https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9 By Scarlett Herbert en-us 2019-05-14 23:39:24 UTC 2020-12-01 01:11:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360135662 A natural event including flood, earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, heatwave, volcano etc that cause great damage and usually loss of life. 

]]> 2019-05-14 23:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360135662 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360136191 Plate Tectonics is the theory that the Earth's outer shell, the lithosphere is divided into smaller plates and these glide over the Mantle. 

]]> 2019-05-14 23:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360136191 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360136304 The Earth is made up of four layers.  They are:
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core

]]> 2019-05-14 23:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360136304 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138608 There was a heatwave in the City of Quebec in Canada.  There was a period of 6 days in a row where the temperate reached 35^o C (95.0 f).  The usual average temperatures in Quebec during July are around the mid 70^o f, or 21^o C.  So you can see that this heatwave was much hotter than usual.

The Humidex value was recorded at 47, which was the highest ever recorded in the City.]]> 2019-05-14 23:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138608 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138661 The heatwave impacted all the local residents of Quebec.  By the 10th July 2018, there were 74 heat related deaths recorded. The ages of these people were from 50-85 years old.]]> 2019-05-14 23:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138661 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138725 DATE: 1^st - 6^th July 2018
TIME: N/A]]> 2019-05-14 23:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138725 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138772 Quebec, Canada.  
Canada is the fifth largest city in Canada.

As well as Quebec, there were eighteen other States in the United States between Michigan and New Mexico that also issued heat warnings.]]> 2019-05-14 23:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360138772 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360156069 People:

• Trying to keep cool
• Keeping hydrated
• Checking on others especially the elderly and babies

Environment: the heat

• Bushfires could start
• Plants, trees and vegetation could die
• Water shortage 
• Water evaporation
• Power failure

Wildlife

• Heat related deaths
• Dehydration
• Habitats affected

Economic

• Inability to go to work and school
• Large power bills
• Large water bills

]]> 2019-05-15 01:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360156069 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360157432 People

• Family struggling with death of loved ones
• Recovery from heat related illness

Urban / natural environment

• Replanting of lost trees, plants and vegetation
• Recovery and re-building if bushfires have occurred
• Waiting for it to rain again

Wildlife

• Waiting for homes to grow back
• Finding food and water

Economic

• Paying to re-build any affected structures if affected by bushfires

]]> 2019-05-15 01:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360157432 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360159548 How has the local population reconstructed?
There were no significant areas affected that required any reconstruction.  Other than families dealing with the deaths of loved ones.

How has the local environment reconstruction including urban?
In this case study there was no immediate impact on the local environment.]]> 2019-05-15 01:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360159548 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360163638 How did the other countries respond to this disaster?
In my case study there was no need to any global assistance.

Economic help?
No financial assistance was required]]> 2019-05-15 01:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360163638 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360166177 There are no official warning systems for Heat Waves. However, most information was delivered by daily News reports, weather reports, Newspapers and on-line research.]]> 2019-05-15 01:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360166177 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360166383 How can we lower the impact of this type of natural disaster in the future?
Unfortunately this type of Natural Disaster cannot be avoided in the future.  ]]> 2019-05-15 01:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360166383 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360169045 Earthquakes occur when two Tectonic Plates move against each other in different directions.

]]> 2019-05-15 02:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360169045 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360169147 Tsunami's occur following an underwater earthquake or underwater volcano erupting.  Once the wave reaches the surface of the water, gravity pushes the wave two separate ways, so there are two different spots at risk of the Tsunami hitting.

]]> 2019-05-15 02:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360169147 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360169231 A volcano is a mountain that opens downwards to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the Earth.  When pressure builds up an eruption occurs.  In an eruption, gases and rock shoot up through the opening and spill over or fill the air with lava fragments.

]]> 2019-05-15 02:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360169231 Scarlettherbert123 https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360175570 A heat wave occurs when a system of high atmospheric pressure moves into an area. In such a high-pressure system, air from upper levels of our atmosphere is pulled toward the ground, where it becomes compressed and increases in temperature. ... The high-pressure inhibits winds, making them faint-to-nonexistent.]]> 2019-05-15 02:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/scarlettherbert123/y4yjmlgxh2k9/wish/360175570