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The Phenomenon of the Tsunami

in harbours. Scientists dislike the term tidal wave as used by the Press but there is a little logic in the term - some tsunamis ...

Overview of the Tsunami Phenomena

bottom of the sea. When meteor impacts are involved the same type of energy release occurs but it occurs at the ocean surface and...

Tsunami of December 2004 and Its Economic Consequences

a member country on their list. The tsunami affected many poor regions that relied on tourism. Some of these nations are consider...

Tsunami: The Physics and Possible Prevention

combat future threats is to study the phenomenon. NOAA and FEMA got together to create a possible scenario to examine the potentia...

Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

Internet Friendships

online gaming where there is a high level of communication between players, for example; World of Warcraft (WoW) has been a signif...

Reviewing Global Warming Impacts

scientific facts regarding the changes which we are observing in our world. A recent front page article in the New York...

Can The Effects Of Lifestyle Stresses And Its Link To GI Cancer Be Reversed?

and understanding are what dictate perception, which represents "a choice, where we may intend our manner of interaction with the ...

Nursing and the Caring Phenomena

on nurses increase (Cullen, 2003). Nevertheless, nurse educators and scholars stress that it is through recognition of caring as a...

Catastrophic Tsunami of 2004

be taken care of, and so, the economic effects were only temporary. The post-tsunami relief effort had included attention to commu...

News Stories on the 2004 Tsunami

have been amazing stories of survival by people caught unaware. But there have also been horrible stories of people swept up by th...

Avoiding Most Devastating Tsunami Effects

island of Sumatra" (Tsunami Quakes Force Revised Higher). A scientist on duty at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawa...

Chile's Natural Hazards

In eight pages this paper discusses volcanoes, floods, and earthquake tsunami as they relate to the Chilean geography. Six source...

Social Vulnerability and Ache

had its epicentre off Sunmatas west coast, between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia, 30 km below sea level and had a magnitude 9.3 ...

Recovery in Japan after the Earthquake, Tsunami of 3/11

This paper focuses on the recovery efforts that followed the earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan on March 11, ...

Three Disasters at a Time

In March, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake, a massive tsunami, and a nuclear accident. No country has ever experienced su...

Earthquake, Tsunami, Japan 2011

This research paper relates many of the problems encountered by Japanese officials who are addressing reconstruction after the de...

Tourism in Phuket: The Global Impact

to the area of Phuket in southern Thailand. Unfortunately, many contemporary factors seem to be impacting that level of tourism to...

An Exploration of Tsunamis

caused by seismic activity, by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions (Regulatory Intelligence Data, 1998). Tsunamis can also be caus...

Meteorology

(vertical levels, horizontal grid spacing, and temporal), computational domain (what values go in the equations), and coordinate s...

Cause and Effect Used to Justify More Helicopter Services to a Pacific Island Prone to Natural Disasters

days, whereas for a flood or tsunami their may not be a warning at all. The immediate effects of a disaster can be mixed. If there...

The C.R.E.S.T. Warning System

al, 2002). It also aims to reduce the number of false tsunami warnings given by providing information to the warning centers that ...

Starbucks; From Humble Origins to Global Phenomena

can be examined. 2. History The first coffee shop was opened in Pike Place Market in Seattle, however, as with many...

Is the "Freshman Fifteen" a Real Phenomenon?

gaining weight in college is no myth. It is a reality for many students and there are reasons behind the phenomenon. A study rep...

The Phenomenon of the U.S. "Melting Pot"

Will we learn to embrace this ever increasing diversity or will it rip us apart? No one seems to know. What they do know is that ...

The Boiled Frog Phenomenon

with bankruptcy because they failed to innovate or they failed to understand what was happening in the marketplace. Polynice (n.d....

Ragtime Music as a Societal Phenomenon

"Youve Been a Good Old Wagon but Youve Done Broke Down" (Ketch, 1993, p. 182). Sensing a popular music form, the New York song pu...

Explaining the Phenomena of Increasing Protectionist Policies During a Global Recession

Slide 3 The concept of trade is not new, the concept of international trade is not new, there are many examples of...

Phenomenon of Road Rage

Edwards, 1997). Dr. Richardo Martinez, the director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and one of the countrys ...

Evidence in P. Winter's Paranormal Phenomena

In ten pages this paper discusses the essays featured in this text constructed in such a way that readers must make their own deci...