https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy Made with panache en-us 2019-03-18 14:30:30 UTC 2020-05-06 23:03:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398036076 Similarities:
- They were both incidents involving fire
- They both had toxic gases expelled into the air that negatively impacted those around them (Kuwait - sky turned dark in the afternoon, Kilauea - smoke impacts the residents in the area by affecting their breathing, is toxic for them.

Differences:
- Kuwait fires were man made and caused by an industry that people have developed (oil company) and the Kilauea fires were naturally caused by a naturally occuring phenomena (volcanic eruptions). 
- Kuwait fires were extinguished relatively rapidly, Kilauea fire was not because it was a natural occurrence and the region had to wait for the natural process to slow down and stop spewing lava.]]> 2019-10-15 16:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398036076 https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398045867 Kuwait Fires:
-Began on February 22, 1991
-First fire was extinguished on March 20, 1991
-Completely out by November 1991
-Was put out before the expected date
-Was a result of Iraqi forces setting fire to 640 oil wells
-The oil field was nearly 7000 sqm
-The fires reached a temperature of nearly 2400 degrees 
-There were firefighters from 27 different nations
-There was a huge celebration afterwards at the football field
Kilauea Fires:
-Earthquakes initially rocked the Big Island of Hawaii 
-Caused by Kilauea Volcano which is one of the most active in the world
-The molten rock would travel underground and then erupt
-Lava exploded to about 330 ft and has a temperature of 2000 degrees
-Began on May 3, 2018 and stopped on September 4, 2018
-Almost 2000 residents had to be evacuated
-12140 hectares were burned
-Large amounts of Sulfur dioxide were looming in the air which can be fatal 
Similarities:
-Both were fires
-Both caused massive destruction to the surrounding environment
-Considered to be an environmental disaster
-Both released toxic gases into the atmosphere]]> 2019-10-15 17:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398045867 https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398151080 Similarities:
- The temperature within the blaze was approximately 2000-2400 degrees Fahrenheit
- Toxic gas was produced from both fires (risking the health of those exposed to the disasters as well as the safety of the firefighters)


Differences:
Kuwait
- Fire was man-made, ignited by fleeing troops
- Surrounding oil lagoons were at risk for the fire spreading
- More of a deserted location
- Height of the flames was approximately 60ft
- Firefighters had the ability to control the fires (more controlled burning)

Kilauea
- Natural disaster caused by earthquakes and the lithosphere shifting
- The lava would move underground and the erupt above the surface far away from the active site of the volcano itself
- No way of controlling the  eruptions (out of control and to a certain extent there was no way of stopping them from occurring)
- Affected neighbourhoods and the homes of many Hawaiians
- Evacuations were heavily enforced to reduce the risk of  people being left behind to get caught in the lava
- Sulphur dioxide was heavily present and at a certain point, could have/would become fatal
- Explosion height of approx 330ft]]> 2019-10-15 20:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398151080 https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398263570 Similarities:
- Temperatures were at an extreme.
-Blazing fires.
-Smoke damaged the surrounding areas.
-Had lasting impact on the people around them,  destroying their homes or ravaging profits and work.

Differences:
-Kuwait was a man made event, whereas Kilauea was done by nature.
-Kuwait was flames on oil, Kilauea was magma escaping via volcanic eruption.
-Kuwait was able to be put out in under a year, between march of 1991 and 1992. where the fire was put out, and Kilauea had to be left  alone before dealing with, due to difficulties with handling magma.
-Kuwait had terrorist attacks to begin the fires, whereas earthquakes began before the eruptions.]]> 2019-10-16 02:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/398263570 https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/399563240 Similarities;
-  Both disasters had extreme temperatures greater than 1000 degrees fahrenheit.
-  Both disasters stretched out miles from there original starting point.
-  Both disasters emitted hazardous gas into the atmosphere which can cause health rinks and or fatalities.

Differences of the Kuwait Fires;
-  Consequences of war, not natural cause.
-  They set fire to over 650 oil wells and damaged many more.
-  The largest oil spill in human history.
-  Response team that comprised approximately 11,450 workers from 38 countries
-  Stretched 5 miles long
-  Happened in the desert.

Differences of Hawaii’s Kilauea Eruption;
-  Creating a 400-foot deep lake of molten lava
-  A 450-foot tunnel east of the caldera is how the lava travelled underground.
-  Kilauea produced a river of flowing lava that reached the sea 10 miles south of the volcano.
-  One eruption was explosive and sent a plume of volcanic ash some 30,000 feet in the air.
-  Volcano eruption, natural disaster.
-  Happened in a community and had to evacuate.

Reference; https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/news/40th-top10-kuwait.html

Reference; https://www.britannica.com/place/Kilauea]]> 2019-10-18 14:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/399563240 https://padlet.com/andrew_white2/zccs2ualx9uy/wish/556092027 Similarities:

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