Amanda&Sruthi

REVENGE OF TSUNAMIS

BY SRUTHI & AMANDA media type="custom" key="8097396" align="right"media type="custom" key="8097372" align="left" Tsunamis are dangerous waves that injure a LOT of people every time a tsunami occurs.  A tsunami is created by an underwater earthquake. An earthquake is created when two plates crash into each other and the pressure is so strong, it creates a huge wave. Think about just what a wave could do to us and our communities. People get stuck underneath all the destruction. So WATCH OUT!!!!!!!!!!

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THE SCIENCE

Some Tsunamis happen in tropical places like Hawaii,The Bahamas or Puerto Rico. Or in cold places like Alaska. Actually Tsunamis could really happen ANYWHERE!!!! There are a lot in Indonesia. When 2 plates crash into each other, 1 starts moving down to the Earth. When that happens underwater it causes an underwater earthquake. Then all the pressure makes a HUGE wave. There is no exact time that Tsunamis occur. It could happen any time. That is why you HAVE to be prepared. If you are not prepared you could be really hurt.

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Current Event

In Chile there was an 8.8 earthquake. The reason why we are telling you about an earthquake and not a tsunami is this..... Remember I told you earthquakes make tsunamis, right????? Well that is why I am talking about the earthquake part and not the tsunami. Okay!!! Back to the current event....... The earthquake was on February 27th 2010. The tsunami waves were 10 feet high in a city called Pichilemu. There was also one in Talcohuano. That tsunami was 7.7 ft high!!! I once saw a man in the Guiness World Records book that was that tall!!! Anyway, the last thing I want to tell you is that it occurred at 3:34 P.M (local time). [|LOOK! A FUN LINK!! CLICK ON ME!!!!!]

Historical Event  There was a horrible Tsunami in the Indian Ocean. It was on Sunday December 26th 2004. The waves were 100 feet high!!!!! It killed 230,000 people (that is a lot of people). It hit 14 different countries. It was caused by a horrible earthquake ( in the ocean ) when two plates collided into each other and had so much force, it made a gigantic wave. It took a long time to fix everything.

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SAFETY: DOS AND DONT'S 


 * ||  Dos 1) When in coastal areas, stay alert for tsunami warnings2) Plan an evacuation route that leads to higher ground3) Know the warning signs of a tsunami: rapidly rising or falling coastal waters and rumblings of an offshore earthquake. ||
 * ||  Dont's

1) Never stay near shore to watch a tsunami come in to town or on to land.2) do not return to an effected city because it might still be underwater. ||

 BOOK NOOK

<span style="background-color: #0af70d; color: #de2991; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> If you think that tsunamis are awesome then you will LOVE this book! The book is called " __TSUNAMI!"__ This book is by Walter C. Dudley and Min Lee. It has 362 pages. You might think that it is a long book but when you read this, it goes by very quickly. The book costs $19.95 ( so start saving! ). If you want to know about tsunamis this is the perfect book for you!!! It gives you topics like ......... <span style="background-color: #0af70d; color: #de2991; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1) How Much do We Know About Tsunamis <span style="background-color: #0af70d; color: #de2991; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">2)The Great Tsunami Of The 1964 Good Friday Tsunami <span style="background-color: #0af70d; color: #de2991; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">3) What Is A Tsunami

<span style="background-color: #0af70d; color: #de2991; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">There is SOOO much more.

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<span class="wiki_link_ext">Do you want to make contact with the senator of ALASKA? Then click here!!!!!!!

<span style="background-color: #800063; color: #00ff5f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Our expert is named Mark Begich. He is the senator of Alaska. We chose him because Alaska has some pretty big tsunamis so he would know a lot about them. He would know how be prepared and interesting facts since he was really close to a real tsunami.

We would like to thank................................................................................

[|FEMA for Kids] [|Help Tsunami!!! Look right here for info] [|Weather Widget] [|Weather Widgets] [|Weather Widgets] [|Clock Widgets] [|CNN] [|AccuWeather] [|WeatherChannel] [|Wikipedia]
 * __National Geographic: Natural Disasters__**

<span style="background-color: #51ff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">We would like to thank Mr.Fitz the most for all of his help and support. Mr. Fitz is the best teacher we know!!!

<span style="background-color: #34ced8; color: #800063; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> THANK YOU MR.FITZ!!!!!!!!!

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