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Wednesday, 30 January 2008

S2 Homework help


The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Here are a few links that you might like to use if this is your homework choice
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/1906earth.html
http://seismo.berkeley.edu/faq/1906_0.html
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/sf-earthquake-and-fire/
http://geology.about.com/od/historicearthquakes/a/aa_frisco06.htm

If you are doing Mt St Helens then here are a few links to use

http://www.fema.gov/kids/volhelen.htm
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/msh
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/group6_new.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens
http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/StHelens.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/19/newsid_2511000/2511133.stm(watch this one – the number of dead is not accurate as a final total! It was 57 dead.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/horribledisasters/p/mtsthelens.htm
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/worst_case_scenarios/4219883.html

There are lots of other sites but make sure you get the right eruption from 1980 or the 1906 earthquake if you are researching these. Happy hunting!
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