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How to Help in Japan or Libya

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Smoke billows from a fire after the massive wave destroyed houses and roads in Kisenuma city. Photo: Reuters TV

The news from Japan is overwhelming. In effect the nation is dealing with three crises, two natural disasters that have already costs thousands of lives and another potential nuclear meltdown. I am hopeful the problems at the reactors will be contained, though there has already been some leakage. Japan is already devastated. Death tolls are expected to reach 10,000 or more. That number is hard to grasp and Japan far away, but we must wrap our heads around it and step up to help. Japan has done so for the US in its times of crises.

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Resources for Teaching about the Earthquake in Haiti

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Here are a few teaching resources that may be useful for faculty and staff when teaching about the earthquake in Haiti.  It’s just a few things I happen to have come across, so feel free to suggest others.

This page from IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) contains a number of resources for helping students understand what happened geologically.  There are downloadable PowerPoint presentations, videos and animations such as this one explaining why the quake didn’t produce a tsunami.

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