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?

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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../:

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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.

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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

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The insurance companies still call natural disasters "acts of God"…but if one killed a nation’s leader, would the public believe it as a true "act of God"?

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A group of four prisoners were held captive by the enemy and each prisoner was to be shot each day through the week. As natural disasters were common in this specific part of the world, the group of prisoners decided to make up a plan of distracting the guards. Before each prisoner would be shot, they would shout out a natural disaster, which would cause chaos and distract everyone to give enough time for each prisoner to escape. As three days passed the first three prisoners escaped by shouting out their chosen natural disasters and running away, however the final prisoner shouted out a disaster and was shot dead on the spot.

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natural disasters like earthquake…floods…etc…..if not un then maybe some other organization..!

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Ok, I don’t know if what I’m thinking of is a show or a movie, I don’t know what genre it is, or what the movie/show is really about. All I remember of it is one part.

In that part, these people (I want to say it was 3 people) were looking at old photographs of times throughout history where natural disasters and catastrophes occurred (like pictures of the Titanic before it set sail and pictures of places like the Great San Fransisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906) and they notice that the SAME guy is in a lot of the photos even though some of the photos are hundreds of years apart. Later on in the movie I THINK that they find out that in the future there is a company that lets you time travel back in time to witness historical events first-hand.

The memory of this movie just popped in my head about a month ago and it’s been driving me crazy!! Does anyone know that this movie might be??

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I need websites that have information and pictures on natural disasters that happened from December 2006 until basically today January 18,2006. The Natural Disasters can be floods, tsunamis,earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Thank you and if you have no good sugestions, or ae jsut fooling atound dont even bother to answer the question.

Thank you

Katerin ♥

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umm, maybe you’ve seen but i’m doing a report on natural disasters and i need your opinion! tell me what you think the worst natural disaster is and why! oh, and thaanks =]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091403343_2.html

http://atheists.org/blog/2009/09/17/obama-cautious-about-keeping-promises

Candidate Barack Obama drew little attention during last year’s presidential campaign when he ventured into the thorny territory of church and state.

While President George W. Bush had expanded government contracts to faith-based groups, Obama promised to end that arrangement if the groups proselytized to the needy they served, or hired only members of that faith.

Today, that campaign pledge — along with other complex questions of religion and government — are posing something of a dilemma for President Obama, as he tries to balance increasing pressure from the left to renounce Bush-era policies against a desire to find common ground on social issues.

Civil liberties advocates have pressed Obama to keep the promise he made in July 2008 when he told an audience in Zanesville, Ohio: “If you get a federal grant, you can’t use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help and you can’t discriminate against them — or against the people you hire — on the basis of their religion.”

But here’s the important part:

Steven T. McFarland, vice president and chief legal officer at World Vision, which supports aid efforts in 100 countries, said needy people around the world will lose if the Obama Justice Department changes course. The Christian charity helps victims of earthquakes, famine and other natural disasters, provides food and support to refugees and abandoned children, and cares for people suffering from HIV-AIDS across three continents.

Richard Stearns, president of World Vision’s American operations, sits on a presidential advisory panel, and has emphasized the importance of hiring to World Vision’s identity with members of the administration’s faith-based office, the charity said. The Bellevue, Wash.-based group has been using religion as a factor in hiring for years.

Well, what should happen?

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It comes out in 2009, about this kid who wrote a page of numbers, and they turned out to be the dates of natural disasters. It has Nicholas Cage in it. Whats it called?!

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Mosques that are still standing after natural disasters, such as earthquakes and tsunamis. I think it shows the power of God right in front of our eyes. Please share your views but without any disrespectful or immature comments. Thankyou.

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More here:

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For those of you who say that the mosques are built of strong materials, there was a mosque made of wood and that also survived.
WalaikumSalaam Fez, there is no architecture section! Or if there is, I can’t find it! I posted this question in the photography section instead.

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when according to the U.S. Geological Survey, earthquakes have remained constant in their frequency?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/topics/increase_in_earthquakes.php

"We continue to be asked by many people throughout the world if earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant.

A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year. This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements in global communications. In 1931, there were about 350 stations operating in the world; today, there are more than 8,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these stations by electronic mail, internet and satellite. This increase in the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate earthquakes more rapidly and to locate many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier years. The NEIC now locates about 20,000 earthquakes each year or approximately 50 per day. Also, because of the improvements in communications and the increased interest in the environment and natural disasters, the public now learns about more earthquakes.

According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 17 major earthquakes (7.0 – 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or above) in any given year."

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Can you give me an article on Natural Disasters. Please make it current.
This is the current events section. I want current events.

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Is it really that hard to believe? Me and my mother have this awkward "gift" and we often dream of a certain natural disaster that many times ends up happening. For example, exactly 7 days before the big tsunami in 2004 I dreamed of a tsunami and even told my parents and one week later it shows up in the news.

Studies show that many animals can sense an earthquake or other natural disasters days before they happen. Could it be that some humans might also have this sensitivity and can only demonstrate it through their subconscious?

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natural disasters like earthquake…floods…etc…..if not un then maybe some other organization..!

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And which one do you think you’d be able
to escape?

I’m always saddened, and even amazed, that
people die because of weather, or other natural
disasters. In my mind, I imagine that I would
be able to escape. Of course, I’m probably
mistaken.

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Where were you and what happened?By natural disasters I mean hurricanes, tornadoes, avalanches, floods, landslides,earthquakes,etc.
What was it like and how did you survive.Share your story.

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personally, i’m a little worried about all these natural disasters lately. the hurricane, the eathquakes, the floods, the droughts, the mine tragedies around the world. whats going on out there?

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I would like one though that I can find information on. I am doing a website on natural disasters and I was going to compare two disasters, but that is going to be too hard, so now I want to focus on just one. Thanks!
A specific one.
A NATURAL DISASTER make sure it is one.

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Natural disasters have struck many civilizations at different times since man first built cities. If a natural disaster big enough to cause one of today’s cities to disappear, what artifacts do you think would remain? How would the historians of the future be able to determine who the inhabitants of the "lost city" were and how they lived?

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I am trying to put a report together for the percentage of people affected directly by natural disasters; meaning you or someone close to you was in the disaster.

Was an organization like the red cross or national guard there? Were they helpful?

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I asked this Q in R&S but I’m asking it here too, to see what you guys think.
Here are pictures of mosques that are still standing after natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis. In my opinion I think it shows the power of God right in front of our eyes. Some people say that these buildings are built from strong materials but there is a mosque made of wood that survived whilst everything else was destroyed.What are your thoughts?

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I had to pay out of my pocket to repair the car. I use it to get to work. I have insurance but my own insurance doesn’t cover natural disasters. Does anyone know of the State helps out with natural disaster damages? I’m in Trenton, New Jersey and I recall that they might help, but I don’t know if they will for car damage.

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1 being the highest threat. 8 being the lowest.
Disasters: asteroids, drought, earthquake, flood, hurricane, landslide, tsunami, and volcano.(supporting evidence for ratings. at least 3)
What causes natural disasters? 3 pieces of evidence.
Is it possible to predict natural disasters and when they will strike? 3 pieces of evidence.

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Its for a class I’m taking about natural disasters and the teacher wants us to find out, in my case what organization in Italy would handle a natural disaster in Rome and what would the chain of command be.

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What are the major natural disaster of Vietnam for example such as hurricanes,tsunami, earthquakes, tornados, floods, fire and etc? Basically what Natural disasters hit Vietnam?

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I asked this once already, but got a lot of people from areas with out earthquakes.

so…

How many of you are ready for the "big one"?

Do you have a plan for your family?

Do you have generators and fuel, for the time that we will be with out power?

Do you have fresh water, food, or medical supplies ready?

are you ready to spend possibly up to a month without power and running water?

what will you do?

Or any other natural disasters, who is ready?

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I am doing a school project on Natural Disasters, and we need to know what a natural disaster is. like, kind of the definition. So I loked it up on google and the only definitions I found didn't really seem right, so I thought maybe someone on here could help me!

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