Solution+Research

Solution #1: Build earthquake resistant structures Solution #2: Create better warning systems for tsunamis

"Earthquake-proof buildings." //Popular Mechanics// Nov. 2010: 68. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 9 Nov. 2011.

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- The largest earthquake simulator is in Miki City, Japan - Most building that are designed to be safe in earthquakes have to be torn down after a massive quake because it saves everyone in it, yet get destroyed itself - Designs for earthquake proof structures include a steel cable which helps control rocking and make sure the building is aligned after the quake - Steel fuses could also be put in to help absorb seismic energy, they can be replaced - Steel frames can provide support

Horne, James P., and David R. Bonneville. "Earthquake Engineering." //Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics//. Ed. Carl Mitcham. Vol. 2. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 560-566. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 10 Nov. 2011.

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- It is hard for scientist/engineers to create earthquake resistant building because of the infrequency of large scale earthquakes - most deaths during earthquakes are due to structure collapsing - when building aren't built to survive earthquakes, they resist the energy and move laterally, causing it to lose its load carrying capacity and collapse under its own weight - energy dissipation devices are sometimes used to help building - to have an earthquake ready structure you must follow the design standards according to recent research, there must be thorough design engineering, and construction must be monitored - earthquake safe building will help our global economy - the traditional way of building is not working - developing countries are at risk because their building are not safe enough - engineers rate building after earthquakes, red, yellow, or green on their safeness - fires start over broken gass lines - interest in making earthquake ready buildings started in the late 1800s - water saturated soil can cause buildings to slide

"Mock Tsunami Drill Scheduled Tomorrow." //India Public Sector News// 11 Oct. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 10 Nov. 2011.

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- Nations in the Indian Ocean are having a tsunami drill - the drill simulates what happen in 2004 - it is organized by Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Disaster Management Authority, and Ministry of Home Affairs - a warning center was made in 2007 in India - participants will give feedback to improve the drill

Synolakis, Costas. "When Will We Learn?" //Newsweek International// 21 Mar. 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 13 Nov. 2011.

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- people have to evacuate soon enough to avoid the 15 mph waves - they have stay on high ground for a long time, because the waves can keep coming for hours - some places don't evacuate because they feel tremmors all the time, and don't believe it will result in a tsunami - inudation maps would also help knowing what the results of the tsunami will be - in the long run we must make the world's coastal city disaster ready/ resiliant - we also must educate people to know that if they see strange waves or feel long temmors to go to high ground - we could create warning centers all around the world
 * -** are tsunamographs that could be used to know when a tsunami is coming, Japan doesn't have one