2010 Haiti earthquake

In this week’s reflection assignment the required reading was over restoring rifle and shotgun barrels. The article explained the processes and procedures for lapping shotgun and rifle barrels.as well as altering shotgun barrels. And soldering, brazing, and welding In the required reading the author explained the differences between lapping the different lapping compounds. And explained the applications for the different compounds. The article also gave an overview of the tool involved in the…

Tornadoes are one of the most feared natural disasters across the United States. They are great gusts of wind that form a funnel and suck up everything in their path leaving almost nothing left standing. They tend to pop out of nowhere with little time to prepare. There are many devastating effects of tornadoes most notable are destruction of property, environmental impact and lost lives. Tornadoes have caused very much destruction of property of the years. They have destroyed over…

The Galapagos Island is apart of Ecuador that caused by the volcanic eruption and lava accumulation of many years ago, It’s a paradise for most adventurer. On the Galapagos have a many creatures and species even though plants and animals. So they are not in another islands and we have an example to show you all. “Galapagos tortoises” are known to be the biggest and oldest tortoises in the world. The average life span of these tortoises are 170 years or more because they are listed as endangered…

continues to jerk. What you just experienced was an earthquake. There is often no warning and extensive damage. In 2005 my grandma, who lives in California, was in her apartment when one occurred. Though no serious damage where she lived, however roads cracked, and buildings collapsed and people were trapped nearer to the cause of the earthquake. This is not unusual, but still my grandma was lucky; now without further ado, the story of the earthquake. Nothing had seemed unusual before one…

in early 2004 developer Steven Ribeiro started construction on Independence Station in downtown Independence Oregon. The site was proposed to be a 3 story, 57,000 square foot commercial and residential complex. "It has the potential of becoming one of the top four green structures in the world" stated Ribeiro. The town was scecpital of of complex though, with it going up right on the main street, concerns of the constucion causing a nusen to the town were buzzing all over. After a few months…

the Great San Francisco Earthquake that happened on April 18th, 1906. Early in the morning there was a 296 miles long rupture along the San Andreas Fault and extensive fires followed after. This earthquake remains as one of the most important studies of a single earth quake because of what scientists were able to study and learn from it. This earthquake affected earth, caused severe damage, a large death toll, as well as created an economic impact. Studying this earthquake we are able to…

calamities in the world since the old ages, earthquakes stand out as one of the most severe disasters. Earthquakes are calamities that cause a massive loss of life and property any time they occur. They are caused by diverse circumstances, and they have numerous effects on the people living in the area that they occur. This paper tries to engage the circumstances surrounding earthquakes and the effects it has on the people. Measures that can…

The last earthquake was 1868, and as you can tell we are a little over due. The Hayward fault is a neighbor to the San Andreas fault. Although, the San Andreas fault is bigger, it is said that the Hayward fault is more dangerous, because of its past large earthquake, and it has millions of people living above it. They share the same tectonic setting, and strike-slip fault as well. The…

The Earthquake That Shook My Paradigm of Life As a young child, I always felt like I had the world under my control. Anything a kid my age would ever dream of attaining was always given to me whenever I wanted. I always saw life as a bright adventure and never thought that anything could go wrong. Since I was a kid, I have known that my parents love me and I have always felt safe around them, I was as happy as any kid could ever be. As the oldest of two brothers and a sister growing up in Lima,…

Zachary Campanelli Gsci-131 Final Paper Mount Tambora is a volcano located on the northern coast of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. The volcanic eruption in April 1815 is the largest recorded eruption in history. Mount Tambora forms the 60 kilometer long Sanggar Peninsula, previously standing at a height of approximately 5000 meters high. After the eruption, the volcano lost most of it’s top, now standing at 2,851 meters. Today the volcano still remains active. Smaller eruptions have taken place in…