious pancakes being baked in the kitchen by my mother. I ate 2 and then got ready for school. I got dressed, brushed my teeth, washed my face and headed out the door, which was my usual routine every week day morning. I headed to the bus stop and on my way there, I had a bad feeling about something, like as if something were to go wrong, like something really terrible would happen to something. Or even someone. I tried to ignore it and get through this day as soon as possible as usual, but today was not like any other day, for something horrific occurred on this very day.

In 2001, while I was a freshman in high school, a horrific tragedy occurred to our nation. As I sat in my seat in my drama class awaiting instructions from our teacher, the room was eerily silent. Before my teacher even had a moment to speak, the phone on the wall rang, everyone in our class knew something was going on because the phone never rang, in fact we all thought it was relic of the past. Staring intently as my teacher spoke to the person on the other line, I will never forget the array of emotions that reflected in her eyes. As she hung up the phone, she just stared at us all, not knowing what to think my mind began to contemplate what exactly was going on.

Natural disaster occurs across the world and create damage across our nation. They have affected us mentally and physically. Natural disaster are event or accident created by the environment resulting in a lot of damage sometimes. Destroying Our house, lives and communities. Natural disaster can range from a flood to a hurricane or cyclone. Over the past twenty years there has been thousand even millions of damage created by disaster across the U.S. There are many ways a natural disaster occur. We focused on three main topics of Natural disaster which are the types of natural disaster, how they affect us and how we they have affected the US.

The San Francisco earthquake is one of the worst natural disasters to ever occur in history. The earthquake started at about 5:15 AM on April 18th of 1906 in San Francisco, California. The ground shook for only a minute but it ignited a fire that lasted three days, straight. The fires spread all around the area and caused so much damage that it killed hundreds of people and made over one-hundred thousand homeless. The damage also costed millions of dollars to repair. People panicked and someone even said, “The Lord sent it, the Lord!” Someone also got caught in the wreckage and knew he couldn’t make it out alive, so a policeman shot him in the head. Many tried to distinguish the fires but they didn’t put them out. Finally, three days after

Some were more affected than others, with whole houses fell down to the ground and chimneys broke. Some people’s houses were not affected at all, but many workplaces and schools were. This collective disaster left no one untouched, regardless of race, age or income. I remember after the earthquake, when the power was still out, I went to Round Table Pizza with my sister to get some dinner. There, they had power and the TV was on. The entire place was packed with families, all eyes glued to the news report showing images of our broken downtown, razed houses and President Obama issuing a state of emergency. Once and for, the earthquake created a true communitas for the Napa

Jian and Alex loved to climb things so they decided to go climb hills. They imagined as if they were climbing mountains. The stomped their feet as if they were trying to shake the earth. Jumping up and down, Alex was having a good time. Later that day, they decided to go inside and go to sleep. Jian went to go check on Alex and tucked him before bed. He grabbed the old torn down blanket and covered it on top of Alex. During the night, Jian could hear a little rumbling sound. It was soft at first and got louder, he realized it was an earthquake and dashed to save Alex. As he was running to get Alex the boards squeaked loudly. With Alex in Jian’s hands, he went to run out the door. Jian tripped and Alex fell and hit his elbow on something. The earthquake was getting intense now, you can feel the food in your stomach moving. It felt like they were in a nightmare, Jian quickly ran outside and waited the earthquake out. He was they lucky survived, the house had almost fallen down and was in need of serious repairs. Alex was a kid and did not know what was going on at the time. He got injured on his elbow from the fall and they tried to clean it up. Jian was grateful that his family made it out safely. Jian looked around and could see the houses that had fallen. It looked like a tornado swept through the place. During the weeks of cleanup, Jian begin to realize how he has been taking a lot of things for granted. He decied to change and decided to be grateful because he still had his family while other families lost

Disagreeing with this statement is the argument of scale and how this could be used to justify why a natural disaster could exist. A devastating natural event could provide worldwide disruption and no-one could do anything to mitigate against it. This is what could be used to describe a natural disaster. Nothing human increases the impact in such a way that could without human interference it would be just another natural event. An example of this is the Yellowstone volcano. With predictions of the eruption being VEI 8, this event would cause a worldwide destruction, covering the USA in thick ash which by itself would cause devastating consequences to the entire country. This is noted in Keller and DeVecchio’s “Natural Hazards” book when they state that a quantity of 100km3 of pyroclastic debris including ash would cover the size of Manhattan to a height of 1.6km which is 1000 times the amount emitted by Mt St. Helens in 1980. This size of eruption would have a thickness of 100m near the crater of Yellowstone and 1m thick up to 60mi away from the crater. (Keller and DeVecchio, 2012). This size of eruption would cause health problems and fatalities all across the North of America and could seriously affect global weather patterns. The 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption was a VEI 6, and caused a global cooling of temperature down by -0.4°C (Self, Zhao, Holasek, Torres, King, 1999). This had extremely catastrophic consequences in terms of agriculture which caused a large amount of