2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

In the book Killing Sea by Richard lewis , Ruslan and Sarah have a different point of view about how they should treat their parents. On page 5 the book states, “Sarah. Respect their culture.” From this quote, the reader is told that Sarah is rude to her parents. On the other hand,”Ruslan, intently watching this drama out of the corner of his eye, nearly dropped one of the coke cans as he put them on the table . He couldn’t imagine any teenage girl in meulaboh defying her mother like this.”…

Earthquakes and their aftershocks, once done, are done. Volcanoes, however, often trigger long-term and long-distance ill-effects, which history indicates generally far outweigh their immediate rain of death and destruction. Emanations of particles from the…

projects. In 2005, he auctioned his racquet from his US Open championship to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. At the 2005 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Federer arranged an exhibition involving several top players from the ATP and WTA tour called Rally for Relief. The proceeds went to the victims of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. In April 2006, he was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by UNICEF and has appeared in UNICEF public messages to raise public awareness of…

The country 's capital Federal District was the worst hit. This seismological phenomenon occurred at 7:19 a.m. Central Time with a magnitude of 8.1, whose was approximately just over two minutes, outperforming in intensity and damage the earthquake on July 28, 1957 also in the city of Mexico. The government reported the death of 6,000 to 7,000 people. However, years later with the opening of information from various government sources, the approximate register was estimated at 10,000 dead…

approximately twenty plates on the earth’s crust. When they occur they cause earthquakes, which in turn, create fault lines. According to the map from www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-earthquake.htm majority of earthquakes take place on the west coast of North, Central, and South America. As well as India, the Philippines, New Zealand, an eastern parts of Africa. The Richter scale is a device that measures the magnitude of an earthquake, one being the least destructive and ten being the worst.…

Today i'm writing about the life of Dorothea Tanning. She’s a Poet. I discovered her through Poetry Out Loud when I decided to read her poem All Hallows’ Eve. She was born on August 25,1910 and died not to long ago on January 31,2012. She somehow was about to live up to the age of 101. She was born and raised in Galesburg, Illinois. Unfortunately there isn't much information on her family and childhood. She attended Knox College for about 2 years before she went to Chicago and then to New York…

American Red Cross Origin and Purpose In 1863, Switzerland adopted the International Red Cross (cite here). Going off of that idea, Clara Barton, a military nurse, founded the American Red Cross (ARC),originally named The American Association of the Red Cross, in 1881. Barton wanted to set the organization up to assist with military families and warriors of the Civil War. ARC is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organization (learning to give). ARC contributes 84.7% of their donations and…

year, YRMC is operating at or near capacity (YRMC Community Outreach Department, 2017). For the hospital, threats and CRISIS COMMUNICATION PLAN 4 hazards can come in the form of floods, windstorms, hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes, epidemics, extreme heat, bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction, mass casualty, and other natural, technological, or human-caused events. Intra-agency and inter-agency communication is a challenging task that requires teamwork and…

involved in international disasters and war. ARC will help to reconnect families who are separated across borders because of these catastrophic events (Red Cross, n.d. a, para. 1). These services were demonstrated after the effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that caused a tsunami in Phuket,…

The Role of Forensic Science in Mass Disasters Mass disasters are an all too familiar reality. The cause of such occurrences can be natural or human influence. Natural disaster include hurricanes, tornados, and volcanos amongst other occurrence (Sudoyo, Widodo, Suryadi, Lie, Safari, Widjajanto, Kadarmo, 2008). Un-natural, or those occurring due to human involvement, are bombings, plane crashes, or mass shootings. Mass disasters usually require extensive logistical support (Prinz, Carracedo,…