The Loma Prieta Earthquake

Corrine Johnson

3-19-15

The Loma Prieta earthquake hit just as the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics were warming up for their next game on October 17, 1989. On the Richter Scale measured 7.1 and shook the whole ground. A lot of people in Loma lost their homes in the destruction of the earthquake but some even lost their lives. Lots of people got injured and people died.

the earthquake of Loma Prieta, california killed and injured many people leaving families distraught and the wounded helpless. All the players and fans at Candlestick Park were frightened but no one was injured. The earthquake killed 41 people in their cars and left 4000 people wounded from bad to worse. The rounded cost of the hospital bills the hurt citizens of loma’s injury cost was about 8.3 million dollars.

The damage costs of the earthquake were about 6 billion dollars. the bay bridge collapsed with people on it, thousands of buildings were damaged leaving several thousand californians homeless til the damage was fixed. the bill for a womans house that was destroyed and that one house costed about 55 thousand dollars. if you imagine an entire state of houses destroyed and think about all the homeless and expenses with nothing to do it was a horrible tragedy.

Volcano Final

Corrine Johnson

Right now 20 volcanos could be erupting and causing mass amounts of damage to towns, people, wildlife, and greenery. Although all these things could be ruined, the volcano’s eruption can be beneficial to other things as well. from about 1990 to 1999 about 154 volcanos erupted. 550 total volcanos have been historically documented and about 1500 not recorded but still accounted for. While these big volcanos were on land there are an estimated 1 million young volcanoes in the oceans.

A volcano is a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust. A single volcano can last for hundreds to thousands of years. In Sumbawa, Indonesia the world’s most devastating volcano erupted (found at: http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tambora.html). Volcanoes are formed when magma from within the Earth’s upper mantle works its way to the surface. At the surface, it erupts to form lava flows and ash deposits. Over time as the volcano continues to erupt, it will get bigger and bigger.

Volcanic eruptions can be very destructive and dangerous, but the deposits of rock, ashes, and mineral that come from the lava magma can be very helpful in a farming business, for the old dried magma is rich in soil. So if there are farmers who are in need of some fertilizer, why not go scoop up some old dry magma? But there are some places where there is too much fertilizer and it over-fertilizes and kills the crops.

The farms are really the only benefit of the molten hot magma. Volcanos otherwise are very destructive and bring trouble to manys families, homes, or other properties and leaves them hopeless, and needing to move in order to find somewhere safe to live. Volcanos erupt all the time and some don't even deteriorate for long after. They all start as something small and innocent, but eventually your home could fall victim to the dangerous mass if one is near.

Civil War Journal Response

At first in her entries she is convinced that she can not fight in the war, and that she only wished to see one. She longs to be a man so that she may fight in the war, but since she can't she would work. She states her excitement by saying "I like the stir in the air." She uses the metaphor "Like a warhorse when he smells powder." To exaggerate her excitement. Alcott wants to become a nurse for 3 main reasons. She must let out her pent up energy in some new way. She wants new experiences and to help those whom may need it. When she gets accepted into the hospital where she is taking someones place, seeing her family before she leaves makes her ask her mother if she should stay. Her mother says no, so she goes. Later on she decides that she wants to fight. She reflects on her younger life and remembers wishing to even see a war, and to be a man and fight.

Symbol Poem Friends are Like Sneakers

Friends are like

sneakers,

You have to

wear them in.

Their soles

help keep you strong.

With laces that

hold you tight when your loose,

But they may come

with a cost.

Whether you like it or not,

they will always be there for you.

Butterfly Poem

Tiny little butterfly,
you spread your colorful wings.
But since you are so small and frail,
you do much, if anything.

A sight for sore eyes,
your quite thing thing to look at.
Intricate patterns, that make you unique
soaring through the skies.

My Christmas Break

My Christmas was great, especially the food and gifts. Me and my whole family were at my house the whole day spending time together. We ate dinner which consisted of ham, coleslaw, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, salad, pretzel salad sesame seed and apple pies, rolls, chicken, chicken salad, and sweet potatoes. After dinner, we played games, some were playing Monopoly, Life, or UNO. While my step brothers and I, played Call of Duty. The rest of my break was mainly me playing Xbox 360, Minecraft, eating, sleeping, bathing, and playing with my cat. I got lots of clothes, games like The Walking Dead, and other random stuff. But the best part of my break was having both sides of my family coming together on Christmas as one and spending quality time together.