GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Natural Disaster, Natural Hazard, Subsidence
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There is nothing natural about a natural disaster: nature vs natura vs nature as social, nature is one of the most difficult words in the english language it contains an extraordinary amount of human history. Types of natural hazards: natural hazards are produced by release of various forms of energy, internal: within the earth. Earthquakes: release of energy usually along a fault line creating movement. Can produce tsunami of occurs on the seabed. 90% of earthquakes on pacific ring of fire (edges of pacific tectonic plate: examples: Opening on the earth crust that release gas, molten and solid material. Abervan diasater: coal mining waste tip slid into elementary school, 144 killed, 116 were children: extraterrestrial. Demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Predictions of future hits and the end of life as we know it (ultimate natural diasater) New orleans was in the middle of the storm path.
