Mexican Earthquake Short Story

We travelled from our hometown in Spain, a place called Badajoz in a train to Lisboa, Spain. Lisboa had a harbor and from there we boarded the ship

Back in 2012 my parents and I arrived to California with the help of some family members. It

Everyone started figuring out what they were going to order. I had no idea what to get because generally I don’t eat tacos at restaurants. I decided that I was going to get the kids nachos.

For my current events paper, I chose to write about the earthquake that hit Mexico City, I selected an article from Houston public media news titled ”Mexico City Earthquake Update: All children accounted for” Mexico City suffered from two power earthquakes just 12 days apart. On September 7th, the first earthquake hit the capital, sending distress throughout the city , and breaking record as the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century. Then again on September the 19th Mexico suffered another earthquake which took place approximately 100 miles from Mexico City. Officials were finally able to report that there were no longer any missing children at a Mexico City school that had been severely damaged “We’ve done an accounting with school officials, and we are certain that all the children either died, unfortunately, are in the hospital or are safe at their homes,” (pt.3, Sarmiento 2017) “he said 19 children and six adults were killed in the school

On August 24, 2014 a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in and around the city of Napa, CA. The earthquake killed one person and injured over 150 people. And these people were treated at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa [1]. More and more earthquakes occurred on this earth. So this grasps people’s attention.

it was getting late the sun was hiding behind the mountains i knew we were almost at anthonys house.

The Kobe earthquake in Japan 1995 struck at 5.45am. Many people were asleep in bed, causing the hazard to be increased because the people were unaware. Although many Japanese buildings were of aseismic design, the roofs of their houses were designed to withstand typhoons and so were very heavy. When the earthquake struck many people

You were asleep, it was 5:12 am suddenly a huge shock came. This is what happened in the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. The 1906 earthquake in California affected many people and has been ranked as one of the worst earthquakes. Part of the importance today of the earthquake was its sheer size. It was 5:12 when a foreshock came and a bit later the earthquake happened it stretched as far as 80 kilometers or about 49 miles.

A "coyote" is not only a wolf-like wild dog that is native to North America, it also is a name for someone who profits from smuggling immigrants across the US border, typically the Mexican border for a high fee. There's much myth and lure that is surrounding the coyote dog-like animal and there are thousands of stories and believes about what coyote means. It’s the great trickster, it has magical powers, the medicine dog. The bringer of misfortune, signifying a time when everything backfires. Indeed, symbolism is extracted from such myths and used to represent ideas or qualities. The story seems to follow the lure in the way the Coyotes have many symbolic contexts throughout the story that add a deeper meaning to the “The Tortilla Curtain.”

Then we jump on the tractor trailer and took a seat on the hay barrel. We drove past gravestones and a fake person, well that's what we thought till he

Every time I went to El Cedro a small town in Guanajuato, Mexico, I still remember that one time my family (including parents, grandparents, siblings, and few uncles and aunts with their children) and I spend an amazing family time in that place, and I’m hoping it could happen again and again. We woke up very early since we had to pack everything we needed, such as the food and some chairs, plates, cups, and something to drink. my parents and my uncles were going to make some barbeque later that day. Then we waited for everybody to meet up at my house so we can all leave together. When all the people were there, we separated into two groups

This was just the first day; the following day there was another earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5. They were able to record the quake on a Momentum Magnitude scale. (Paul Fairclough, TheGuardian)

Coyote took a deep breath, sprang up, and grabbed a piece of the burning wood. He sprinted as fast as his legs would carry him down the mountain.

Every time I visit my family in Mexico, I bring back memories that will stay with me forever. The memories I made this summer will stay with me, but unlike most other memories, I wouldn’t mind forgetting this one.

In 1994 the United States had a population of 263.3 million people. On January 17, 1994 the United States had its largest earthquake based on deaths at 61 and total damage costs at $22.8 million (Abbott p.9). At 4:31 in the morning on January 17, people were woken with an earthquake that had a magnitude of 6.7. This earthquake was on a previously undocumented blind thrust