News tagged with hazard zones
Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest
Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical ...
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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New liquefaction hazard maps of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California
New hazard maps for communities from San Jose to Palo Alto in Northern California delineate the probability of earthquake-induced liquefaction, based on three scenarios: a magnitude 7.8 on the San Andreas ...
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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Off the shelf maps help mitigate volcanic hazards
(PhysOrg.com) -- When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ...
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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Older drivers can be trained to avoid car crashes
(Medical Xpress) -- Why are older drivers, especially those over 70, involved in crashes primarily at intersections? You may tend to attribute this to cognitive or physical decline, such as slower reaction time or poor sight. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Haiti should brace for more devastating quakes: study
The 2010 earthquake that devastated southern Haiti may have opened a new era of seismic activity and residents should brace for more massive temblors, said a US study on Thursday.
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Jan 26, 2012 |
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Some earthquakes expected along Rio Grande Rift in Colorado and New Mexico, new study says
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Rio Grande Rift, a thinning and stretching of Earths surface that extends from Colorados central Rocky Mountains to Mexico, is not dead but geologically alive and active, according ...
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Jan 12, 2012 |
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New oil leak as wreck's stern sinks off N.Zealand
Fresh oil leaking from the wrecked cargo ship Rena off the New Zealand coast is expected to reach shore overnight, salvage officials announced on Tuesday.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Stricken New Zealand cargo ship breaks up
A cargo ship that caused New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster when it ran aground three months ago broke in two in a storm on Sunday, raising fears of a fresh environmental crisis.
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Stanford scientists' computer models help predict tsunami risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are using complex computational models to solve the puzzle of the devastating tsunami that struck Japan earlier this year and predict where future tsunamis might occur.
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Dec 14, 2011 |
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Dashing through the snow, in a one-truck radar dish
SCHUSS. The term for a straight, downhill ski run. In the land of the Greatest Snow on Earth--Utah--SCHUSS is also the moniker for storm-chasing, Old Man Winter-style.
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Dec 07, 2011 |
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German police battle with 1000s blocking nuke train
German police battled thousands of anti-nuclear protestors Sunday, many chained to railroad tracks, who have caused delays as they try to block a train carrying radioactive waste.
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Nov 27, 2011 |
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Preparing for future human exploration: Measuring the radiation environment on Mars
NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011, to assess the past and present habitability of the Red Planet's surface. The mission will land Curiosity, a rover equipped with 10 instruments designed to search ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Avoiding nasty germs and flaming turkeys on Thanksgiving
People like to gripe about overly dry turkey on Thanksgiving. But nothings worse than a bird that goes up in flames.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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