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Hazards and Disasters
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Outsmart the Quake! Lesson 1
Disasters are PreventableSlide2
HAZARD
A hazard is a human made or natural danger that can threaten a group of people, their belongings, and their environment, if they do not take precautions. Slide3
Examples of Hazards
In Washington:EarthquakesFloodingLandslides
Tsunamis VolcanoesOther places: HurricanesTornados
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A landslide in Nile Valley, Yakima in 2009 went completely across the Naches River.Slide4
DISASTER
A disaster is a hazard that causes such great losses and damage that the affected communities do not have the resources to recover without outside assistance.Slide5
Tsunami Damage
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Dr. Norio Maki,
Kyoto University
Tsunami damage after the 2011 earthquake in Japan.Slide6
Flood Damage
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2008 Flooding in La Feria, Texas.Slide7
Flood Damage
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Photo: Nora
Jagielo
This house in New Orleans has had its foundation raised so that flood water can run underneath.
The owners of these homes did not take measures to protect their property from flood water.Slide8
Fault Lines
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The Seattle area has many faults running through it, on which cities and neighborhoods are built. Some of these faults were only discovered in the last few decades.
The San Andreas Fault is visible on the surface of the open field in California. This fault line has caused several large earthquake in southern California in the last century.
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Acknowledgements
Outsmart the Quake! lesson plans are intended to support 6th-8th grade student learning about disaster preparedness in conjunction with the Washington State ShakeOut drill. The lessons were developed in 2012 by Western Washington University students Nora Jagielo, Pamela Griswold, Spencer Andrich, Pat
Chappelle and Ryan Bainbridge as part of the Disaster Risk Reduction Planning Studio. If you have questions, comments or concerns, please contact Dr. Rebekah Green at Western Washington University’s Resilience Institute. Rebekah.green@wwu.edu.