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    The Natural Disasters

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    consist of ten or more waves which is then termed as: “Tsunami Wave Train” . Tsunami possesses kinetic energy and a mass of water which can cause devastation through kineticism and flooding. There is an international tsunami warning system and certain regional tsunami warning systems are also in placed. Pakistan is shielded to a greater extent from the Tsunami of the Pacific Ocean and Bay of Bengal due to the Indian land mass, however, Tsunamis accruing in the Indian Ocean do effect us. In 1935 a Tsunami

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    susceptible to major earthquakes and tsunamis. With the Cascadia subduction zone running along he West Coast the threat of a major tsunami is very real. The scenario mentioned above was based on the rupture located along the Cascadia fault line. This fault system runs

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    safe, reliable warning systems and evacuation routes. Warning systems can potentially save more lives and cut back on damage. There have been three great tsunamis that influenced the creation of tsunami warning systems (Igarashi, 2011, 2044). After the 1946 Aleutian Islands tsunami caused deaths in Hawaii, efforts began to develop a tsunami warning system (Igarashi, 2011, 2043). The tsunami in Chile on May 22, 1960 turned the United State’s warning system into an international system, and the Indian

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    Niven Setyawan Geography 180 Physical Geography 5/27/17 Tsunami There are many types of natural disaster that are quite deadly (earthquake, tornado, volcanic eruption, etc.). Out of all natural disaster that ever occurs on earth, I believe that tsunami is by far most interesting one out of all. The reason why tsunami is very interesting is because it can be triggered by many causes (earthquake, volcanic eruption, underwater landslide, fall of a large mass, etc.) On this research paper; I will explain

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    technology was in place to detect such a disaster and, although scientists knew a tsunami was likely to hit Southern Asia, most of the warnings were too late and the first TV broadcasts in Thailand even happened after the waves had hit. Up to 290,000 people were killed and thousands of bodies are still missing to this day. Since this disaster, a tsunami warning system has been put in place in the Indian Ocean and technology such as this is almost guaranteed to prevent such a high death toll for the

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    San Andreas portrays an interpretation of potential events that are feasible if the San Andreas fault resulted in a major earthquake. Although the movie’s creators and directors dramatized or intensified facts regarding earthquakes and events that would commonly occur in the midst of an earthquake for entertainment purposes, the information presented regarding events that could occur during and following an earthquake was generally accurate. However, there was inaccurate information presented in

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    control flood flows and non-structural measures are such as land use planning and flood forecasting and warning systems to mitigate the effects of floods (Chan, 2012; Khalid, & Shafiai, 2015). Structural measures implemented to reduce the danger of flooding so as not to pose a greater hazard to people in the flood plain. Agencies involved in the success of

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    Accomplishments: I have been a member of seven different clubs during my time at CHS, and I am currently involved in three, (Chelan Project, Interact, FBLA). I am also a member of the National Honor Society, and I am the ASB executive secretary. I have a total of __ community service hours from a variety of events. I also give up my last class of the day and most Sunday mornings to do an unpaid internship with my church. Serving and giving back to the community is one of my biggest passions,

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    3.1. Characteristics of early warning of equipment chain in gas pipeline 3.1.1 Characteristics of early warning problem (1) Time sequence Early-warning is the process that warning system addresses alarm information to managers in time before emergency [15, 16]. It is indistinguishable and unexplainable to deal with early warning signals and complex questions for most methods. Not only does accidents evolvement rely on current condition, but also on regular historical changes in conditions, because

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    Vibrati Miami Earthquake

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    Step 2: Providing text evidence with commentary. Detail 1 On December 24th, 2004, the elephants in Sri Lanka's National Park began to act “...strangely by trumpeting loudly and charging away from the ocean and up a nearby hill.” (Rust 26) The park keepers did not know why the elephants were upset, or about the approaching tsunami. The elephants sensed the tsunami before anyone else did, but by then, it was too late.  A tsunami struck the coast later that day and caused massive destruction. Fortunately

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