Essay on Earthquake

governmental authorities of Europe. On November 1st, 1755, there was an earthquake in Lisbon, that devastated thousands of lives. Many people reacted to the earthquake with optimism…

Volcanoes are not the only factor in the changing of the Earth’s surface. There are multiple reasons for the Earth to change. Geoprocesses including tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquakes all contribute to affect the Earth and its surface. First, tsunamis produce transformations in the Earth’s surface. A tsunami is caused by an earthquake in the ocean. In 2011, a tsunami in Japan wiped out homes and killed thousands of people. In the article “Dangerous Tsunami Off of U.S West Coast,” it displays…

supply is limited, people are switching over to concrete, thereby abandoning a rich architectural tradition. This building is built not only for earthquake resistant structure but to preserve and promote the traditional architectural form. 3.1.2.1 Constrcution Bamboos are well known for their lightweight, flexible, strong poles that enhance the earthquake resistance of the buildings they are used to construct.The size of the final bamboo structure is 100m2, which at a cost of approximately…

including an earthquake that devastated Swat, the valley she lives in. Writing her account of the earthquake, Malala uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to bring the effects it had on her and her people into perspective for the reader. Malala purposefully draws emotion into this passage, and forces the reader to feel something. In the beginning of this passage, she emphasizes the fear that the earthquake brought for her, the other children, and her mom. While the earthquake…

public health issues, and causes earthquakes. Initial research shows, hydraulic fracking causes damage to the environment. For example, water is a key component used during a fracking procedure. Often times, during this process, water has been affected. According to Elizabeth Kolbert’s article “Burning Love”, she says “Duke University showed that methane frequently leaks into drinking water near active fracking sites.” As a consequence, this put…

novel with real world influences that help establish the work’s core themes. The trail of destruction left by the earthquake in Lisbon was of cataclysmic proportions; Candide and Pangloss were in awe as they were surrounded by death and devastation. I interpret this event as essentially, one of the first of many turning points in Candide’s attitude. More specifically, the earthquake forces Candide to replace his absolute optimism with a questioning doubt about the world he lives in. The…

risk of tsunamis and earthquakes. As previously stated, Hawaii has volcanoes; most notably, Kilauea. Kilauea is an active volcano that could cause serious property damage and could be harmful to life. In accordance with a Hawaiian travel guide, Hawaii records about one tsunami per year and a damaging tsunami every seven years. These tsunamis are usually triggered by a coastal or oceanic earthquake and could cause great damage. By way of example, on April 1, 1946, an earthquake with a magnitude…

000 since the 2010 earthquake.1 An effective program that Haiti should consider is using a mass vaccination of a new and inexpensive oral cholera vaccine called Shanchol, which has been successful in Odisha, India.2 II. Body of Paper A. The emergence of cholera in Haiti was initiated by a number of existing problems. There where two national disasters that struck Haiti between 2010 and 2012 that where instrumental to starting the cholera outbreak. The first was the 2010 earthquake that rocked…

feel like something is going to happen if they “don’t get them out” and I feel like another earthquake is going to happen which will kill more people. 4. “Look, I’ve been listening to the radio, and the roads are really not good…” (Walters 214 paragraph 1). I feel sad because Joshua because him and his group were going to go somewhere, but they couldn’t go because the roads were really bad after the earthquake hit. 5. “For a brief second I thought about telling him about Michelle, but there…

findings of Kari O’Grady about traumatic events and how victims’ spirituality is affected reinforce the Cherokee response to the New Madrid earthquakes as well as the renewal of the Catholic faith after the Great Lisbon disaster of 1755. O’Grady’s collaborative article "Resilience Processes During Cosmology Episodes: Lessons Learned from the Haiti Earthquake," with James Orton, in the Journal Of Psychology & Theology discusses the influence of traumatic events on victims’ psychological and…