Compare and Contrast two disaster hotspots in term of their hazards and management of their hazards A hazard hotspot can be defined as a place that has two or more natural hazards affecting it. An example of an MEDC that is a Hazard Hotspot is California, in South-Eastern USA. An example of an LEDC Hazard Hotspot is the Philippines, a group of lots of islands in South-East Asia. California is located on the San Andreas Fault, a conservative plate boundary. This means that it is very susceptible to earthquakes e.g.
I became attached to the characters, and felt their life’s to be important when they were trapped on top of the mountain. I would really recommend, I found it entertaining, suspenseful, informative, and fun. • Memorable quotes o “None of them imagined that horrible ordeal was drawing nigh. Nobody suspected that by the end of that long day, every minute would matter.” pg. 11 o “Following Sikhdar’s discovery in 1852, it would require the lives of twenty-four men, the efforts of fifteen expeditions, and the passage of 101 years before the summit of Everest would finally be attained” pg.
However, viscous lavas are not always the most hazardous; an example of a low viscosity, destructive eruption is that of Mt. Nyiragongo in 2002. This is a strata-volcano found along the African Rift Valley at a constructive plate margin, however it did not erupt from the crater, it erupted from a 13km long fissure on the southern flank having devastating consequences. Lava flows alone destroyed a third of Goma including part of the airport runway, 14,000 homes were destroyed, 350,000 flee and 147 people were killed as 15 million cubic yards of lava cover the area. Sulphurous
They release enormous amounts of energy and create eruption columns of gas and ash that can rise up to 50 km (35 miles) high at speeds of hundreds of meters per second. Ash from an eruption column can drift or be blown hundreds or thousands of miles away from the volcano. Creating such hazard as occurred at Mount St. Helens in 1980. which produced falls of ash, scoria and lava bombs miles from the volcano, and pyroclastic density currents that razed forests, striped soil from the bedrock and obliterated anything in its paths. These type of eruptions are known as Plinian and are hard to predict as they are
‘How do people and society respond to environmental hazards and what factors influence their choice of adjustments?’ (Cutter 1996). Discuss this statement with reference to examples of both natural and technological hazards. Introduction Environmental hazards fall under two headings: Chronic and Catastrophic. Catastrophic hazards are those with a high magnitude and low frequency. They create huge media attention as the rate of change from what would have been considered as ‘normal’ conditions is very high, for example an earthquake can turn an entire city to ruins and kill hundreds of people in just minutes.
Chimborazo volcano is Ecuador's highest active volcano. The massive, ice-capped volcano lies at the southwest end of the main Ecuadorian volcanic arc, the so-called "Avenida de los Volcanes. Chimborazo had been thought to be extinct, but new studies have shown that it still is an active volcano. Although there are no historical eruptions, Chimborazo erupted at least 7 times during the past 10,000 years. Chimborazo is a popular and challenging climb; climbers from all around the world come to take on this challenge.
These include.... * The eruption had left destruction in its wake, it created a ‘Pyroclastic Flow’ or ‘Nuée ardente’ (Glowing Cloud). This is a cloud of volcanic debris, made up of solid, semi solid and hot, expanding gases. The cloud behaves like a liquid, flowing down the slope of the volcano. It can reach up to and above 100Km/h and so destroys everything in its path. The pyroclastic flow from Mt.
Then, the day after the nuclear explosion, the contaminated dust and water rain down and contaminate a large area. This rain is known as the fallout. The head wave comes from the gigantic energy that develops from the detonation. In the center of the detonation, the temperature can reach several million degrees. The head wave only takes a few seconds, but it kills everyone within a three-mile radius.
Skiing is so unique to me because I picture the way the mountain is constructed, and I am able to navigate this placement and relate it to my life situations. For example, you can take the easy way or the hard way. Either way, you are going to get to the bottom. What sets the paths apart is the feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. There is no obstacle or challenging terrain in taking the easy way, and I cannot claim in the end that I pushed myself.
This is an analysis on what is known to be the largest earthquake and biggest tsunami ever to hit Japan on March 11, 2011. The earthquake and tsunami Japans coast lies in ruins after the earthquake hit followed by the tsunami picking up everything in its path like cars, houses, and warehouses. Seismometers, strain gages, and title gages records the disaster. P-waves travel at four miles a second and within seconds warnings flash across the country. The S-waves shake the ground making earthquakes so damaging and the reactor core is shut down (Kerger, 2011.