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The Island of Hawaii and Its Six Volcanoes

Volcanoes, like their close cousins earthquakes, are responsible for both massive destruction as well as for the creation of many of the beautiful landscapes on our earth. The Earth as we know it today was...

6 comments    travel vacation america
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Sun Spots and Global Warming

Sun Spots are all elements and indicators of the sun's weather activity. Yes, Sol has weather, but it is much greater in strength and impact than Earth's. It can also affect weather on our planet, as well as perhaps other things happening here.

29 comments    technology education video
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A dangerous earthquake in San Francisco in the next 30 years?

www.calstatela.edu The 1906 earthquake was historically large and devastating to the areas surrounding the San Andreas fault. While measures have been taken to prevent another such disaster in the future, not...

8 comments    nature future san francisco
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Earthquake preparation tips

A mega-earthquake is certainly something one should prepare for, as such a disaster can cause inexplicable damage and harm. While one cannot completely be protected from natural disasters, there are things...

3 comments    life tips safety
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Survival Checklist - Things you will need

Your survival is dependent on two things: your survival plan and your survival skills. In order to survive it's always best to develop the proper skills first but with limited time, this comprehensive survival list should help to aid you in any survival situation. Remember, any survival plan is better than no survival plan!

15 comments    life family how to
The depletion of the ozone layer will inevitably cause green house in our planet earth, that will trigger climate change.80

The Causes and Effects of Climate Change in our Planet

Just a month ago, a powerful typhoon the worst ever perhaps in my province literally took us by the storm. Wow, the typhoon was so destructive and devastating that the tremendous damage it had made will...

14 comments    hubchallenge global warming cfcs
Notice the line of structures from lower left to upper right. They are dead volcanoes along a ridge.80

MarsQuakes and Human Colonization

© P. Ingish April, 2009 The closing scenes of TV's Life on Mars finale depicted a barren dusty-looking red planet with mountainous formations at the ends of long desert reaches. At night, it was colder...

4 comments    natural disasters geology
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What Do You Do When You've Done All You Can?

Gospel recording artist Donnie McClurkin composed a popular song titled “Stand” (Released September 25, 2007 under the Verity Label). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_fCogtjok It’s a song written for...

21 comments    love religion god
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The Face of Disaster, Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines

Saturday, September 26 2009 will be remembered in the Philippines and the rest of the world as the day that nature unleashed its most cruel wrath, flash floods in the nation's capital and an aftermath that is comparable only to Hurricane Katrina. Up to this day the whole nation weeps as we come to grips with the sheer impact of this calamity on lives and livelihood. Now rebuilding begins.

5 comments    natural disasters typhoon ondoy
A 1913 print advertisement extols the many advantages of traveling on the Florida East Coast Railway, the "New Route to the Panama Canal."78

The Last Train To Key West

Historical narrative about the tragic disaster caused by the devastating hurricane that struck the middle Keys of Florida on Labor Day in 1935. A rescue train dispatched by the Florida East Coast Railroad was washed off the tracks. Hundreds of lives were lost and the famous "Overseas Railroad" was destroyed. Many passengers of the railroad's last train to Key West were stranded in the wake of the storm and had to return to the Mainland by sea.

9 comments    florida keys miami
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