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• Earthquakes (section Earthquake proofing for buildings)
  Earthquake in México 1985 Earthquakes are an abrupt disturbance within the Earth's structure that generate seismic waves. Many earthquakes occur without
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• Philippines community action
  the "Pacific Ring of Fire" which makes the country prone to recurrent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Compounding these issues, the impacts of climate
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• Are You Ready?/Practice and Maintain Your Disaster Safety Plan
  and safety rules. Conduct drills such as drop, cover, and hold on for earthquakes. Test fire alarms. Replace and update disaster supplies. If you require
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• Are You Ready?/Volcanoes
  Volcanic eruptions can be accompanied by other natural hazards, including earthquakes, mudflows and flash floods, rock falls and landslides, acid rain, fire
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• Are You Ready?/Landslide and Debris Flow (Mudslide)
  Landslides may be small or large, slow or rapid. They are activated by storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires, and human modification of land. Debris and
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• Earthquake proofing for buildings (category Earthquake safety) (section How Did Eighty Nine Year Old House Survive Nisqually Earthquake?)
  substantial earthquakes occur, we first take a look at the earthquake hazard map. Another thing to realize is that, despite the name, the building can (almost)
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• Quake Safe (category Earthquake safety)
  The Quake Safe is a method of making adobe houses safer in earthquakes. It is a frame made from string, bamboo (or other available wood; ie eucalyptus
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• Greywater marsh
  problems that arise after natural disasters, such as liquefaction caused by earthquakes making areas uninhabitable for human residences but useful as wetlands
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• Are You Ready?/Earthquake preparedness
  waves cause most of the destruction during earthquakes. Magnitude The amount of energy released during an earthquake, which is computed from the amplitude of
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• World Shelters Rubble to Resource
  variables. Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake -Haiti Region. U.S Geological Survey. Retrieved May 6, 2010. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/?source=sitenav EXECUTIVE
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• Hexayurt project/Blue sky idea mill
  How do we get good Internet connection to these rural, poor camps after earthquakes? We can use the net to get very useful info quickly, and also use many
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• Emergency management
  included here discuss low-cost ways to minimize damage to houses from earthquakes and hurricanes, for example. Some of the damage comes after the initial
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• Haiti Communitere the Elephant Foot
  lot of the movement and stress caused by earthquakes. When used as a building material they can make earthquake safe foundations, while at the same time
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• Are You Ready?/Natural Hazards
  Thunderstorms and Lightning Winter Storms and Extreme Cold Extreme Heat Earthquakes Volcanoes Landslide and Debris Flow (Mudslide) Tsunamis Fires Wildfires
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• Haiti Communitere Ubuntu Blox house
  structure is lightweight and flexible, making it highly resistant to earthquakes, and less dangerous if it does collapse. An Ubuntu Blox house has survived
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• Are You Ready?/Why Prepare for Natural Disasters?
  severe weather or any disaster that could occur in your area - hurricanes, earthquakes, extreme cold, flooding, or terrorism. You should also be ready to be
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• Adobe
  great place to start. Superadobe/Earthbag Earthquakes are a big thread to adobe constructions. In 2003, a earthquake destroyed huge parts of the city of bam
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• Blog
  Appropedia is about and what we're doing. Support Earthquake Victims in Southern Philippines Successive earthquakes have destroyed homes, properties and livelihoods
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• Are You Ready?/Tsunamis
  Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii. Earthquake-induced movement of the ocean floor most often generates tsunamis. If a major earthquake or landslide occurs close
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• Superadobe project (category Earthquake safety)
  traditional adobe is vulnerable to damage by earthquakes. Superadobe, on the other hand, is intended to be earthquake-resistant. Another benefit of Superadobe
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