Materials and issues I came across when researching for the project

When i was researching for the project, i came across with some issues. For some data that i had researched, data were different or not accurate from each and other websites. 

Example: I found out that 20,000 people were killed in Gujarat Earthquake, but on the other hand, i found out that 1 million people were killed. It was totally bad for the me, because i was confuse on about what data to use, so it give me much work i have to research more to be accurate and do my projects. My group members were cooperative so, cooperative was not a big issue. Finally, the projects were good.

Gujarat Earthquake

Gujarat Earthquake

                                   

                                   
      










Where and When did the Earthquake happened?

• The earthquake occurred in north-western India, Gujarat.
• Occurred on January 26, 2001, at 08:46 AM local time.
• Location of epicenter was at Bhuj, Gujarat, India.

How did the Earthquake happen?

       vThe Indo-Australian and the Eurasian Plate collide into each other 

            at the rate of around 2cm per year.

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As neither can sub duct, the land where the two plate met was forced            upwards.

vEventually this pressure is released,  thus causing the earthquake.

   

 

Magnitude and Intensity of the Earthquake

v Magnitude is between 7.6 to 7.7 on the Richter scale.

v   Intensity of X (Intense) on the Mercalli scale.

Short Term Impacts

v Social Impact

v Human Impact

v Environmental Impact

v Economic Impact

vSocial Impact

               v  Resulting in about 2 million people being homeless, 20,000 people were killed and nearly 200000 were injured very badly. 21 districts in India were affected. About 400 thousand homes were destroyed.

vNearly half the of population in India was affected due to the quake.

vThe consequences were disastrous..

vIn total, about 15.9 million people were affected by the quake

vDuring the disaster and after the disaster, there was looting from shops and houses and many fights and violence occurred, making more people injured other than the disaster

 The Gujarat earthquake was very severe and cause alotof destructions. There was a total damage of us $ 7 billion. There was a GDP loss of Rs. 23 billion. 

Benefits of Nuclear Power

Introduction to Nuclear Power

What is Nuclear Power/Energy?

         Nuclear energy is a clean, safe, reliable and competitive energy source that can replace a significant part of the fossil fuels. Nuclear energy is energy in the core of an atom. Can be used to make electricity. Two ways : Nuclear Fusion and Nuclear Fission

What is Nuclear Power/Energy ?

      

  These fossil fuels  massively pollute the atmosphere and contribute to the greenhouse effect.

      An example of fossil fuels would be coal, oil and gas. 

Benefits Of Nuclear Power

§Nuclear power is

1.Reliable

2.Competitive

3.Inexhaustible

4. Compact

5. Renewable

6. Safe

RELIABLE :: Nuclear reactors provide base-load power and are available over 90% of the time. Intervals between refueling have been extended and down time for refueling has been reduced. In the USA, these improvements over the years have been the equivalent of adding one reactor a year to the existing fleet. Most reactors are designed for a life of 40 years; many are reaching that age in good condition and extensions of 20 years have usually been granted.

Competitive: The cost of nuclear power is competitive and stable. The cost of nuclear fuel is a small part of the price of a nuclear kiloWatt-hour, whereas fossil fueled power, especially oil and gas, is at the mercy of the market.

Inexhaustible: Uranium is found everywhere in the crust of the Earth – it is more abundant than tin, for example. Major deposits are found in Canada and Australia. It is estimated that increasing the market price by a factor ten would result in 100 times more uranium coming to market. Eventually we will be able to recover uranium from sea water where 4 billion tons are dissolved.

Compact: A nuclear power station is very compact, occupying typically the area of a football stadium and its surrounding parking lots. Solar cells, wind turbine farms and growing biomass, all require large areas of land.

Renewable : Although nuclear power is considered as a low carbon power generation source, its a renewable energy power source. Nuclear energy is regarded as clean energy and it’s a renewable energy too. Renewable energy is determined as an energy source that can regenerate and can replenish itself.

Safe: It’s partially safe only,but not 100% safe, but A nuclear reactor differs from fossil fuel-based plants in that it doesn’t produce any carbon-dioxide emissions. Nuclear energy is safe unless radiation is being produce.

Geography

Why study Geography?

To lean and develop a wide range of skills about people and their societies, economics,cultures and the environment. Geography is an interesting subject because people have discovered that large numbers of societal problems have geographic dimensions. Geography is a useful subject too.

What do you understand by Geography?

 It is the study of the phenomena of the earth like lands, features and inhabitants.There are two types of geography. They are Physical geography and Human Geography.

Physical Geography aims to focus the understanding of  the physical problems and the issues of the earth.

 Human Geography aims the focuses on the studying of the patterns and processes that shape the human society.

The 2004 Tsunami

Tsunami

A fault rupture was encountered at the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia along Sunda Trench zone plate boundary, causing a devastating tsunami around the Indian Ocean on the 26th December 2004. Since the entire water column is involved, the tsunami in open oceans strike with long wave lengths about 200km. The highest waves spread east-west from the North-South running fault line. 

PHYSICAL & HUMAN IMPACTS

According to the Indian ocean earthquake and tsunami research group,from Japan, there was 174,500 casualties, 51,500 were missing, and roughly 1.5 million people displaced. The Tsunami affected regions are along the coasts of Sumatra, Thailand, India, Sri  Lanka, Myanmar, and the Maldives. Even the coasts of Africa and on islands in the Western Indian Ocean, such as Seychelles Islands were strike by the Tsunami. Innocent life were lost due to the disastrous effects. Of the 31,000 lives lost in Sri Lanka, 80 % were in the most heavily affected areas of the Eastern and Southern provinces. In India, 75% of the 10,700 fatalities were in the South state of Tamil Nadu. In Thailand, residents and foreign tourists in the Phuket Island and the surrounding Southern Coastal Provinces were severely affected by the tsunami.

 Before and After the Tsunami

Economic and Insured Losses

Overall economic losses from the Tsunami is estimated at $ 10 billion, with 75% of the loss attributed to the damage in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India. There was damage to residential buildings, infrastructure, including roads, water supply, schools, hospitals, electric power systems and healthcare facilities. In the worst affected countries, the insurance to recover the loss was extremely low.

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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy is such an unusual storm, once in a generation event. It was so different and so powerful. Sandy is meant to be a super storm. What make hurricane sandy special and different from other tropical storms was, it travels the north part and turned west while other tropical storms in this year travel east. This storm is monster size. It rises to nearly 6 inches of rain during the past 24 hours.

How Sandy became a snowstorm?

Superstorm Sandy, the hurricane, blew through the Caribbean , killing at least 69 people, most of them in Haiti and Cuba. Sandy then churned up the U.S. East Coast, making landfall on the October 29th in New Jersey and bringing massive floods to Atlantic City, Manhattan, and other coastal areas.

And now Sandy is a snowstorm!!!

Short Clip of Hurricane Sandy: Super storm's Path Up East Coast Threatens New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Hurricane Sandy: After Landfall

Hurricane Sandy made landfall, south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, by bringing the winds in a very high speed (90 mph), and formed a massive storm which surge onto beaches and shorelines. Millions across Eastern Seaboard are without power, and most are struggling with rising floodwater.

                                     

Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn  New York, on October 29th, 2012. Sandy continued on its path on Monday, as the storm forced to shutdown of mass transit, schools, and financial markets. 

Seawater pours into the Ground Zero construction site in New York.

A 168-foot water tanker, sits on the shore Tuesday morning, October 30, 2012 where it was used to ran aground on Front Street in the neighborhood of New York's Staten Island.

Snapshots of the disasters

In Conclusion, Hurricane Sandy has bring the disastrous effects of the climate change on the lawn of the White House. At last count, officials were attributing more than 100 deaths to Hurricane Sandy.