Name_______________________________________ #_____ Home Team:
September 3, 2009
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Tsunami (plural is also tsunami):
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
1. _______________ people have been killed by tsunami in the past century.
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Hawaii 2. Describe what it looked like in Hilo when it was struck by a tsunami in 1946: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe the experience of the school children in the “little peninsula of Laupahoehoe” (as told by Bunji): ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. What did the U.S. Federal Government do to help Hawaii prepare for tsunami in the future? ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. In 1960 Hilo residents made the mistake of returning to the sea shore just after the predicted time (midnight)of the tsunami had lapsed; many people died. How did the 1960 tragedy change Hilo? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
Japan 6. Japan has a history of tsunami; “[i]n 1993, a quake off the coast of Okushiri Island generates tsunami waves that reach shore in less than 10 minutes. It’s the middle of the night, and most do not have time to evacuate.” Describe reporter, Hiroshi Nakamura’s experience: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. The town of Taro was last struck in 1933; what steps has the town taken to decrease the damage of future tsunami? a)_________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
b)_________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
Pacific Northwest 8. True or False: March 27,1964: People of Crescent City were very careful about being too close to the sea? 9. What is the Cascadia Subduction Zone? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
10. What are the chances of another tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest? _________________ 11. How does Cannon Beach prepare for the tsunami? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 12. How do they prepare at Cannon Beach Elementary School? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. What is the problem with scientists putting out too many tsunami warnings? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________