Earthquake engineering

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.…

designed groyn = trapping too much sediment - causing severe beach erosion on the down – drift side Ecological impacts: Habitat destruction due to completely vertical sea walls. Video 4 Coastal engineering response: soft engineering Beach scraping and beach nourishment Beach scraping : mechanical enquipment scraping sand from lower part of the beach up to/just below the sand dune. - ‘tis a temporary measure to attempt to protect upland property…

September 10, the day of the hurricane, is also a national holiday for British Honduras, on which many locals gather in the streets to celebrate the defeat of Spanish conquerors by the British in 1798.[6] It is widely believed that the hurricane struck without any warning, although some recent historians have disputed this. In his column for The Belize Times on September 5, 2004, Emory King claimed that Belizean authorities withheld continuous warnings from U.S. ships in the region of a possible…

with an earthquake, in Jan. 12 earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people, the morgue was inundated with thousands of corpses. Some day later I was frustrated and came to live in a psychotic manifestations of depression. I had suffered tremendous shock. I thought about my family and friend, I wandered the street and had lost my mind. Some days later others were drinking much more alcohol than before. I think I may be close to going crazy." Ultimately, depression as I know the earthquake…

The Haiti earthquake has been a disaster, because everything got destroyed and a lot of people died. This earthquake happened in 2010 on January 12. It said that three million people were affected by the earthquake in 2010. The earthquake has been so bad that 300,000 people were injured. An lot of people didn’t have homes for awhile. All of the buildings were destroyed, the whole earthquake was just devastating.What's sad it didn’t have any place to get educated or any food to eat. People were…

of over 6,400 islands, the largest of which are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. As for their population, they are considered to have one of the largest population and they also have the world's largest economy. The Tsunami was caused by an earthquake which was felt by other nations under the ocean floor, and it…

because they have still found ways to come back despite the odds. The Haitian people are a people that overcome many dangerous and serious natural disasters. Especially, the 2010, 7.0 earthquake that killed over 100,000(Mothers, fathers, Sons and Daughters). Pitt describe the Haitians actions after the earthquake as " Terribly practiced." the Haitian people have been through a lot of things together over the past 20 years, but always find a way to dig themselves out. Weep and mourn.…

up and has to be expelled in the form of an earthquake. The regions for seismic activity in Canada are: the Cordillera region, British Columbia, the Arctic and to a smaller extend, and central Quebec. More than 4,000 earthquakes occur in Canada every year. The western regions are the most seismically active region in Canada. More than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude of 5 or more have occured in Canada over the past 70 years. In 1949 a massive earthquake with the magnitude of 8.1 occurred in…