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- Tsunami -- Earthquakes
Within minutes of the submarine earthquake that cause this tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center knew the danger that was approaching the coastal areas. They tried to warn the threatened countries, who did not get the message in enough time. The fact remains that there was no warning system in the Indian Ocean. If there was, perhaps valuable time would have been bought for those in the coastal areas (Reducing the Death Toll from the Tsunami). - Tsunamis -- Earthquakes
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resultant tsunamis placed a strain on the global strategic airlifter pool. The performance of the C-17 in USAF and RAF service has led to Germany considering 2-4 C-17s for the Luftwaffe in a Dry lease arrangement, at least until the A400M is available in 2009. Germany's former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer stated in the German news magazine Der Spiegel that the government needed its own organic strategic transport capability to be able to respond to disasters in a better manner than it was able to for this incident. During the tsunami relief effort, Germany tried to acquire transport through its usual method of wet leasing Antonov airlifters via private companies, but found to its dismay that there were no available aircraft. While the stated goal of a C-17 lease would be to last until the A400M's arrival, the Luftwaffe may elect to retain them.[47] Luftwaffe acquired meanwhile airlift capacity through the NATO SALIS contract.[48] - Earthquakes -- Buildings
Earthquakes often occur in well-defined sequences in time. Tectonic earthquakes are often preceded, by a few days to weeks, by several smaller shocks (foreshocks), and are nearly always followed by large numbers of aftershocks. Foreshocks and aftershocks are usually much smaller than the main shock. Volcanic earthquakes often occur in flurries of activity, with no discernible main shock. This type of sequence is called a swarm. - Earthquakes -- Quakes
Earthquakes are sometimes called temblors, quakes, shakers or seismic activity. The most important thing to remember during an earthquake is to DROP, COVER and HOLD ON. So remember to DROP to the floor and get under something for COVER and HOLD ON during the shaking. - Earthquakes -- United States
More than 1,000 earthquakes occur in the state annually. Washington has a record of at least 20 damaging earthquakes during the past 125 years. Large earthquakes in 1946, 1949, and 1965 killed 15 people and caused more than $200 million (1984 dollars) in property damage. Most of these earthquakes were in western Washington, but several, including the largest historic earthquake in Washington (1872), occurred east of the Cascade crest. Earthquake histories spanning thousands of years from Japan, China, Turkey, and Iran show that large earthquakes recur there on the order of hundreds or thousands of years. Washington's short historical record (starting about 1833) is inadequate to sample its earthquake record. - Indian Americans -- American Indian
For African Americans, the one-drop system of pigmentocracy african american websites was a significant factor in ethnic solidarity. However most of the world identifies with their nationality before any ancestral binding belief african american wedding favors system. African Americans generally shared a common lot in society and, therefore, common cause -- regardless of their multiracial admixture or social christian electronic greeting cards and african american and economic stratification. This causes a lot of identity disagreements with other viewed "black" groups who have differing social, ethnic, mental views and behaviors and may or maynot embrace their european ancestry. - Caddo Indians -- Lands
The Caddo Indians, a friendly and peaceful tribe, were the area’s first settlers. In 1835 the U.S. government purchased the land for $80,000 and within a year moved the Indians away from the region. - List of Germans -- Indian Wars
The Third Reich was that of the National Socialists or "Nazis", which lasted 12 years, from 1933 to 1945. In 1934, Hitler affirmed total control of government, when he de facto ... succeeded the President of Germany. After annexing Austria in 1938, the policy of annexing neighboring territories led to the outbreak of World War II in Europe on 1 September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Initially, Germany and her allies had many military successes and gained control over most of Europe's mainland. After attacking the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, which meant a two-front war for Germany, the momentum in the war switched; a development which was reinforced by Hitler's declaration of war on the United States 11 December 1941. From 1941 until 1945 National Socialist Germany, with the help of neighboring collaborators, systematically murdered 6 million Jews in the Holocaust and 9.5 million civilians on the occupied Soviet territories (including 2.1 million killed in death camps). - Kashmir -- Indian Kashmir
A beautiful region of S Asia, Kashmir is covered with lofty, rugged mountains, including sections of the Himalayan and Karakorum ranges. Rivers, including the Indus, run through relatively narrow but heavily populated valleys. The valley of the Jhelum River, the celebrated Vale of Kashmir, is the most populous area and the economic heart of the region; it produces abundant crops of wheat and rice. The noted handicraft industry, particularly the making of woolen cloth and shawls (cashmeres) has declined. Tourism grew in importance during the 1960s but was adversely affected in Indian Kashmir by civil strife that began in the late 1980s. The state of Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state, is normally governed by a chief minister responsible to a bicameral legislature with one elected house and by a governor appointed by the president of India. - Indian Americans -- United States
Indian Americans are one of wealthiest and best educated communities in the United States. With a median household income of $60,093, compared with $41,110 for non-Hispanic white families, there are few groups that have comparable income levels.
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