Richter Scale:
a. 5.0 – 5.9 ~ Small
b. 6.0 – 6.9 ~ Moderate
c. 7.0 – 7.9 ~ Major
d. 8.0 – 8.9 ~ Great
I found this in my mom’s book on natural disasters. It’s less than 1 year old…can a 5 earthquake cause damage? Please explain.
Have any of you been through an earthquake that was rated around a 5 on the richter scale? What was it like?
After BCT & AIT, do National Guardsmen do some sort of specific training that would prepare them for natural disasters? Since that is one of it’s missions? Or do the soldiers mostly concentrate on their MOS? Thanks for any info, just wondering.
Is the world coming to an end?
i have noticed that since year 2000, a lot of natural disasters have been occuring and seem to be intensifying as we draw even closer to 2012, i mean just this year alone we have had the earth quake in haiti, the earth quake in chile and the earth quake in turkey, the earthquake in indonesia, not to talk about the massive flood in portugal and the latest earthquake in china. is it just me or does it seem that the closer we get to 2012 the mayan end of the world the worse globally things seem to become. i am starting to think that all of these are signs and that on december 21 2012, that something will go wrong with the hadron collider in 2012 and BANG!, THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN AND BYE BYE WORLD WITH A BANG. just interested what are ur thoughts
pls ans
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AibU0kkCR4PuTvismLFWN.Hsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100611033733AAozENv p
what is the solution to natural disasters?
how to restore the environment then?
I have scientific proof that 2012 is bound NOT to happen. I just want to hear your thoughts, and share mine, too. Evidence: you would be able to see Planet X coming by now in the night sky if it were that close to Earth (or if it even exists); the possibility of Planet X actually striking Earth is very slim; Polar Shifts are just a theory, and would otherwise take 5,000 years to complete; the Galactic Alignment had, supposedly, already happened or is going to happen later on, but Sag. A (center of the galaxy) would need to be thousands of light-years closer to Earth to have any effect AT ALL; human disasters are predictable, but astronomical and natural disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. are completely unpredictable; the Mayans started all of this, and even THEY don’t think 2012 is a disaster but a celebration for a new tomorrow!
These are my accurate facts about 2012, now tell me what you think!
READ MORE AT:
http://www.dailycommonsense.com/2012-explained-why-it-shouldnt-be-feared/
http://www.gamespot.com/users/THE_DRUGGIE/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25549423
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/NASA-Tells-Us-Why-2012-Won-t-Happen-15632.html
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/19/no-doomsday-in-2012/
http://news.discovery.com/space/ray-villard-doomsday-theories.html
Or just Google: reasons why 2012 won’t happen
soooooooooooo…. they said we have nothing to worry about… with all the hype of the obvious "2012" thing, but more specifically, the fact that the earth is going through a lot more the past few years is pretty bad.
tell me this doesn’t add up to something?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100609/sc_space/moreactivesunmeansnastysolarstormsahead
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php
-note- the stats aren’t as high as past years, but this year isn’t even half way over and already it’s above half the other years.
http://hogueprophecy.com/2010/natural-disasters-the-quickening-in-2010/
another thing – the chile earthquake shifted the earth’s axis, and our days are shorter by a fraction of a second, i know not to worry about a fraction of a second, but eventually it adds up… 1/50th of a second is a whole second in just 50 days, a minute in a couple years, and will eventually add up to an hour to a whole day to a couple days, to a week, to a month, to a couple months to half a year, to a whole year (that’s giving the half a second or whatever it is, hundreds of years to take away a whole years worth of time)… i plan on living a long healthy life, so why would i want a day or two taken out of my routine?
no, i’m not being paranoid… frankly, i don’t give a crap. i just wanted to post a question to make people think. SO please don’t put up "omg you’re so dumb" "wow you need to kill yourself" "wtf you believe everything you read" answers.
ten points will go to the person who puts the most thought into their answer… thus, you won’t get 10 points by posting "posting for points" because that’s not going to get you anywhere.
i applaud you dylan, although, you’re a dick… so i have to give you a thumbs down.
gexi… i’ll be with you in hell because i don’t believe in it either LOL and i don’t think the world is gonna end ^^ i’m not into following the rest of the obvious cattle into the cage so we can be slaughtered. but, i don’t believe nothing is going to happen.. i’d rather be undecided because that way whatever happens happens and i can accept it either way.
California seems like a fun state to live in. I would like to move there for many reasons. But I’m scared of the earthquakes and volcanoes. If I buy a nice house there, I think an earthquake or something will just ruin it, and there goes 300,000+ dollars down the drain. How do people in California deal with the earthquakes and natural disasters?
Natalie- Wow, calm down. You didn’t have to be a bitch about it.
Please give me your name, job title, and if possible your phone number. These are the questions I have for you:
* What type of disaster did you experience?
* When and where did this disaster occur?
* What did you do to prepare for the disaster?
* What steps did you take during the disaster to protect yourself or your home?
* How much damage was done to your town?
* What was the experience like after the disaster?
* What did you learn from this experience?
* Have you ever experienced any other natural disasters?
I am 17 and I need to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life, my career. I wanted to be an Architect, but now I’m second guessing it. I am taking it as an elective at my high school, and its a lot of fun, but I know once i get to college, theres so much more to it than just making up floor plans.
Before Architecture, I wanted to become a Meteorologist. I kinda still do. I have an interest in weather and Natural Disasters(like tornadoes and earthquakes). My mom keeps telling me she can’t picture me in either career. I’m not sure if I can either all so much now I think about it.
So, What career is for me? I like drawing, designing, deciding where things go, music, weather, sports, helping others, nature, the environment, etc. I don’t like fashion and history.
I know for one, that I don’t want to become a nurse or doctor or dentist or vet or related fields. I am like, terrified of needles and stuff like that.
Thankyou for your responses 
I have a project and I must include the following:
-natural disasters
*earthquakes
*floods
*hurricanes
*volcanoes
*tsunamis
*mud slides
*wild fires
*and so forth
I must have a good bit of natural disasters.. I also have to have as much detail as possible.
Detail must include: the event its self, and the impact on the land and people.
I also need pictures. As much as possible.
I have to give a 3-5 minutes presentation, so details are nice.
Not tooo many but you get my point.
If you can give me websites too that would be great!
I also need this before the end of the day… cause I have to finish putting this on notecards and a poster and practice talking about it by the end of the day… so yeah.
thank you but i still need more than just floods…
blizzerd?
maybe avolanch?
i cant spell but yeah..
It doesn’t have to be in the US. I would actually prefer if it wasn’t
*I’m writing a paper on natural disasters, specifically focusing on collateral damage. I was planning on talking about how natural disasters affect the enviornment, economy, /need something for the last paragraph/ .. Any advice/input would be lovely! Thank you so much!
Is the world coming to an end?
i have noticed that since year 2000, a lot of natural disasters have been occuring and seem to be intensifying as we draw even closer to 2012, i mean just this year alone we have had the earth quake in haiti, the earth quake in chile and the earth quake in turkey, the earthquake in indonesia, not to talk about the massive flood in portugal and the latest earthquake in china. is it just me or does it seem that the closer we get to 2012 the mayan end of the world the worse globally things seem to become. i am starting to think that all of these are signs and that on december 21 2012, that something will go wrong with the hadron collider in 2012 and BANG!, THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN AND BYE BYE WORLD WITH A BANG. just interested what are ur thoughts
please ans
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100415093557AAJUmpu&r=w
There are zones where natural disasters such as flooding/tornados/hurricanes/and wildfires can be easily expected!
Is it anyone else’s responsibility to "help" rebuild or the people who have chosen to live there?
I am proud that most citizens are willing to give when called upon to do so….but would it lessen the burden if we stopped populating areas of the country where natural disasters are prevelant?
We are sending millions of pounds of grains, and other foods to other countries when we have hungry people here in the USA.
We are supplying millions of dollars worth of first aid to other countries when we would like cheaper health care in our USA.
We are borrowing money from china and russia and giving it to countries that don’t need it like Isreal (top 25 per capita).
We spend billions on disaster relief at other countries when we have thousands of families still homeless from our own natural disasters.
Shouldn’t we take care of our own first?
I know during hurricane katrina the national guard was sent in to distribute supplies to people, helping the police in restoring order, and knocking door by door to evacuate people, all while carrying a machine gun on their backs. Im in highshool and would like to join the gaurd and I would like a job like that. What kind of job in the Guard lets you work with people, distribute needed supplies, enforce the law, help in natural disasters or terrorist attacks? Answers are appreciated
whats the point of building and underground home if there will be earthquakes and other natural disasters? wont it be worst because the ground will crack open and you will suffocate?
when the earth cracks open, the dirt will cover the underground home.. it sounds safer on the top of the ground than the bottom to me.. but what do you think?
(In the last 15 years)
haha ok thats true about Arnold but I said a NATURAL disaster
I said NATURAL disasters
So far I think the northridge earthquake is the largest natural disaster…
I have some concerns about moving to Florida, because of all of the natural disasters that’s been going on lately..
Do you think Florida can be hit by a tsunami or a earthquake or any other major natural disasters?
I am aware of the hurricanes, but usually they give you a head-sup on those. I am talking about disaster that people can’t "predict" hitting a certain area 100% and that will just hit without no time of warning that could help people escape?!
What happens when government fails to act?
What has happened when they have helped?
And how different natural disasters would be if the government did help more?
Thanks!!
in the IPCC WG II report, Chapter 7, supplementary material?
Is it more appropriate to link rise in natural disaster spending to coastal population trends?
Why does the graph they do include only look at a limited number of years from 1970 to 2005?
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/001169this_is_just_embaras.html
@ dana1981
So you DO think its appropriate for a panel that is commissioned to study climate change to link the cost of a supossedly GLOBAL trend in temperature rise to US spending on Natural disasters over a cherry picked time period?
Do you honestly think you can show a credible scientific link that shows that a rise in GLOBAL temperatures are responsible for US spending on disasters?
Don’t you see the poor science behind this graph?
Doesn’t it bother you that a panel that is supposed to review scientific literature and report on the truth would make such an obvious agenda driven graph?
well, im 15, and recently undergoing a change of lifestyle.
basically im trying to make myself a better person.
anyway, lately the only thing ive been really thinking about is death and natural disasters.
today wasnt a major quake for my city, atleast in my house it was as if 10 heavy truckes rolled by.
anyway, we’re somewhat close to L.A and would like to know how bad earthquakes would affect us?
all i can do now, is pray.
I’m researching on natural disasters for my thesis and would like to know what people experience and what they are feeling. It would be best to get first hand experiences, but if you know of someone who has been in a disaster, i am still interested in that too.
Also, is there a forum or website that has people discussing their first hand experiences with natural disasters?
Thanks
As we have seen, other parts of Canada also experience natural disasters? Is there a city or region in Canada that you feel is unsafe? Explain your answer.
Based on the natural disasters that occur in Florida and in California which of the two
states would you prefer to make your permanent home?
….affected by one or more of, tornadoes, hurricanes, or earthquakes??
I always dreamed about crossing the pond from Britain later on in life long term, but being phobic of natural disasters, it seems like such a scary place!
I have to do a Science project on Natural Disasters over Christmas Break (ugh) and need to know the impact that earthquakes have on landforms. Also the impact earthquakes have on weather/climate if you can.
Sometimes I think/remember and pray for individual people whose stories are only briefly mentioned in the midst of huge natural and not-so-natural disasters.
For example: the big Northridge Earthquake from 15 years ago — one of the first reports of a death was a woman who had tripped over something rushing to get her baby out of a crib and broke her neck. I heard nothing else about it because the apartment building collapse over-took the news. I still think of her when earthquakes happen and wonder what has become of that little one.
The picture of the guy who jumped out of one of the towers on 9-11 and he just went for it — head first (albeit a men’s mag, Details perhaps, wrote an article about "who was he?") I think of him and his family.
The reports about one lady breastfeeding many babies in the Superdome after Katrina because there was no formula or clean water. Or the reports that people were being hurt and killed.
I am just wondering, do you all feel for the "small people in big disasters" and do those stories stay with you? If you’re religious, do you find yourself randomly adding these folks to your prayers?
i heard on the news that a LOT of little earthquakes have been happening in the desert in california(though i know everyday we have little earthquakes here that we dont feel) and that were expecting a huge earthquake in hours or days.. is it true?
does anyone have more info on it? i live in orange county in southern california and if scared people say that it could hit in the ocean and we would have a tsunami im considering moving because i have a major fear of natural disasters../:
I am talking about in the distant future if we have the ability.
Would be wonderful if we have the power to get rid of natural disasters? In other words, to not be in the mercy of nature’s disasters.
I have been having these dreams about natural disasters (tidle waves and two tornadoes towering up to the sky). People drowing and I am trying to help people. Has anyone else had these kind of dreams, particulaly people in Bexhill on sea?
ie; tornadoes, tidle waves, people floating up to the sky, Gods face in the sky, pulling people up from the water etc