Strange Earth
Welcome to the Strange Earth where we try to answer
the big question:
What is our relationship with Earth?
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The Earth’s Mind
Earth is a place full of people,
these people have different beliefs, some people think the earth
was made by a strange man up in
the sky, in six days and the
seventh day is for rest, others
think that two rocks hit each other
and formed a huge sphere and
that bacteria evolved into
humans, either way these stories
are spread around stories with no
Why does god allow natural
disasters?
Religious people often ask
themselves this question, and not
always do they come out with a
viable answer. This is still a dispute
between people, some say that god
isn’t able to always prevent evil from
happening on earth; some even say
that he isn’t willing to stop these
occurrences.
Ask yourself this question and see
what you come up with.
Contributions To Earth
evidence.
Some spiritual people seem
to think that natural
disasters are not natural, but
the earth is trying to remind
us every now and then that
we can’t stay here forever
and that we’re only…
temporary tenants. Some
people think that this is all
nonsense but really it just
depends on what kind of
person you are.
St Augustine and
author CS Lewis
have argued God
allows our bad
actions since
stopping them
would weaken
our free will,
which is worse
than the
disaster.
Natural disasters happen every day on
earth no matter the severity, they still
happen. People start to need help when
these disasters get more severe, like
earthquakes with a high magnitude,
people need a warning and then they
need help rebuilding their civilisation, to
continue on with their lives. Charities are
obviously the main contributors to these
kinds of situations, but they need help
to, they can run with no people and no
funds.
The British Red Cross helps people in
natural disasters; they help anyone
anywhere no matter the devastation. They
are part of a worldwide network of
volunteers and staff, helping people not
just people affected by natural disasters,
but also conflicts and individual
emergencies. They help vulnerable people
all over the world to prepare for and deal
with
emergencies
in
their
own
communities. Then when the crisis is over
they help people rebuild houses and
continue with their lives.
How Do We Respond
Natural disasters can be especially
traumatic for children and youth.
Experiencing a dangerous or
violent
flood,
storm,
or
earthquake is scary even for
adults, and the destruction to
their home and where they live
can have long term affect and can
be very stressful. A lot of the time
an entire neighbourhood is hit,
undermining a child’s sense of
security and normality. These
things add a lot of different issues
and they may not be able to cope,
the need to move home,
emotional reactions, and coping
techniques.
Back in 2010, a 7 magnitude
earthquake struck Haiti, affecting
more than 3 million people. The
quake killed 222,570 people and
injured more than 300,000. More
than 1 million people were left
homeless and vulnerable. A
charity called World Vision’s initial
response was to focus efforts on
the basics like food, shelter, water,
and sanitation. Health clinics were
set up to help care for the injured,
and
hospitals
were
given
medicines and equipment. After a
year, emergency supplies
were still being distributed to
families for a whole year!
Two years later World Vision
were still helping Haitian
families rebuild lives and
recover lives.
Government agencies play a
critical role during times of
disaster, but the exact role of
government is often unclear
to disaster victims. What
actually happens is the
government will wait until
only after a formal request
has been made by the
country
governor.
The
impact of a natural or manmade event can qualify a
region of a state to be
declared a disaster. The
President
makes
this
decision, and once made, the
efforts of the Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency (FEMA) begin. FEMA
reacts as quickly as possible
to fix the devastation caused
by the disaster to give aid
and relief to those affected;
they call this the disaster
response phase. After the
disaster is over, it is time to
rebuild; the recovery phase
begins, and with it come
additional sources of aid.
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring of Fire also known as the Pacific
Ring of Fire is a huge ring that circles the
yes you guessed it the Pacific Ocean,
where volcanoes and earthquakes
appear more often, and ocean trade has
always been an important feature in
both ancient and modern times, so this is
a big problem. Seaports around the
Pacific Rim are always going to be
heavily populated. In fact, there are lots
of different locations in Japan where
volcanoes have destroyed cities, only to
have new cities built on top of the lava
flows. The chance of a major disaster
within our human lifetime is pretty small,
so stop worrying, recently though with
increased numbers of residents, the
amount of people that can be affected
have grown larger over time.
So why would people want to live here?
Here are some clues as to why people
might:
Around the ring of fire, is actually quite a
good looking place to be, with the ocean
and the geysers, personally I would live
there, if it wasn’t surrounded in
volcanoes and had the highest rate of
earthquakes appearing here. It’s exotic
there, with a lot of scenery it’s quite the
tourist attraction, if you don’t get caught
up in anything. This would also be the
cause of a lot of distractions; you
probably wouldn’t get much quiet because
people will be streaming around the area
trying to look at every last detail. This is a
great place to visit with the views and
volcanoes you could even experience a
real life earthquake, fun!
Around the ring there will be a big amount
of magma compared to everywhere else in
the world so this is an easy way to gain
free energy through geothermal energy.
Geothermal energy is heat that is
generated within the Earth. It is a reusable
recourse that can be collected for human
use.
Another
good
reason to live
here would be
because you can
get some good
crops from here,
the soil is pure, which makes it special and
therefore your crops would be better than
the rest, for example Andisol, one of the
12 soil orders in America. Andisols are
special as they have the property of having
volcanic-ash as the main parent material.
Although these soils exist in all climatic
regions, they are only in 0.75 per cent of
places other than the ring of fire.