Esme balled her tiny fists up and the shed door slammed, Enzo’s surprised shouts coming from within. And the shed started to burn. Flames leapt from the walls and roof, immediately engulfing the little building. Neighbors ran over from next door and turned the little garden hose nearby on to the burning shed, but it was too late.
Modulus: 1X Earth Science Name: Leroy (CHAN CHUNG YIU) Staff member in charge: Tim Dempster ID:2183820C Title: The April 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Introduction On April 18th, 1906, one of the worst natural disasters happened in the US history. This first major disaster which is recorded in human history with photography, has a 7.8 magnitude(USGS,2013).A subduction of the Pacific plates pulled into the San Andreas plates with the north-west direction, causing a 400 km(ECSC) rupture line. Huge energy is radiated out of the epicenter which was just 2 miles of west San Francisco, the intensity of the shaking nearly wiped out most of the buildings and structures with a duration of 110s(ECSC), affected around 370,000 square meters(NZH,1906).
From Old to New The article ‘The Really Big One’ written by Kathryn Schulz discusses the Cascadia Subduction Zone and its threat to the people of the Pacific Northwest. She uses the article to inform the public of how the zone was discovered, how devastating the earthquakes and tsunamis will be in this zone, and how most of the Pacific Northwest is not prepared for this zone to erupt. After Schulz article was published, it became a well known across the nation. Everyone who read the article became scared at the thought of this impending doom.
An inspirational event from Ruth Newman’s story of surviving the San Francisco earthquake is when Mrs.Newman was 4 when the earthquake shook. Newman memory never faded that her home was shaking about 70 miles north of San Francisco. Newman remembered that she was downstairs and her father picking her up and running out of the house. When the massive earthquake shook 1,000 people were killed by the earthquake and subsequent fires. Mrs.Newman was 113
The story of Vasquez Rock Natural Park located in Agua Dulce, California began in 1874 when Tiburcio Vasquez a Californian bandit used the rocks to escape being capture by law enforcements. Due to the impact that Tiburcio created in the nearby communities the park was name after him. By 1970 the Los Angeles County Government acquired the rights to the park, but it was not until 1972 that the park was added to the National Registry of Historic Places. At the begging of its creation the park was populated by its first habitants the Tataviam Indians until the intrusion of the Spaniards. The Spaniards ruled the park and ruled the Indians until their death.
Sooner or later, the city was burnt to the ground. A couple days later, the fire stopped. There was a lot of people effected and a lot of damage done. The city builders learned their lesson. There was no warning from humans that there was going to be a fire, but one from nature.
The water was so backed up from the hoses and spewed out that it froze almost instantly on the street. The fire was spreading really fast and the heat was so intense that the iron shutters and copper roofs on many warehouses and big shops were melted instantly and were running off in the molten streams. The situation got really bad and worst when the cold winter wind kicked in and helped the fire fan the flames, blowing the fire from building to building.
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake was a devastating loss in time and for the people who died. The San Francisco Earthquake was a fainting time in reality. Citizens of San Francisco wasn't warned of the lunging ground, grabbing the poor citizens of San Francisco to there death. The San Francisco Earthquake was caused by Plates Sliding together which makes the Earthquake reborn and ready to destroy States and continents.
(“The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake”) This tragedy ruined lives and took away the homes, offices and dreams of so many others. Eyewitness accounts relive what it was like to be alive in San Francisco during the time earthquake and all can agree that it was a disaster, but different authors take
Kathryn Shulz explores how the earthquake will affect the Pacific Northwest, as well as the reasons behind why people choose to live in these areas despite the threats in her online article The Really Big One (2015). When the Cascadia subduction zone ruptures, causing the biggest earthquake the Pacific Northwest will ever encounter, many natural disasters will be born. After the first earthquake hits, tsunamis will follow about fifteen minutes
When did the Earthquake Occur? The San Francisco earthquake occurred on April 18,1906 in the early morning hours at approximately 5:12 AM. Personal Experience?
The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time…. a foreshock occurred with sufficient force to be felt widely throughout the San Francisco Bay area.... Violent shocks punctuated the strong shaking which lasted some 45 to 60 seconds. The book Dragonwings says, Wood and stone and brick and the very earth became fluidlike…. The whole world had become unglued….
There had been word on the news that there was a massive wild fire in California. It was nothing new, we all prayed that the residents of California were safe, but we went on with our lives. We knew that it would be handle and that it would be over in a couple of weeks, but we were wrong. It had been around seven weeks since the fire first started. The firefighters said that they were working on it and to not lose hope.
Hazards in California A disaster hotspot is a place at risk from 2 or more hazards; California is at risk from 6 hazards: droughts, wild fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and volcanoes Droughts Droughts are becoming more frequent in California in the years between 2000 and 2013, 43% of these years have suffered a drought however from 1906 to 1999 only 31% of these years have suffered a drought this proves that the frequency of droughts is going up. They are also caused by La Nina which effects are getting more severe. Wild fires As droughts have become more frequent so have wild fires from 1980 to 1989 on average there was 140 wildfires now from 2000 to 2012 they have 250 wildfires.
Earthquakes occur every day in California because of the notorious San Andreas Fault. Earthquakes are vibrations in the ground that happen because of breaking and moving rocks within the Earth’s crust, and they are unpredictable. Lastly, the constant earthquakes that occur set California at a high risk of tsunamis. Tsunamis are
