2010 Haiti earthquake

Earthquakes have now been reported in states that rarely, if ever, get earthquakes ever since fracking has been doing water injections. Water injections consist of putting the wastewater from fracking into an empty water well and leaving it there. There have been studies after studies showing that earthquakes, and unusually large ones, were suddenly occurring in low to minimal seismic activity states. In an article by Newsweek Global called “The Earth Moved, And It’s Our Fault” says, “But in…

Project Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1) What is the main reason for this project? The existing bridge was built in 1956. It is a reinforced concrete/steel girder bi-directional three-span bridge and is approximately 32 ft wide and 205 ft long, with span lengths of 60-89-60 ft to each bent. The existing bridge roadbed width is 26 ft and provides 11 ft lanes and 2 ft shoulders, with baluster rails. It has a long history of issues associated with earth movement; stability issues were…

Santa Barbara’s Coastal Watershed divides into six sites: Carpinteria, Rocky Nook Park, Mission C, Maria Ygnacio, Atascadero and San Jose. All the sites are managed by a levee system, and half of these sites are empty; no water flows through them because it doesn’t rain frequently in Santa Barbara (typically only raining between 3-6 inches during the wet months, which is between November-March), but all empty at the Pacific Ocean, which is relatively close to the city (t-cep.org/floods).…

fastest way home, but it always ended up backfiring.”The infamous San Andreas Fault is due for its epic every-150-years rumble”(Yan and Berlinger 1). We are impatient about waiting for a prediction telling us when the next major earthquake will hit. We wonder when the next earthquake will occur, it’s strength, and where the epicenter will be located. Having to wonder is extremely bothering. Similarly to us, Odysseus, who is impatient to be with his family is constantly wondering when he will be…

The volcano's eruption was so powerful; it left a massive indentation, known as a caldera, in the center of the mountain, a remnant that remains in July 2011. Effects Mount Tambora's historic eruption in 1815 had global effects. Not only were the earthquakes ignited by the explosion felt up to 300 miles away, but the ash and magma, or volcanic rock, produced covered more than 30 cubic miles. The ash ejected by Mount Tambora's eruption reduced the amount of sunlight that reached Earth's surface…

In October 1989, a 7.1 earthquake shook central California in Loma Prieta and made its way to Oakland and around the bay area. This earthquake caused billions in damages with 3,800 people injured and left 62 people dead. My mother was living in Oakland at the time and remembers a lot when the earthquake hit. Although my parents were not together at the time of the earthquake my dad also experienced the shake all the way in Novato, California. The aftermath of the earthquake really caused many to…

The Nation's critical infrastructure is diverse and complex. It includes distributed networks, varied organizational structures and operating models (including multinational ownership), interdependent functions and systems in both the physical space and cyberspace, and governance constructs that involve multi-level authorities, responsibilities, and regulations. Critical infrastructure owners and operators are uniquely positioned to manage risks to their individual operations and assets, and to…

The ICS (Incident Command System) originally named Field Command Operations System, was a concept formed in 1968 at a meeting called Fire of Chiefs in Phoenix, Arizona. The program was primarily built to model the management hierarchy of the United States Navy used mainly for fighting wild fires in California and Arizona during the 1970’s. ICS was fully developed during suppression efforts of California’s catastrophic wild fire disaster that caused millions of dollars in damage which also…

Philippines erupted causing many tribes to evacuate their homes. Researchers from the Philippines decided to study Mount Pinatubo with the help of the United States. A seismometer is placed near the mountain and within two days it records about 400 earthquakes underground. Around the world about 50 volcanic eruptions occur a year but only a small amount of them are investigated. About 10 million people and two United States military bases are located near Mt Pinatubo from 10 to 25 miles away.…

Video 1 – costal erosion Boiol242 Week 3 Sandy beaches are a dynamic system that naturally experiences phases of erosion and accretion. Storm systems producing high energy waves that can rapidly erode sediments, particularly when infrequent or intense. During calmer periods, average swell waves deliver sediment back to the shoreline (beach accretion). Beach accretion is a much slower process than erosion whereby it’d take severl years for a beach to return to its pre – storm condition…