tsunami+facts

=﻿ = Tsunami's are big waves in normally a wide space of ocean or are affected by easthquakes etc. How Tsunami's and Earthquakes form is from the movement inside the earth which makes tetonic plates move (as connecting to the picture above) which cause the water above to be moved up or down.

__Tsunami impacts __


 * ====** Killing of natural living (animalsin the ocean, plants, animals and trees) from toxic getting washed (pollution) from tsunami ** ====
 * ====** Isurance: Loss of insurance money because of people's lack of money for repairs. Apparantly, in these recent natural disasters, the insurance has had to give out more than $150 million dollars from more than 4,300 claims ** ====
 * ====** Retailers: Lots of retailers like Toyota, Coles etc have been having troubles getting products because most resources have been destroyed and have to be made again which will cost them more money. Considering it will cost more money, then it will be more expensive for us. My dad recently has ordered a new car that is made in Japan. it was meant to arrive three weeks ago but since the tsunami happened in Japan, it has taken longer ** ====

__Tsunami AND fLOODprevention design:__

Design: Bulb head

What it does: Signals 'help', helps you float and protects your head

How this is useful: If you are in trouble, you can use the signal on the Bulb head. If you have trouble swimming, you can inflate the ring around it and the glass around it (like a space helamt) protects your head

**What You Should Do**
Be aware of tsunami facts. This knowledge could save your life! Share this knowledge with your relatives and friends. It could save their lives!
 * If you are in school and you hear there is a tsunami warning, you should follow the advice of teachers
 * If you are at home and hear there is a tsunami warning, you should make sure you entire family is aware of the warning. Your family should evacuate your house if you live in a tsunami evacuation. Move in an orderly, calm and safe manner to the evacuation site or to any safe place outside your evacuation zone. Follow the advice of local emergency and law enforcement authorities. Normally there will be signs hung up around the city where abouts to go. Normally they would tell you to go up in the mountains or hills
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">If you are at the beach or near the ocean and you feel the earth shake, move immediately to higher ground. DO NOT wait for a tsunami warning to be announced. Stay away from rivers and streams that lead to the ocean as you would stay away from the beach and ocean if there is a tsunami.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">Tsunamis generated in distant locations will generally give people enough time to move to higher ground. For locally generated tsunamis, where you might feel the ground shake, you may only have a few minutes to move to higher ground.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;">High concrete hotels are located in many low-lying coastal areas. The upper floors of these hotels can provide a safe place to find refuge should there be a tsunami warning and you cannot move quickly inland to higher ground. Local Civil Defense procedures may, however, not allow this type of evacuation in your area. Homes and small buildings located in low lying coastal areas are not designed to withstand tsunami impacts. Do not stay in these structures should there be a tsunami warning.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Offshore reefs and shallow areas may help break the force of tsunami waves, but large and dangerous waves can still be threat to coastal residents in these areas. Staying away fro all low-lying coastal areas is the safest advice when there is a tsunami warning.



// FLOODS //

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//**﻿Floods are very dangerous things so thats why i have been thinking and decied to do a new invention called a booble head. This will help if you are not safe and you need help. Let me explain some things about this blooble head. once there is a flood and you have nowere to go u will put on your booble head and you will floote well your head will. This is the newest tecnology so you can depend on it. While you are floting you can send a warning that you are in trouble so they have enough time to come and help you. that means you wont die or drown. You can breath and it is highly safe for anyone. This also helps if you have medical disabilaties because your blood preshure dosent go up. In the past floods have killed many people what if that was you or someone from your family. There has been lots of floods like in Queensland where that has killed people. but if they used booble heads not as much people would have died. This is a major problem 200,000 people were effected so what if we had booble heads we would all be safe. So i reccomend for you to use these blooble heads and be safe from floods for ever.**// =====

<span style="color: #7100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Impacts on the Queensland Flood:
 * <span style="color: #7100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Agriculture:Wheat, sugar, cotton and fertiliser exports. Prices will rise. Lost sales mainly cotton and sugar. At least $1.9 billion wrecked
 * <span style="color: #7100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Rail operaters:Rail operater said floods have shut down mines and damaged rail lines. Has closed more than 2 rail lines servicing coal mines
 * <span style="color: #7100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Tourism: Reefs are damaged and under threat from toxic getting washed into the sea. Heaps of Queensland tourism has been cancelled
 * <span style="color: #7100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Others: Transport industry hit with hundreds of trucks stranded by flooding. To repair most of this, it will cost millions
 * <span style="color: #7100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Retailers:woolworths wtc have been facing issues with getting products which has made prices rise considering its more expensive for them. It has affected lots of peoples budgets. Many shops have been closed due to flooding. 90 of its 211 rejects stores have been completely wrecked. soft drink bottler Coca-Cola was warned that wet weather and a cooler summer will affect their earnings.
 * <span style="color: #7100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Insurance:Says insurers may pay out at least $150 million. more than 4,300 claims

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">What should you do when you are in a flood?


 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Get a kit: it includes non persishable food, water, a battery power or hand powered radio, extra flashlights and batteries. you should also pack:
 * Copies of prescription medications and medical supplies.
 * Bedding and clothing, including sleeping bags and pillows.
 * Bottled water, a battery-operated radio and extra batteries, a first aid kit, a flashlight.
 * Copies of important documents: driver's license, proof of residence, insurance policies, wills, deeds, certificates, tax records, etc.
 * Prepare your family: make a emergancy plan, plan places where you can meet, make a long-distance phone call than to call across town, so an out-of-town contact may be in a better position to communicate among separated family members, Be sure to consider the specific needs of your family membersBe Informed Familiarize yourself with these terms to help identify a flood hazard there are normally warnings on the radio so you are aware

Major floods:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">How do floods actually happen???
 * === Year === || === Place === || === Cause === || === Distruction === ||
 * 1893 ||  Brisbane QLD  ||  Brisbane River banks broke  ||  Washed away Albert Raliway bridge at Indorroopilly.  ||
 * 1954 ||  N.S.W  ||  Over Raining Flooded  ||  Water flooded houses at great speed  ||
 * 1955 ||  Dubbo, Tamworth, Wellington, Narromine and Warren.  ||  Rain Depression  ||  Damaged fences, roads railways and bridges also killing lots of farm animals  ||
 * 1973 ||  Northern Territory  ||  Rivers and Stagnant pools over flowed.  ||  No distruction but a good flow of water to arid desert. So it was a benefitial flood.  ||
 * For at least 5000 Years ||  Egypt Nile  ||  Nile river overflows  ||  Brings silt from up the river that is used for fertile soil.  ||

Most people say that it's from a lot of rain but it's actually from rivers and lakes that get over flowed by too much rain so then it overflows and starts causing liquefaction etc


 * **Date** || **Origin** || **Effects** || **Death Toll** ||
 * June 7, 1692 || Puerto Rico Trench, Caribbean || Port Royal, Jamaica permanently submerged || 2 000 ||
 * November 1, 1755 || Atlantic Ocean || Lisbon destroyed || 60 000 ||
 * February 20, 1835 || Peru-Chile Trench || Concepción, Chile destroyed || Not Known ||
 * August 8, 1868 || Peru-Chile Trench || Ships washed several miles inland, Town of Africa Destroyed || 10 000 - 15 000 ||
 * August 27, 1883 || Krakatoa || Devastation in East Indies || 36 000 ||
 * June 15, 1896 || Japan Trench || Swept the east coast of Japan, with waves of 100 ft (30.5 m) at Yoshihimama || 27 122 ||
 * December 28, 1908 || Sicily || East coast of Sicily, including Messina, and toe of Italy badly damaged || 58 000 (including quake victims) ||
 * March 3, 1933 || Japan Trench || 9 000 houses and 8 000 ships destroyed in Sanriku district, Honshu || 3 000 ||
 * April 1, 1946 || Aleutian Trench || Damage to Alaska and Hawaii || 159 ||
 * May 22, 1960 || South-central Chile || Coinciding with a week of earthquakes. Damage to Chile and Hawaii || 1 500 (61 in Hawaii) ||
 * March 27, 1964 || Anchorage, Alaska || Severe damage to south coast of Alaska || 115 ||
 * August 23, 1976 || Celebes Sea || South-west Philippines struck, devastating Alicia, Pagadian, Cotabato and Davao || 8 000 ||

Most tsunamis happen in the Pacific ocean because it is located on a plate, mostly made of water. The Pacific ocean is also surrounded by the Ring of Fire, a highly active volcano and earthquake zone. The Ring of Fire surrounds the ocean from Alaska down to the west coasts of North and South America and up along the east coast of Asia, taking in parts of China, Japan and Russia. Tsunamis can only occur in coastal regions, islands are the main target

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