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Living on the Ring
of Fire
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire.png
The “Ring of Fire”
is caused by
movement along
the edges of
tectonic plates.
Three different
plates meet in
Japan.
http://www.gdrc.org/oceans/un-seahorse/images/jishin.gif
http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2009/08/09/image5227835g.jpg
One major type of disaster
Japan deals with the
earthquake.
http://www.ritoru.net/Resources/quake2.jpg
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200707/r160671_587910.jpg
Japanese architects have worked hard
to design earthquake-resistant
buildings. But earthquakes will always
be destructive, even when they don’t
cause death.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/sb10063389g-001/Reportage
Schools in Japan have regular
earthquake drills.
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01EbeAc8yUb2J/610x.jpg
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01472/earthquake-drill_1472634i.jpg
Since earthquakes cannot yet be
predicted, they can only prepare and
hope to save lives and property.
http://www.twelvebar.com/astorytotell/uploaded_images/Elmo-798613.JPG
Japan also has
186 volcanoes,
and a third of
them are active
volcanoes.
http://virgil.org/dswo/fs/japantour/shared/japan-volcanoes.gif
Mt. Fuji, a beautiful mountain right
outside of Tokyo, is a volcano. It is a
threat to the people of Tokyo.
http://wallpaper-s.org/63__Cherry_Blossoms_And_Mount_Fuji,_Japan.htm
Kagoshima is built right by an active
volcano. Children are required to wear
helmets to and from school.
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/japan/pictures/volcano_sakurajima_kagoshima.jpg
http://images.travelpod.com/users/jo-jo/nagoya.1101866880.update_040.jpg
And, of course, some kids
don’t exactly follow the
rules.
500
eruptions
in 2013!
https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6075/6085099336_654ace353a_z.jpg
http://sumojoesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Austronesian-Expeditions-Kagoshima-Kids-300x214.jpg
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/56947873.jpg
Sometimes you
need more
than just a
helmet.
Therefore,
there are
“volcano
shelters”
around
Kagoshima.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/57026634.jpg
Volcanic eruptions can be predicted and
people can be evacuated, but the
damage to homes, businesses, and
entire cities cannot be stopped.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/gifs/volcanodiagram.GIF
Tsunamis have hit Japan in the past,
and will hit it again.
http://fohn.net/biggest-tsunami/1703-awa-japan.jpg
http://serc.carleton.edu/images/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/japan1960.jpg
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/images/ts-p5mve.jpg
http://www.seismic.ca.gov/images/tsunamiwave.jpg
Tsunamis usually are caused by
under-ocean earthquakes.
http://www.cnsm.csulb.edu/departments/geology/people/bperry/Geol303photos/waves/TsunamiDiagramEWNZ.jpg
They can also be caused by underocean volcanoes.
But this is not common.
http://sciencefun.today.com/files/2009/03/pacific-volcano.jpg
http://scripps.ucsd.edu/japan/journal/0719/images/photo2.jpg
Tsunami escape
routes are posted
in Japan, guiding
people to higher
ground.
http://www.astoncrisis.com/crisiscms/images/shizuoka_evacuation_sign.jpg
http://image24.webshots.com/25/9/64/60/49296460XkyDFi_ph.jpg
https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=H.4590947653780876&pid=15.1
https://sp2.yimg.com/ib/th?id=H.4590947653780882&pid=15.1
https://sp3.yimg.com/ib/th?id=H.4590947653780875&pid=15.1
Japanese learn at a young age how to
evacuate to higher safety.
Tsunami towers and tsunami shelter buildings
are also used.
http://www.fj-i.co.jp/tsunami_tower_english.img/st11.jpg
http://www.rotarysamui.org/rotary/images/stories/tsunami/watertower/Water%20Tower_08.jpg
In the 2011 tsunami, these structures
saved lives.
http://nimg.sulekha.com/others/original700/japan-earthquake-2011-3-28-19-30-8.jpg
http://news.opb.org/media/uploads/images/articles/040711_tsunami3_big.jpg
The Pacific Ocean also has a warning
system for tsunamis. This system
warns when a tsunami first forms.
http://www.sialnews.com/images/2011/10/IndianOceans-tsunami-alert-system-test-on-12th-October2011.jpg
http://www.fig.net/pub/figpub/pub38/figure_8.jpg
When a huge tsunami hit in the Indian
Ocean in 2004, they had NO tsunami
early warning system.
http://www.groundviews.org/wp-content/uploads/Countries-affected-by-2004-Dec-tsunami-graphic-courtesy-BBC.gif
People didn’t know the tsunami was
coming until it was too late.
http://www.miadhu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2004-tsunami.jpg
http://geol105naturalhazards.voices.wooster.edu/files/2011/03/tsunami_wave_coming
_time_to_run.jpg
When a huge
under-ocean
earthquake
happens, ocean
water actually pulls
back from the
shore. These
tourists wanted to
see what was out
there, and got
caught in the Indian
Ocean tsunami.
http://geol105naturalhazards.voices.wooster.edu/files/2011/03/tsunami_wave_coming
_too_late_to_run.jpg
Since that disaster, a tsunami warning
system has been installed in the Indian
Ocean.
http://www.khaolak.net/images/iotws.jpg
http://www.khaolak.net/images/thailand-tsunamidetection-buoy.jpg
Japan has always had to deal with
natural disasters from tectonic plate
movement. Their best hope is to
educate people and to be prepared.
http://www.bugbog.com/images/maps/japan-map.jpg