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Flashcards by howley monkey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by howley monkey
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| Question | Answer |
| Hurricane Katrina: How many people died? | 1836 |
| Hurricane Katrina: How many houses destroyed? | 300,000 |
| Hurricane Katrina: How much were economic losses? | $300 billion |
| Hurricane Katrina: How many offshore oil platforms were sunk? | 30 |
| Hurricane Katrina: How many were left without electricity? | 3 million |
| Hurricane Katrina: What became severely polluted? | Floodwaters |
| Hurricane Katrina: What happened to coastal habitats | They were lost or damaged |
| Hurricane Katrina: How many people did the coastguards, police, fire service, army and volunteers rescue? | 50,000 |
| Hurricane Katrina: What were the other responses? | Treating injured, providing food, water and shelter- 25,000 people given shelter in Louisiana superbowl |
| Hurricane Katrina: How much did the strengthening of the levees cost? | $800 million |
| Hurricane Katrina: How much was spent on rebuilding schools and homes? | $34 billion |
| Hurricane Katrina: What has happened to some evacuees? | They have still not returned |
| Cyclone Nargis: Where did it develop? | The Bay of Bengal |
| Hurricane Katrina: How strong were the winds | 270 kph |
| Cyclone Nargis: How strong were the winds? | 215 kph |
| Cyclone Nargis: What area was particularly affected by the storm surge? | Irradwaddy delta region |
| Cyclone Nargis: How many people dies? | 140,000 |
| Cyclone Nargis: How many people were homeless? | 2 to 3 million |
| Cyclone Nargis: Did hundreds, thousands, millions or billions lose their livelihood? | Millions lost their livelihood |
| Cyclone Nargis: How much were the economic losses? | $10 billion |
| Cyclone Nargis: In the Irrawaddy delta, what percentage of homes were destroyed? | 95% |
| Cyclone Nargis: How many farm animals were killed? | 200,000 |
| Cyclone Nargis: What percentage of food stores were destroyed? | 40% |
| Cyclone Nargis: What was almost completely destroyed? | Services: electricity, telephone and water |
| Cyclone Nargis: What happened to farmland and water sources | Salt water inundation |
| Cyclone Nargis: What else caused pollution? | Burst sewage pipes |
| Hurricane Katrina: How many were evacuated? | 80% |
| Hurricane Katrina: What were the warnings? | Katrina had been monitored and predictions were accurate |
| Hurricane Katrina: What did the states of Mississippi and Louisiana do? | Mississippi and Louisiana declared a state emergency- they set up control centres and stockpiled supplies |
| Hurricane Katrina: What happened to public transport before the storm? | It was closed down |
| Cyclone Nargis: Who did Indian and Thai weather agencies warn that Cyclone Nargis was coming? | The Myanmar government- but its severity was not reported so most people had no idea it was coming |
| Cyclone Nargis: Were there any emergency or evacuation plans? | No |
| Cyclone Nargis: How long did it take for the Myanmar government to accept international aid? | 3 weeks |
| Cyclone Nargis: Who launched an appeal for money? | The UN |
| Cyclone Nargis: What were some other short term responses? | Identification and burial of the dead Treating the injured Providing safe water, food and medicine |
| Cyclone Nargis: What was Myanmar reliant on afterwards? | International aid |
| Cyclone Nargis: How many homes have been rebuilt? | Fewer than 20,000 |
| Cyclone Nargis: How many survivors are still living in temporary shelters? | Half a million |
| Mt St Helens: What was the plate boundary the volcano formed on? | A destructive plate boundary |
| Mt St Helens: What were the two plates? | Oceanic Juan de Fuca plate subducting under the continental North American plate |
| Mt St Helens: How many people were killed? | 61 |
| Mt St Helens: How many houses and cabins were destroyed? | 200 |
| Mt St Helens: How many miles of highway were destroyed? | Over 185 |
| Mt St Helens: How many miles of railways were destroyed? | 15 |
| Mt St Helens: How many bridges were destroyed? | 27 |
| Mt St Helens: How many big game animals dies | 7000 |
| Mt St Helens: What interstate was closed for a week? | Interstate 90 from Seattle to Washington |
| Mt St Helens: How long were airports in Washington closed for? | 2 weeks |
| Mt St Helens: How much commercial timber was damaged or destroyed? | 4 billion board feet |
| Mt St Helens: What and where was the landslide? | A landslide of soil, glacier ice, snow and rock filled Spirit Lake, displacing the water and causing mudflows in Toutle valley |
| Mt St Helens: What river was blocked? | Columbia River 60km away |
| Mt St Helens: Where did residents ave to wear face masks? | Yakima, 120km away - covered with 1cm of ash |
| Mt St Helens: How long did it take for the ash to be cleared? | 3 days |
| Mt St Helens: How many masks did President Carter send? | 2 million |
| Mt St Helens: Give some immediate responses | Helicopters mobilised, emergency treatments provided, stranded tourists found shelter |
| Mt St Helens: What were rebuilt? | Buildings and bridges |
| Mt St Helens: How was possible flooding addressed? | Drainage in the area was addressed so that flooding did not occur as a result of debris blocking channels |
| Mt St Helens: What was replanted? | The forest to the north |
| Mt St Helens: Why was the area being designated a national monument in 1982 important? | It led to the spending of $1.4 million to transform the area and allow access for 3 million visitors annually |
| Mt St Helens: When was the road over the volcano reopened? | 1990, Johnston Ridge Observatory in 1997 |
| Kobe: What plate boundary was the earthquake on? | Destructive (subduction zone) |
| Kobe: What plates were involved? | Philippines Plate (oceanic) subducting underneath the Eurasian Plate (continental) |
| Kobe: How big was the earthquake | 7.2 on the Richter scale- epicentre was under Osaka bay |
| Kobe: How many people were killed? | 6434 |
| Kobe: How many were seriously injured? | 40,000 |
| Kobe: How many were made homeless? | 350,000 |
| Kobe: What percentage of the Osaka to Kobe railway track was usable? | 30% |
| Kobe: How many homes were left without electricity? | 2 million |
| Kobe: How many were left without water for 10 day? | 1 million |
| Kobe: How much did the damage cost? | $220 billion |
| Kobe: Name a major company that had to temporarily close | Panasonic |
| Kobe: What happened to the port? | It was destroyed- a huge problem as it was the world's largest container port |
| Kobe: Was there international aid? | No |
| Kobe: What did 7-Eleven do? | Major retailers like them helped to provide essentials |
| Kobe: What did Motorola do? | Maintained telephone connections free of charge |
| Kobe: What percentage of railways were operational in a month? | 80% |
| Kobe: When was the Hanshin Expressway open? | September 1996 |
| Kobe: What happened to the port? | Was 80% operational by 1997 but much of the container business had been lost |
| Kobe: How were buildings designed to prevent this happening again? | Buildings built further apart to prevent the domino effect. High rise building built with reinforced steel instead of wood. Rubber blocks put under bridges to absorb shock |
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