Random Thread & The Continuation Of The Mysteriously Closed Thread.

[ms.tinkerpoo2]

Oh the people that are online at three in the morning.

 

[ms.tinkerpoo2]

I think I just fell in love with this picture.

 

[ms.tinkerpoo2]

just checking to see which size would work better in my signature...
well poop. they're the same size as the first.
crapit. how do you make gifs smalllller?

 

[marypops!]

Don't let the happy waving person fool you, i'm really annoyed. First I woke up late, so I got up to school late. Then when I get up to school, someone else was teaching a different class in my Geography room and I had no idea where my Geography teacher was. Asked the reception, and they didn't know either. Walking home, I got stuck behind a bunch of people who were walking at a slower pace than me -_- I really need to revise for Geography. Let's look at thestudentroom.com

 

[marypops!]

Event profiles are measure as:
Magnitude. Huge - average.
Frequency. Very frequent - rare.
Duration. Long - short.
Speed. Fast - slow
Predictability. Predictable - random.
Aerial extent. Huge - limited.

 

[marypops!]

I need 83UMS to get a B in Geography. That seems possible, especially since i've retaken two exams. Assume I get 60/80 in both my resits, then i'd need to get 62UMS to get a B, and that's just over half the marks in the exam. Sweet. Now back to revision...

 

[marypops!]

I have no idea how to structure this exam. I'm gonna go in early tomorrow to ask a few people.

I could structure it with each of the parts from the event profile, so magnitude, then frequency and so on. That's not too good though... Maybe I could structure it with the responses for the subheadings, but i'm unsure on what responses they want. Adjust, leave & do nothing, or global-scale, national-scale & local-scale. I might keep with the former because that's pretty simple to do. I think I did it in the last exam though... Sigh.

I'll learn some case studies for now. I need to decide on them.

 

[marypops!]

I need to learn how to spell ejafyalajakull (or Eyjafjallajökull as it's actually spelt).

Adjust - Write about California & earthquake-proof buildings, Kobe & how the buildings weren't up to building codes, Mount Etna & how people can avoid the magma. Eyjafjallajökull & how airspace over most of Europe was close. Also mention Mount Galunggung & how it caused British Airways 009 to lose all the engines.
Leave - Montserrat & how everyone has evacuated to the North of the island. Beichuan & how the town is being rebuilt in a different location after the 2008 earthquake. Mention that people evacuate temporarily during volcanic eruptions or before a tsunami might strike.
Do nothing - Haiti & how bad the earthquake struck them. Kilauea & how the volcano constantly erupts so nothing can be done. California & how earthquakes hasn't stopped the state from becoming the most richest in the USA. 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami & how warnings would have been ineffective due to the speed of the waves.

Fun, I think.

 

[marypops!]

I could do it as volcano, earthquake & tsunami. I'll use the three event profiles I have for them, then say how I can use them to help with responses. So if an area gets high magnitude earthquakes at a frequent rate, then that place would have to adjust their response by building earthquake-proof infrastructure, teaching the population what to do in case of an earthquake, and maybe have a tsunami warning centre in case the place is on the coast, compared to an area that gets low magnitude earthquakes at an unfrequent rate who would most likely do nothing to protect the citizens because it wouldn't be as much of a threat.

 

[VMK_MagicalLadee]

prom today!

 

[marypops!]

Looked at a few examples people have done for this exam. Decided that my subtitles will be 'magnitude & frequency' for the reason I posted above, then 'predictability, aerial extent, speed & duration' all together to say how they affect response. 'Level of development, tecnology & education' could be put together because LEDCs are more affected by natural disasters than MEDCs due to their weaker infrastructure and sometimes a lack of knowledge in what to do during a disaster, but at the same time, MEDCs have the same problem. Ooo! That's good! I could do Kobe and the 2004 Tsunami in that! (Kobe for the technology and the tsunami for education as many tourists had no idea on the signs of a tsunami). Uhm... Maybe 'government & population' as the last subheading because the government can decline help during a disaster (wasn't there something about the Sichuan earthquake where China originally decline help and tried to downplay the disaster because the Olympics was about to start around the time?) and they can decide how to respond to a disaster (Eyjafjallajokull volcano disrupting the airspace. Maybe bring in how the found out it affects aeroplanes.) and finally the population in an area will affect the response because an uninhabited area will obviously have little to no response after a disaster unlike a megacity which would have a huge response. Maybe compare Kilauea with California, although one is a volcano and the other has trouble with earthquakes... Can't think of a place with a high population living on a volcano. Maybe Mount Vesuvius, which has millions of people living on the summit.

 

[VMK_MagicalLadee]

I just need somebody to love!!!

 

[marypops!]

Now to think up case studies for this exam.

Eyjafjallajokull volcano and how it's affected the airspace over Europe. Need to find out how long it affected the airspace. It was something like 15 days? Might of occurred some days and not others.
Mount Galunggung volcano and it's affects on British Airways 009.
Asian tsunami and how how it affected LEDCs, plus the lack of education with the tourists.
Loma Prieta earthquake for the magnitude & frequency in California.

I'll think of others later.

 

[marypops!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm_lKAldiNU

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

hey hi hello
i need to pack

 

[marypops!]

This episode of Family Guy is pretty tame compared to other episodes. The only reason it's banned in the USA is because it deals with abortion. That's pretty stupid...

Kilauea could be compared to Mount St. Helens or Pinatubo for magnitude & frequency. Kilauea is low in magnitude but high in frequency. Likewise, Pinatubo is high in magnitude and low in frequency. Woot!

Sichuan for the government section because they tried to downplay the disaster and declined help from others because the Olympics was coming up.

Japan or California for predictability because they lie on active fault lines which frequently cause earthquakes.

Aerial extent could be any really. Just say how some can affect an area worldwide and give examples of possible mega-thrust earthquakes and supervolcanoes, then say that some will only affect a small area, such as... Any I guess.

Kobe can be for technology. Despite being in a high-tech country known for it's earthquake protection, the earthquake they had in 1995 caused many buildings to collapse and kill 5,000 people, 9/10 were killed by debris. The building codes updated a few years prior to it, but only applied to new buildings.

Speed & duration... Maybe the Asian tsunami, which took 15 minutes to reach the shore in Indonesia, and lasted for over 24 hours I think.

Haiti for the level of development. That was a big factor I believe.

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

This episode of Family Guy is pretty tame compared to other episodes. The only reason it's banned in the USA is because it deals with abortion. That's pretty stupid...

Kilauea could be compared to Mount St. Helens or Pinatubo for magnitude & frequency. Kilauea is low in magnitude but high in frequency. Likewise, Pinatubo is high in magnitude and low in frequency. Woot!

Sichuan for the government section because they tried to downplay the disaster and declined help from others because the Olympics was coming up.

Japan or California for predictability because they lie on active fault lines which frequently cause earthquakes.

Aerial extent could be any really. Just say how some can affect an area worldwide and give examples of possible mega-thrust earthquakes and supervolcanoes, then say that some will only affect a small area, such as... Any I guess.

Kobe can be for technology. Despite being in a high-tech country known for it's earthquake protection, the earthquake they had in 1995 caused many buildings to collapse and kill 5,000 people, 9/10 were killed by debris. The building codes updated a few years prior to it, but only applied to new buildings.

Speed & duration... Maybe the Asian tsunami, which took 15 minutes to reach the shore in Indonesia, and lasted for over 24 hours I think.

Haiti for the level of development. That was a big factor I believe.

They were all my case studies too.

 

[marypops!]

I've totally forgotten how much time the exam is. *Checks* 90 minutes. I would need 5 mins for the plan, maybe 10-15 minutes for the introduction, 55-60 minutes on the main bulk of the essay, 10 minutes on the conclusion, and 5 minutes for checking stuff through. That seems reasonable, right?

 

[marypops!]

Crap! Just realised I should also use the type of volcano & earthquake (composite, shield & caldera. Destructive, constructive & conservative), and the topology, accessability & climate... For that one, I would use the Kashmir earthquake in 2005 because the area affected was in an area hard to reach with normal vehicles. The government wouldn't let anyone use helicopters to reach the area, but it consists of mountainous areas, so it would be difficult to reach anyway. Climate I have no idea...

 

[ms.tinkerpoo2]

-.- i was awake until at least five this morning.
i usually get at least 8 hours of sleep, but today i got a text at 11 in the morning.
i was going to try to go back to sleep, but the texts kept coming.
now i'm irritated, tired, and hungry. and i still need to find a swim suit and shoes.