The Earthquake in Chile

2 Introduction A major earthquake centered 130 km northeast of Japan’s Honshu Island, which is the nation’s largest and greatest popular component on March 11, 2011. The earthquake produced a 15 meter tsunami that struck coastal areas causing massive damage. The tsunami inundated 560 square km which resulted in a human death toll of over 19,000, with that being said, it also caused excessive damage to coastal ports and towns, with over a million buildings that were destroyed (Dodchuk, 2011).…

large series of long wavelengths and period (time between crests) which can vary from a few minutes to over an hour. A Tsunami is a natural disaster and can be generated by any large, impulsive displacement of the sea level. An example of this is earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.5 or greater, landslides into or under the water surface, volcanic activity and meteorite impacts. Two tsunamis occur per year throughout the world which inflict damage near the source. Approximately every 15 years a…

society has pushed people into feeling less responsible for others. He utilizes an earthquake in Avezzano to show how one minor event can “achieve what the law promises but does not in practice maintain” (Junger 44). Creating an aggregation of people from all over Avezzano, the earthquake was able to bring all internal conflicts to a halt. The same effects can be seen again through the impact the earthquake in Chile, “as Indian and mestizo, lower and upper class,…

is September 11th, anthrax, Hurricane Katrina, and terrorism to name a few (Lippmann, 2011). This is very important to know because it shows what lack of preparation there has been in the past. Disaster can be defined with floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and deathly viruses (Lippmann, 2011). These are not small situations, but are considered life, and death situations. In addition, disaster causes a loss of a safe place to live, special items, the loss of a loved one, and even having to…

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…

CNN Student News The news segment that I chose to watch and write my rhetorical analysis paper is CNN Student News. This is a daily ten minute that is given by Carl Azuz, a news reporter for CNN, these daily news reports are designed for students in middle and high school. I believe that CNN and Carl Azuz use high energy tactics to keep viewers interested, they give news headlines teaching lessons, and a source of entertainment and are also very selective on the news that they provide. I…

experiment, stated “To be entirely honest I am glad I failed the assignment, because if I hadn’t opened my computer when I did, I wouldn’t have known about the violent earthquake in Chile from an informal blog post on Tumblr” (Nauert). Social Media is the perfect way to keep up with the latest news, such as an earthquake in Chile, or connect with loved ones. Everyone keeps saying that college students are addicted to social media, but we are not addicted to social media, but rather wanting to…

Physical anthropology has been changed drastically by many people. This is because there are constantly theories being introduced and disproved. One scientist that had a groudbreaking theory, that paved the way for our study of many different sciences, was Charles Darwin. No one Impacted biology like Charles Darwin in the 19th century. Charles Darwin had a very intersiting life that was dedicated to sceince and he substantially impacted science with his theories and his astouding pieces of work…

However, a number of Argentina’s health status indicators are worse than those of middle-income countries with a lower health expenditure and per capita income, such as Chile and Costa Rica (Araújo, 2011). The lower-income in Argentina spend a larger proportion of health expenditure than those of higher-income, which are mainly for fever or pain (57 percent vs. 32 percent); cardiovascular problems (53 percent vs. 32 percent);…

some cases their siblings. Natural disasters not only cause more poverty, but contribute secondary infections and the breakout of diseases. In an article written by the Childfund organization “The Devastating Impact of Natural Disasters” after the earthquake in Haiti there was an outbreak of 1.6 million Cholera cases across the region. In response to this emergency the regional office organized immediate air supply delivery of food, water and first aid materials within the first week…